I had a great 4-day weekend. 4 is my favorite number, to the point of OCD, but I really don't care. 4 makes me happy, I do everything I can in fours. From my earliest memories, I have always counted 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4 when doing things...so it's not like it's something I've developed as I got older and it's not like there's something wrong with me for it. I count my steps. I count things like food (macaroni noodles, pieces of meat I have cut, candy, pretzels, etc.). I patted John on the arm yesterday, 'pat, pat, pat' and I just had to reach back and pat him one more time so that it would be 4 times. We saw 4 movies yesterday. I line things up in fours, like pens or post-it notes or piles of paper at work. When I pull paper towels out of the holder in the bathroom to dry my hands, I pull 4, or if they are thin, I pull 8. Any multiple of 4 is good, but my favorite multiple is 16 (that's 4 x4...yay!) I like a lot of different music, but there is something calming to me about songs with 4/4 time signatures.
Anyway, the only bad thing that happened was on Monday, I dropped a sewing machine on the top of my foot. I was pulling some tennis rackets out of a bin in the closet and the machine had been sitting on the lid. So, when I yanked the rackets, the thing fell. I instantly sat crossed-legged on the floor and held my foot but it hurt so bad I thought (for some reason) that I needed to walk it off. I stood up and started to walk to the doorway and had to sit down again because the pain was INSANE. I did the rocking "ha-ha-ha-haoowwwww" thing for a bit. I thought I might have broken it, but it just seems to have bruised and is only sore when I walk.
We watched a bunch of movies this weekend...here is what I thought:
Superbad
A sick little flick about best friends on their way out of high school trying to become men before heading off to college. The two main characters are equal parts charming and filthy...if that's possible...and then there is their friend "McLovin" who befriends some cops and that whole situation provided plenty of laughs (Bill Hader is genius). This movie is highly quotable - I'd share some of the quotes, but there are pretty much none that are appropriate. If you are offended by potty humor, do NOT see this movie. I'm not going to lie, most of the time I was laughing and shocked at the same time from the things that were said. Laughing, nonetheless.
Sunshine
We wanted to see this when it was in the theater but we missed it, so John downloaded it and we watched it Monday night. The sun is dying, and they've taken a bomb the size of Manhattan that is supposed to jump-start the sun or something. They encounter all kinds of problems on the way there, everyone dies, but they save the sun. It was pretty, and suspenseful, and scary in bits, cliche in others. Overall, I liked it.
Halloween
Rob Zombie has done well. I read some not-so-good reviews online about this movie but I just don't agree with most of them. When I was a kid, around 10 years old, this was my absolute favorite type of movie: Bloody, gory, slasher, horror. So, I'd like to think I've seen enough of them judge. I just don't think the genre gets any respect from the critics no matter what, and that is lame. The kid that played young Michael Myers was decent, he at least looked like an evil little thing. The adult Michael...was HUGE...and that made him wicked scary. I especially liked when he ripped a woman's throat open with his hand. :) There weren't any dull moments and there was lots of blood...couldn't ask for much more from a horror film.
Balls of Fury
This was a movie about an underground ping pong tournament where the contestants played to the death. Need I say more? Oh, Christopher Walken is in it as some kind of dark master and I did LOL a few times. Still, what a waste of my life.
Death Sentence
Here is another one that has horrendous reviews online, but I can't figure out why. I hadn't heard anything about this movie or seen any previews so when John suggested we see it, I said sure. I figured he had looked it up and it must have seemed interesting. It's a story about a father seeking revenge on a gang member for killing his son. Kevin Bacon played the father and he was so badass. The whole revenge thing sprials out of control and there is a lot of blood and shooting and chasing. I was emotionally attached to the characters from about 10 minutes into the movie, so I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. It's a great action/drama/suspense movie.
Once
I love this movie! I am a sucker already for European singer-songwriter music so it's no surprise that I enjoyed this movie. It's a musical about two musicians who meet and make beautiful music in more ways than one. It's not your typical musical where people just burst out into song...it's much more like you're a fly on the wall watching people create. I'm definitely going to buy this one and I'll be listening to the soundtrack. If you can find it playing anywhere near you, go see it! Yay! Loves it! :)
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Movies I am excited to see:
3:10 to Yuma
Christian!!!!!!! Okay, I do love a good Christian Bale movie. Okay, well, I do love any Christian Bale movie, but this one looks pretty sweet. I mean, he rides a horse and gets dirty and has a beard and stuff.
Hahah. Okay, all fangirl-iness aside, I think it's going to be really good. Christian is always amazing, Russell Crowe usually delivers and there hasn't been a good Western in a while. I can't wait to see this Friday.
Eastern Promises
All I'm going to say is that I would pay non-matinee (and even Director's Hall prices) to see Viggo do this:
That is all.
Shoot 'Em Up
I loved Clive Owen in Children of Men (what a fantastic movie) and I've heard some really good things about this movie...I'll definitely be going to see it...hope it's good.
The Brave One
This one has Jodie Foster becoming a vigilante after her husband is murdered. Kind of Death Sentence-ish, only with a lady. I think it'll be good.
Resident Evil: Extinction
We will end up seeing this one for two reasons. 1. We have seen the other two and thought they were decent, so why not see the third. and 2. John's got a thing for Milla...whether he'll admit it or not.
That's all for now, folks! 
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