Gran Torino is awesome. That is all.
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As Brett mentioned on Friday, Data is in Florida for a few weeks with handler Kathy Mines and is competing in shows in an attempt to win points towards his championship title. Kathy has been kind enough to update us regularly on his progress, which I especially have appreciated considering the fact that I feel a bit like a mother who last week sent her child off to camp for the first time. She tells us that Data has apparently been doing well, although he’s very excitable (no surprise) and has struggled a bit to contain his enthusiasm whilst in the ring.
Well this morning Kathy called to give us some fantastic news: Data had been doing phenomenally well in the ring this morning, and managed to win a 3-point major! This is a huge accomplishment for him because it earns him 3 points (and one out of two mandatory major wins) towards the 15 that he needs to earn a championship title! We couldn’t be more excited and proud. Kathy also said that he’s starting to get into the routine, and I hope this means we’ll have more good news for all of you in the coming days!
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The Dark Knight was amazing. I suggest everyone see it. I won’t write up a review because there is plenty of buzz surrounding the movie as it is, so just go see it.
We saw Iron Man tonight, which was really quite good.
There was, however, a man sitting to my right that continuously talked and made weird sound effects. Both Julia and I were ready to strangle this guy. He had no shame and was there with (what I presume to be) his teenage son, who also had no manners. I don’t understand how people can seriously think it’s fine to chat it up through every scene of a movie in a crowded theater.
Over the last two days, we’ve seen Semi-Pro and The Bank Job, so here’s a quick recap.
Semi-Pro
This movie was not nearly as funny as I had hoped. I am generally accepting of cheesy comedies relying on obvious humor revolving around obscure niches in popular culture (Anchorman). However, the pace was too slow, they tried to make it too serious, and the jokes were simply not funny or frequent enough to make up for it. Even worse, there were no outtakes or bonus scenes during or after the credits.
The Bank Job
We initially planned on seeing 10,000 B.C., but decided at the last minute to see this. It’s a good thing we did. This movie was very satisfying. It started off a little bit slow and cheesy, but once things got moving, it was gripping, smart, and suspenseful. I think I can speak for both of us when I say that it was worth seeing and, given the movies currently in theaters, it would be a good option.