"You Give Love A Bad Name"
Ok so I have the opportunity to go see Bon Jovi in some Sweet Box Seats at Gillette Stadium Sept 4th. My Manager has nice season tickets there, and he gave up his seats for this concert to anyone that wanted to buy tickets for it. (I guess season ticket holders get first dibs on their seats or something for other events or what have you.. I dunno..) My friend at work bought 2 of the tickets and she cant go, and another one of my friends from work is going with a few of her friends in the same Box so that should be cool. We get good parking and all that Jazz too. I guess its the Kickoff to the Pats season too, so the players will be there as well and talking and such. Seems like a good deal.
Hmm... now I just need to figure out if I want em, and who I'm taking..
Also, I saw 'War of the Worlds' last night with Justin. The movie itself rocked, the ending sucked donkey dick. I have yet to see an Alien Invasion movie yet that had a plausible ending of how we overcame the Alien Invasion and continued on living. (I dont think I spoiled the ending there, cuz the Book is like.. Wicked Old) It was an amazing movie otherwise though. The special effects were more than incredible, and it was almost as if it was a horror movie with some of the grusome and oh so believable methods that the Aliens used to dispose of us. It was all in good taste though, because Spielberg put it in a way that let you not puke with disgust, but really feel for these people, and feel actually frightened at how easily these Aliens were destroying our way of life.
It was a very heartfelt movie as well, I think much more so than Signs, because you saw Humanity at its most weakest and most 'caught off guard' state. In a sense, I think Spielberg was also able to capture raw human emotion at its core in a dilemma such as this - complete and utter chaos, widespread panic, confusion, and duress in a darwinist setting which was completely every man for themselves at one point. There was a family element in there, but it also reminded me of movies such as 28 days later, and any zombie movie that you have ever seen, but again in good taste. The human struggle, and especially the chaotic every man for themselves moments in the movie, made me really think of one of my favorite books of all time 'Lord of the Flies'- a depiction of what happens when there is no order or government to guide us and help us think logically, even if we do not believe in every ideal they seem to preach upon us.
In essence, Spielberg kinda just said "You want Aliens? I'll show you fucking Aliens!" He did a wonderful job in that aspect. He does movies right. He completely one upped Signs and Independance Day, even if it wasnt his original idea.
Its kinda funny, cuz I was listening to WAAF the other morning and I guess one of the guys on the Hillman Morning Show, Kevin, went to the premier of this movie like Tuesday or something, and Hollywood was so dead set on not showing what these Aliens looked like before the movie came out that they made everyone hand over their cell phone before the movie (cameraphones) and had very high security with metal detectors and such. Crazy.
Well, go see the movie and see what you think. It was a great thriller, and actually made you think about how helpless we just may be if that ever happened the way it played out in this movie. Unless of course..... Not gonna give it away! =)
Hmm... now I just need to figure out if I want em, and who I'm taking..
Also, I saw 'War of the Worlds' last night with Justin. The movie itself rocked, the ending sucked donkey dick. I have yet to see an Alien Invasion movie yet that had a plausible ending of how we overcame the Alien Invasion and continued on living. (I dont think I spoiled the ending there, cuz the Book is like.. Wicked Old) It was an amazing movie otherwise though. The special effects were more than incredible, and it was almost as if it was a horror movie with some of the grusome and oh so believable methods that the Aliens used to dispose of us. It was all in good taste though, because Spielberg put it in a way that let you not puke with disgust, but really feel for these people, and feel actually frightened at how easily these Aliens were destroying our way of life.
It was a very heartfelt movie as well, I think much more so than Signs, because you saw Humanity at its most weakest and most 'caught off guard' state. In a sense, I think Spielberg was also able to capture raw human emotion at its core in a dilemma such as this - complete and utter chaos, widespread panic, confusion, and duress in a darwinist setting which was completely every man for themselves at one point. There was a family element in there, but it also reminded me of movies such as 28 days later, and any zombie movie that you have ever seen, but again in good taste. The human struggle, and especially the chaotic every man for themselves moments in the movie, made me really think of one of my favorite books of all time 'Lord of the Flies'- a depiction of what happens when there is no order or government to guide us and help us think logically, even if we do not believe in every ideal they seem to preach upon us.
In essence, Spielberg kinda just said "You want Aliens? I'll show you fucking Aliens!" He did a wonderful job in that aspect. He does movies right. He completely one upped Signs and Independance Day, even if it wasnt his original idea.
Its kinda funny, cuz I was listening to WAAF the other morning and I guess one of the guys on the Hillman Morning Show, Kevin, went to the premier of this movie like Tuesday or something, and Hollywood was so dead set on not showing what these Aliens looked like before the movie came out that they made everyone hand over their cell phone before the movie (cameraphones) and had very high security with metal detectors and such. Crazy.
Well, go see the movie and see what you think. It was a great thriller, and actually made you think about how helpless we just may be if that ever happened the way it played out in this movie. Unless of course..... Not gonna give it away! =)