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So Remember all those things I said I'd so last night?
Yeah...I blew them off and went to see Indiana Jones 4 instead with Max.
It was fun. Not amazing like the first three films. Something seemed to be missing from this one which kinda made me sad. I still feel that the ending of Last Crusade was the best way to end the series, with Indy riding off into the sunset. But Crystal Skull was fun when it came to tying up a few lose ends and had some great moments that were very much like the original films. I was pretty impressed with Shia LaBeouf. He wasn't playing his typical Shia LaBeouf character of the bubbling nerd boy. He played Indy Jr Jr rather well and if they desided to continue the franchise with Mutt as the lead I'd go see it in a heart beat. He really felt like young Indy to me. In fact, I think he was underused in the film. Cate Blanchett as usual is my hero and I loved her as the campy Russian scientist. Her and Shia were the two things that really made the movie feel like an Indiana Jones movie to me...which is bizarre since they were the two things that were never IN an Indiana Jones movie before. I think it had to do with the fact that neither seemed tired or old and both seemed to be having a blast in the film. The plot was also fun and different and, thank the gods, they did not deside to rely heavily on CGI. Yes there was CGI but it wasn't Star Wars 1,2, and 3 CGI.
One pet peeve. Why bother introducing characters that Indy apparently knew for years when you could have just freakin' brought back Salah? I understood they didn't bring back Marcus since Denholm Elliot died years ago but I missed Salah in this movie. Come on, how hard is it to get John Rhys-Davies back, huh? Was he too busy filming Anaconda 4?

But it was far better than I predicted and I did have a good time. I may buy it on DVD just so I can have the complete series, I doubt I'll go see it again. I'm still perfectly happy with Last Crusade as the final film.

Put "I've seen __ of these 168 movies" in the subject line and repost. SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 movies, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 168 movies on this list. Put your score in header and re-post.

(Note: No life, my ass! Movies are a social event in my world)

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
( ) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
(x) Braveheart

Total: 8

I feel better!
Well the cold feels likes it finally in remission. In other words, I woke up and DIDN'T feel like ass for a change! Still stuff, still a bit coughy, but BACK on my feet. YAY!

I went to SDMA this morning and helped Beth out with Art Alive. It was really a fun time! I just did some volunteer meet and greet smile and point people in the right direction stuff. I got to see some great arty and a lot of wonderful floral arrangements. Beth gave me two free tickets to see the event tomorrow too so I'm taking rogue_78 tomorrow to stare at the art with me.
I got done around noon and Max was sleeping since he's on the Grave yard shifts again. So instead of going home and making noise to wake him up, I desided to finally get that damn shopping stuff out of the way. I got new jeans! Yay! Best part? I'm no longer a size 14! I'm a size 12 now! YAY smaller butt! So I picked up three pairs of nw jeans at JC Penny's. I also picked up five new sexy bra and panties sets since there was a huge underwear sale there as well. I don't care if that's TMI. I got cute and cheap undies!
Also, I got a really great shirt from INC at Macy's. I had a credit there on my card so pretty much it was free. Also, I stopped by Target later on with Max and picked up a new lamp for our living room since Scout pretty much destroyed our other lamp when she was a kitten. I also copycatted ravendragonwing and picked up some glass gallon containers to keep all my LUSH bubble bars and Bath Bombs in. It really helps clear up the clutter in the bathroom.
We stopped by Best Buy and picked up some Blue Ray DVDs too. Got The Fifth Element, Casino Royale, and the 5 disc collectors edition of Blade Runner. And I picked up a copy of Blades of Glory...because thats one of my guilty pleasure comedies I love to watch over and over.

So thats what I did with most of my Tax refund. YAY! I'm enjoying it now because I tend to go shopping once in a blue moon.
Hell, I'm just happy I have pants that fit my new butt now! SQUEEE!

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This is probably old news.
But OMG...Please Spielberg. Do no ruin my all time favorite film series or I will hunt you down like a dog.

I'm skeptical...but this trailer looks freakin AWESOME!
SQUEEEE!!!!!!!

Yup. I saw it.
I LOVED it. I wasn't expecting to like it either. Usually when a film gets hyped that much my imagination tends to make it 10 times better than it really is. But I have to admit, I found the movie very fun. I wouldn't call it the BEST movie of 2008 nor would I say its more intense than I Am Legend but it is a fun roller coaster ride.
Warnings-If you get motion sickness, you may want to either skip this, take a dramamine before the movie, or sit WAY in the back. I don't get motion sickness. But unfortunately due to sinus problems and a belly overfull with pizza, I did. But this only made we want to see it again because I missed a few details. (Anyone in SD wanting to see this with me again?)
The monster was a wonderful design. It was both creepy and giant. I was expecting a Godzilla rip off. What I got was something very different. Much to my suprise, they did show the monster. But in the style of Alien, they showed the monster brifely enough that it made it very mysterious, yet you didn't feel cheated with your views of it.
( Slightly_spoilerish )