"I have a big head and little arms!!!"
Nothing too interesting this week. We hung out at the Wholly Guacamole for 99cent margaritas on Wendesday night with some of Curtis' friends from UNCG. It was pretty cool especially since we can walk there. Then on Friday we went to the MEAC step show in Raleigh. It was pretty cool, it was so very very long. The show started at 8:30 and ended around midnight.
On Saturday morning we got up and went walking to enjoy the beautiful weather. There are a whole lot of trails nearby so we walked on two of them that went around Lake Brandt. We also walked behind a bunch of neighborhoods, one of which had a house that was straight out of The Sims. Seriously, I would have built a house like that for my sims, it was pretty insane. At first I thought it must be some sort of facility or something but no, it was just a house. We walked about 5 miles total. We are going to start doing that more often...especially since my legs were killing me later. It probably didn't help that we forgot to take water with us and I had to go and hobble around Party City like an old lady for the rest of the night.
That's about all we've been up to.
The movies for the week were: Hoodwinked, School Daze (this review contains SPOILERS), Mr. Holland's Opus, and Tristan & Isolde.
Hoodwinked 2005 - Based on the classic fable "Little Red Riding Hood," this animated fairy tale turned on its head features an all-star voice cast that includes Glenn Close, James Belushi , Chazz Palminteri and David Ogden Stiers. Called to Granny's cottage to look into a domestic disturbance involving a sardonic wolf, an ax and a crimson-caped girl, investigators uncover a tangled web of events that may be connected to a string of snack-shop robberies.
Hilarious! The singing goat stole the show. "Oh, an avalanche is comin' and I do not feel prepared." The voices all matched the characters perfectly. It was easy to figure out who the real bad guy was though, but it was still pretty funny. And Keith is not a scary name!
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
School Daze 1988 - Through the microcosm of campus life, director Spike Lee's offbeat comedy explores the biases, anxiety and frustration of black students at a faux university. Laurence Fishburne plays a devoted political activist, while his wanna-be frat-boy cousin (Lee) endures any degradation to pledge Gamma Phi. Based partially on Lee's collegiate experience, School Daze examines the social divide and intraracial conflict that exist within black schools.
It was a good movie with an important message. There were a few musical numbers that were silly that seemed rather disconnected from the rest of the movie. I've read on some reviews that it was supposed to be a musical but it didn't really seem like one. The end was really silly and hokey. Like throughout the movie there are various people being selfish and self-absorbed and some are serious assholes. So you go through the whole movie watching the tensions rise between the different groups of people on campus. At the end the politically minded one who was aware of all the issues the whole time and who has been trying to bring them all together starts ringing the school bell and yelling "Wake Up!" at the top of his lungs. I thought he was going to make some impassioned speech in front of everyone but no, yelling "Wake Up!" over and over and over was enough to enlighten them all, even the guy that was being even more of an asshole than usual just a few hours before.
Mr. Holland's Opus 1995 - In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland ( Richard Dreyfuss ) takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose. Dreyfuss earned an Oscar nomination for his outstanding work in this emotional drama.
I watched this some time in high school in chorus and didn't remember much of it. I watched it again recently and I still enjoyed it. It makes me sad that art programs are being cut from schools.
Tristan & Isolde 2006 - Directed by Kevin Reynolds, this timeless medieval tale follows Tristan ( James Franco) and Isolde ( Sophia Myles), star-crossed lovers doomed by the forces of imperial politics. When gallant English knight Tristan wins the love of beautiful Isolde -- the daughter of the Irish king ( David O'Hara) -- their liaison threatens to destroy the uneasy truce between their two nations. Rufus Sewell plays English warlord Lord Marke.
I enjoyed this movie. I wanted to see it in the theater but didn't and then it got some ho-hum reviews. It was beautiful and sad. I liked that the Mark character was likeable but I definitely called it and said that if Tristan had explained to him what had happened in the beginning then Mark would have let Tristan & Isolde be together, heh. Definitely watch the making of feature, they built all the buildings and the sets and they were incredibly detailed.
Tentatively scheduled for this week: Idlewild, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Cooley High, The Gods Must Be Crazy 2, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
On Saturday morning we got up and went walking to enjoy the beautiful weather. There are a whole lot of trails nearby so we walked on two of them that went around Lake Brandt. We also walked behind a bunch of neighborhoods, one of which had a house that was straight out of The Sims. Seriously, I would have built a house like that for my sims, it was pretty insane. At first I thought it must be some sort of facility or something but no, it was just a house. We walked about 5 miles total. We are going to start doing that more often...especially since my legs were killing me later. It probably didn't help that we forgot to take water with us and I had to go and hobble around Party City like an old lady for the rest of the night.
That's about all we've been up to.
The movies for the week were: Hoodwinked, School Daze (this review contains SPOILERS), Mr. Holland's Opus, and Tristan & Isolde.
Hoodwinked 2005 - Based on the classic fable "Little Red Riding Hood," this animated fairy tale turned on its head features an all-star voice cast that includes Glenn Close, James Belushi , Chazz Palminteri and David Ogden Stiers. Called to Granny's cottage to look into a domestic disturbance involving a sardonic wolf, an ax and a crimson-caped girl, investigators uncover a tangled web of events that may be connected to a string of snack-shop robberies.
Hilarious! The singing goat stole the show. "Oh, an avalanche is comin' and I do not feel prepared." The voices all matched the characters perfectly. It was easy to figure out who the real bad guy was though, but it was still pretty funny. And Keith is not a scary name!
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
School Daze 1988 - Through the microcosm of campus life, director Spike Lee's offbeat comedy explores the biases, anxiety and frustration of black students at a faux university. Laurence Fishburne plays a devoted political activist, while his wanna-be frat-boy cousin (Lee) endures any degradation to pledge Gamma Phi. Based partially on Lee's collegiate experience, School Daze examines the social divide and intraracial conflict that exist within black schools.
It was a good movie with an important message. There were a few musical numbers that were silly that seemed rather disconnected from the rest of the movie. I've read on some reviews that it was supposed to be a musical but it didn't really seem like one. The end was really silly and hokey. Like throughout the movie there are various people being selfish and self-absorbed and some are serious assholes. So you go through the whole movie watching the tensions rise between the different groups of people on campus. At the end the politically minded one who was aware of all the issues the whole time and who has been trying to bring them all together starts ringing the school bell and yelling "Wake Up!" at the top of his lungs. I thought he was going to make some impassioned speech in front of everyone but no, yelling "Wake Up!" over and over and over was enough to enlighten them all, even the guy that was being even more of an asshole than usual just a few hours before.
Mr. Holland's Opus 1995 - In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland ( Richard Dreyfuss ) takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose. Dreyfuss earned an Oscar nomination for his outstanding work in this emotional drama.
I watched this some time in high school in chorus and didn't remember much of it. I watched it again recently and I still enjoyed it. It makes me sad that art programs are being cut from schools.
Tristan & Isolde 2006 - Directed by Kevin Reynolds, this timeless medieval tale follows Tristan ( James Franco) and Isolde ( Sophia Myles), star-crossed lovers doomed by the forces of imperial politics. When gallant English knight Tristan wins the love of beautiful Isolde -- the daughter of the Irish king ( David O'Hara) -- their liaison threatens to destroy the uneasy truce between their two nations. Rufus Sewell plays English warlord Lord Marke.
I enjoyed this movie. I wanted to see it in the theater but didn't and then it got some ho-hum reviews. It was beautiful and sad. I liked that the Mark character was likeable but I definitely called it and said that if Tristan had explained to him what had happened in the beginning then Mark would have let Tristan & Isolde be together, heh. Definitely watch the making of feature, they built all the buildings and the sets and they were incredibly detailed.
Tentatively scheduled for this week: Idlewild, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Cooley High, The Gods Must Be Crazy 2, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin.