The Good, The Bad, and The Chihuahua

This last weekend my wife and broke down and got a baby sitter throughout the weekend and saw four (yes FOUR) different movies. Granted one was my overall choice but sometimes in a marriage you have to give and take.

1. Secret Life of Bees - I fought this one hard when she said that she wanted to see it. I knew nothing about it other than it was a "chick flick" with Queen Latifah. Do I really need to say more about it? But, that aside...it was a little slow at first but picked up quite nicely. And to be honest I actually quite enjoyed it. And now my wife has handed me the book as she says it was better than the movie. So what i get for caving is a homework assignment with a book report to follow i'm sure. :-). But seriously, if you want a good very well made movie go see this one. I was quite impressed.

2. Beverly Hills Chihuahua - Really? Again not my choice....how was the funding for this movie ever approved? And why would decent actors actually star or lend their voices to it? This was your typical stupid family fare which as a parent you will be forced to see with your kids. Yes, it's entertaining and funny in parts...but overly stupid.

3. High School Musical 3 - Yes, after the first two you would think I would have to check my man card at the door but after this one...yep it's gone. Ok, not knowing the storyline of the other two. I think I kept up nicely. Yes, it's hokey, corny, has a case of over cheese, and needs to fix a case of musical monotony. But overall its decent..much better than Beverly Hills Chihuahua...yeah i said it!

4. Saw 5 - Now, here we go with my man card back in my pocket with my choice of a movie! I was slightly disappointed with number 4 so I had very low expectations going in. But remarkably the series is slightly redeemed with this installment. I guess you could say they wrapped things up in a nice package to continue the franchise without Tobin Bell who plays the original Jigsaw. If you like the series you will enjoy it..And i'm sure you can count on one next year, and the next, and the next, and the next.........

Ok, so there ya go. I tried not to giveaway any plot points but really was there a plot in Beverly Hills Chihuahua? If you want more depth of what I thought shoot me an email or drop a comment.

Until next time.........

Political Madness!

Is it just me or can the November elections not happen fast enough. If I have to hear another newscast or commercial with the any of the names of Obama, Palin, McCain, Biden, or Schaeffer, I think I am going to hurt someone. It seems like this whole thing has been going on for several years and that there is no end in site. I am a political junkie but I think 18-24 months of non stop Presidential coverage is tad much even for me. What are the news organizations going to talk about after all this madness is over?

And by the way if you haven't already, make sure and make your plans and VOTE on November 4th! It doesn't matter to me what your political views are. Just that you make your voice heard and change the course of the country in the direction that you feel that it should go. The only thing that I ask is that don't be sold on what you think is right, what you heard, what you saw on a commercial, or what you read in an email...be informed on what you know is right and look at the FACTS! Voting is a right we have as citizens and if you don't vote you can't complain! So there! :-) And now i'm off my soapbox.

Weird Feeling

I have heard other people say that you just a weird feeling when your kid(s) aren't home. And this weekend was a prime example of that. My wife and I handed "the boy" off to my parents on Friday night for a nice weekend at home alone.

So there we were at home on Friday night both looking at each other like shouldn't we be doing something like getting bottles ready, soothing him to sleep, or changing those nasty little packages that he like to leave us. It was like we were both having brain farts for what to do. We were out of the nightly routine. Then continuously during the night both of us would perk up and look in the cradle to see if he was there, due that it was entirely too quiet around the house without the semi cry of the "little man".

On Sunday, we picked him up from Grandmas house and he seemed very content which soothed both of us. The only thing is i'm sure my parents drugged him like they did with me when i was that age....ok not all the time and yes I know it explains alot. :-)

Even with all of his crying and crapping it was still good to have him home. Now we have back the giggling, the smiling, and ever so present drooling...wait the drooling was me (sorry about that). Now don't get me wrong it was nice to have the weekend with Wife Brandi but it just wasn't fully complete without "the boy".

The only one not happy to see him back home was our dog. Because now her sleep schedule is back to sporadic at best. You should see the dirty looks when he wakes her up in the middle of the night. Damn, if looks could kill!

The Lost 80s Classic

The world's best and worst movie riding the Animal House wave of the early 80's was a little piece of work called Midnight Madness. I like to call it that because that was the title.

The plot is simple to follow A scavenger hunt across LA by 5 (why five?) teams, each wearing the same colored sweatshirts, driving vehicles with corresponding colors. And each team going to different LA landmarks with clues to send them to another location. The movie had Stephen Furst of A.H. fame, Eddie Deezen (Eugene from Grease), David Naughton (American Werewolf in London. Awesome.) and a very young, snotty pre-Family Ties Michael J. Fox. It's an extremely lame but very funny flick.

HBO used to play the crap out of it back in the day, and now you don't even see it anywhere on TV I had to buy it from a movie club for a horrendous price. Sometimes I get mad at cable for forgetting about me, and sometimes I feel sad and neglected like I did when my parents had cable babysit me when they were out at swinger parties....yeah I said it!