Passing Fair
Jan. 9th, 2006 01:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jchrisobrienFriday night I was still pretty tense from a long stressful work day. There was much chilling out and cider drinking with Heatray and Tegin, and a lot of Angel got watched. Some episodes were really on, some were reeeeeally melodramatic. I was nodding off near the end, the day was taking it's toll.
Saturday I played some Warhammer in Harvard Sq. Took a drubbing, but learned a bit from it. Saturday night I visited hawkegirl for her birthday, and we actually saw each other this time! It was a chill group of people, though apparantly things got very interesting after I left (alas). I had a very good reason for leaving: mrfph and her husband were in town at Toast, so I got to catch up with them. They looked great, and had a great time. I ran into Susan unexpectedly as well.
Sunday: more games (a loss and a win), buy more paint, and a power Mexican dinner with Susan before watching King Kong. It was a treat to watch. There are some major similarities to LOTR (the Uruk Hai, I mean, natives). I really liked some of the fight scenes and the brontasaurs pile up, but somethings pushed my suspension of disbelief. I think there would have been a lot more casualties in the stampede, and I fail to see how people on foot could keep outrunning dinosaurs or Kong. Also, had I survived that island, I think I'd be catatonic. Especially had I fallen into Bug Valley. Gack.
The film touched on two of my phobias: insects, and fear of heights. I would have been petrified standing on top of the Empire State Building like that.
Jack Black's performance was awesome, and Naomi Watts was perfect as a thirties era screen siren. Well, I liked her anyway.
No food shopping or gym time occured this weekend though. Better fix that next time around.
Saturday I played some Warhammer in Harvard Sq. Took a drubbing, but learned a bit from it. Saturday night I visited hawkegirl for her birthday, and we actually saw each other this time! It was a chill group of people, though apparantly things got very interesting after I left (alas). I had a very good reason for leaving: mrfph and her husband were in town at Toast, so I got to catch up with them. They looked great, and had a great time. I ran into Susan unexpectedly as well.
Sunday: more games (a loss and a win), buy more paint, and a power Mexican dinner with Susan before watching King Kong. It was a treat to watch. There are some major similarities to LOTR (the Uruk Hai, I mean, natives). I really liked some of the fight scenes and the brontasaurs pile up, but somethings pushed my suspension of disbelief. I think there would have been a lot more casualties in the stampede, and I fail to see how people on foot could keep outrunning dinosaurs or Kong. Also, had I survived that island, I think I'd be catatonic. Especially had I fallen into Bug Valley. Gack.
The film touched on two of my phobias: insects, and fear of heights. I would have been petrified standing on top of the Empire State Building like that.
Jack Black's performance was awesome, and Naomi Watts was perfect as a thirties era screen siren. Well, I liked her anyway.
No food shopping or gym time occured this weekend though. Better fix that next time around.
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Date: 2006-01-09 06:45 pm (UTC)i think the movie just dragged on waaaaaay too long. the island part could've used some substantial editing.
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Date: 2006-01-09 07:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-09 11:20 pm (UTC)Supposedly he tried to do too many crossover subplots with some of the supporting cast. I haven't seen it yet, but apparently there was this whole, 'Heart of Darkness' thingie he tried to throw in there.
I'd love to see Peter Jackson do a mini-series.
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Date: 2006-01-10 02:14 pm (UTC)