Beat the Heat

I tried to beat the heat tonight and went to the movies after work. I was set to see Die Hard 4. For some reason unbeknownst to me, I made a last minute change and instead went to Fantastic 4, Rise of the Silver Surfer.

I did not like the first and thought for an instant that the 1st was, much like Pirates 2, a tease for the second (or in the case of Pirates, the 3rd). Unlike Pirates, Fantastic 4 was quite possibly worse than the first. Jessica Alba is georgeous - or should I say used to be georgeous when she was the Dark Angel. The horrific blonde hair and clear fake blue eyes were troubling - plus she is a waif. Captain Fantastic is such a sissy and appears more like captain of the mensa wanna bes than the Fantastic 4. The acting sucked and I lasted about 40 minutes and left. I walked into Evan Almighty which although religious, was very cute. I enjoyed it. Steve Carell was a good replacement for Jim Carrey although a completely different character. Morgan Freeman is absolutely perfect as God. That Gilmore girls chick who played the wife cannot act and was a horrible choice for casting. The kids were cute. The animals were great. It was even good to see John Goodman but he doesn't pull off serious too well - although Big Lebowski was almost serious. Wanda Sykes was just basically doing stand up. It was amusing but don't spend the money for big screen wait for Netflix.

Speaking of which - did I leave Volver at anyone's house. I know I think I threw it away but just cannot belive I would do something so completely idiotic.

And ... for the Buffy fans in the house... Sing-a-long Once More With Feeling is coming to NYC in July. I can't go in July so if you want to come with me it has to be August or September. .... I'm not sure how I will dress up, however, it might be good. maybe I'll just bring a bunny. As long as I get to sing... They got. The mustard. Out. They got the mustard out!!!