Here's something you might be interested in.
I had a friend that was bugging me for a long time, about seeing a movie at the Arc Light on Sunset. He said if I hate talking in the theatres, cell phones going off...this was the place to be.
I've been there twice. But, driving to L.A. for a movie just isn't in the cards for me. If I'm in the area, sure.
They have a great cafe, a fun gift shop with a neat variety of things, and lovely photographs on the wall. One of the few places I've seen a picture of Whoopi Goldberg that looked good.
I saw Into the Wild there. A movie that needed 20 minutes shaved off it.
The other day, I saw Choke. The commercials for Choke looked great. Slacker types (think Owen or Luke Wilson) working for a Civil War re-enactment theme park, one of whom pretends to choke on food in restaurants. It helps him bond with the person that saves him. And, he often milks them for money afterwards.
They also do things like hanging out in strip bars. He tells one blonde stripper that a mole on her leg should be looked at because it could be cancerous. And he tells her that blondes and redheads should be more worried about that.
The next time they're in the strip club, she's brunette. The guy says he likes her new hairstyle. She said, "Well, I thought about what you said, in regards to blondes getting skin cancer."
(it was written funnier than that...but you get the point).
The movie was just so disappointing and preposterous. Which is a shame, because every 15 minutes, there'd be a great scene.
Watching the guys work at a Civil War re-enactment park was funny, although the premise of having a boss that makes them "stay in character" at all times, has been done in a handful of movies.
A few days later, I had Headline News on and see a 73-year-old guy that I heard was a corporal in the Cavalry, in the Civil War. I quickly did the math in my head, and realized that wasn't possible.
I put my Sports Illustrated down, and paid a bit more attention.
This guy works doing re-enactments of Civil War trench warfare in Virginia. Someone in the Confederate ranks fired a marble-size projectile, which went thru his back and shoulder.
What happened next? Well, a truce. So a helicopter could fly into the battlefield and take him to a hospital.
Thomas Lord said he had never been shot before.
A sergeant in the mounted unit said that only three people on the Confederate side had pistols, and that's where it was shot from.
Police haven't made any arrests, but I swear, I'd love to see the interrogation.
I had a friend that was bugging me for a long time, about seeing a movie at the Arc Light on Sunset. He said if I hate talking in the theatres, cell phones going off...this was the place to be.
I've been there twice. But, driving to L.A. for a movie just isn't in the cards for me. If I'm in the area, sure.
They have a great cafe, a fun gift shop with a neat variety of things, and lovely photographs on the wall. One of the few places I've seen a picture of Whoopi Goldberg that looked good.
I saw Into the Wild there. A movie that needed 20 minutes shaved off it.
The other day, I saw Choke. The commercials for Choke looked great. Slacker types (think Owen or Luke Wilson) working for a Civil War re-enactment theme park, one of whom pretends to choke on food in restaurants. It helps him bond with the person that saves him. And, he often milks them for money afterwards.
They also do things like hanging out in strip bars. He tells one blonde stripper that a mole on her leg should be looked at because it could be cancerous. And he tells her that blondes and redheads should be more worried about that.
The next time they're in the strip club, she's brunette. The guy says he likes her new hairstyle. She said, "Well, I thought about what you said, in regards to blondes getting skin cancer."
(it was written funnier than that...but you get the point).
The movie was just so disappointing and preposterous. Which is a shame, because every 15 minutes, there'd be a great scene.
Watching the guys work at a Civil War re-enactment park was funny, although the premise of having a boss that makes them "stay in character" at all times, has been done in a handful of movies.
A few days later, I had Headline News on and see a 73-year-old guy that I heard was a corporal in the Cavalry, in the Civil War. I quickly did the math in my head, and realized that wasn't possible.
I put my Sports Illustrated down, and paid a bit more attention.
This guy works doing re-enactments of Civil War trench warfare in Virginia. Someone in the Confederate ranks fired a marble-size projectile, which went thru his back and shoulder.
What happened next? Well, a truce. So a helicopter could fly into the battlefield and take him to a hospital.
Thomas Lord said he had never been shot before.
A sergeant in the mounted unit said that only three people on the Confederate side had pistols, and that's where it was shot from.
Police haven't made any arrests, but I swear, I'd love to see the interrogation.