The Bringer of Bad Luck
So I went down to Sarasota, Florida this weekend to visit a friend from World of Warcraft. It was nice to go someplace warm since it had suddenly turned cold this past week. Apparently, there's a nonstop flight out of Reagan National to Sarasota-Bradenton International every day and it's fairly cheap as flights go these days. It's in the morning though and I didn't want to use vacation time to go down there, so I opted to fly out on Saturday instead of Friday. When I flew out on Saturday morning, it was around 20 degrees and when I got into Sarasota, it was like 65 degrees. Quite a welcome change.
While waiting for my friend to pick me up at the airport, a random old lady who had just finished dropping someone off at the airport offered to give me a ride. I don't know if people in Florida are generally nice or if I was being hit on by the greatest cougar of all time. I politely declined.
I also saw Quantum of Solace.
*** HERE BE SPOILERS ***
It was alright, although there were some patently ridiculous parts. Namely, the ever-exploding hotel in the middle of the desert. Why would you build a hotel in the middle of the desert with absolutely nothing else around? Who is supposed to be staying there? And okay, so it's running on fuel cells. Apparently, this means that if you crash a car into a wall of a building powered by fuel cells, the ENTIRE BUILDING is going to slowly explode. I don't really know much about hydrogen fuel cell technology, but I am guessing that it was being grossly misrepresented in the movie.
Not to mention that the hotel apparently had no sort of sprinkler or fire suppressant system. Or windows in the hotel rooms. Like, ANY of them, even the ones facing the exterior. Because to escape from the fiery hell that he had inadvertently created with his car-crashing prowess, James Bond makes his escape from the Room of Flaming Doom by shooting a gas pipe that is exposed from a crumbling wall and creates a hole through which he and the damsel in distress escape from.
My favorite part of the movie happend right at the end, where James Bond finally finds the Vesper's boyfriend/ex-boyfriend (not sure which anymore) who was supposedly the reason why she was a double agent. He was apparently still alive and pulling his double-agent inducing schemes on a member of the Canadian Secret Service. Well, Bond is not a fan of that, let me tell you. So he sneaks into his apartment one night when they are coming home, holds them at gunpoint and delivers this startling revelation:
Bond: That's a nice necklace you are wearing, [sad Canadian woman who is being duped]. Did [whatshisface] give it to you?
Duped Woman: Yes.
Bond: Well, I have one just like it from him too!
Unintentionally funny!
I heard that this latest movie was being panned by critics for being more violent than previous Bond films, but I didn't mind that so much as the tons of scenes that seem tailor-made to be in the various video game tie-ins.
*** END OF SPOILERS ***
On the way back from the movie, my friend got into a car accident. There was heavy traffic due to some parade going on downtown (we never did figure out what it was) and it had just started to rain so the roads were a little slippery. I guess Tanya (my friend) didn't notice that the cars in front of us were backed up at the next light until it was too late. She stomped on the brakes but we just kept sliding and rear-ended the car in front of us. Luckily, no one was seemingly hurt and it looked like both cars only took some minor fender damage, so they took her info and we all drove off. Tanya did mention her foot hurting, but we assumed it would go away eventually. Unfortunately, a couple hours later, Tanya's foot was still hurting, so she went to the emergency room and found out that she had fractured her foot. That pretty much spelled the end of an otherwise great weekend. Oh well.
On a lighter note, TBS was playing an Owen Wilson movie marathon or something so I finally got to watch Wedding Crashers. Good stuff. I never realized how hot Rachel McAdams was. Then I watched I Spy, which I regret. I decided not to take a chance when Shanghai Noon 2 came on afterward, and so I went to sleep. However, when I woke up the next morning, it was still playing! I guess I had slept just the right amount of time so that when the movie marathon looped, I woke up to the same part I had left off watching the night before. Scary. I still didn't watch it though. :P
While waiting for my friend to pick me up at the airport, a random old lady who had just finished dropping someone off at the airport offered to give me a ride. I don't know if people in Florida are generally nice or if I was being hit on by the greatest cougar of all time. I politely declined.
I also saw Quantum of Solace.
*** HERE BE SPOILERS ***
It was alright, although there were some patently ridiculous parts. Namely, the ever-exploding hotel in the middle of the desert. Why would you build a hotel in the middle of the desert with absolutely nothing else around? Who is supposed to be staying there? And okay, so it's running on fuel cells. Apparently, this means that if you crash a car into a wall of a building powered by fuel cells, the ENTIRE BUILDING is going to slowly explode. I don't really know much about hydrogen fuel cell technology, but I am guessing that it was being grossly misrepresented in the movie.
Not to mention that the hotel apparently had no sort of sprinkler or fire suppressant system. Or windows in the hotel rooms. Like, ANY of them, even the ones facing the exterior. Because to escape from the fiery hell that he had inadvertently created with his car-crashing prowess, James Bond makes his escape from the Room of Flaming Doom by shooting a gas pipe that is exposed from a crumbling wall and creates a hole through which he and the damsel in distress escape from.
My favorite part of the movie happend right at the end, where James Bond finally finds the Vesper's boyfriend/ex-boyfriend (not sure which anymore) who was supposedly the reason why she was a double agent. He was apparently still alive and pulling his double-agent inducing schemes on a member of the Canadian Secret Service. Well, Bond is not a fan of that, let me tell you. So he sneaks into his apartment one night when they are coming home, holds them at gunpoint and delivers this startling revelation:
Bond: That's a nice necklace you are wearing, [sad Canadian woman who is being duped]. Did [whatshisface] give it to you?
Duped Woman: Yes.
Bond: Well, I have one just like it from him too!
Unintentionally funny!
I heard that this latest movie was being panned by critics for being more violent than previous Bond films, but I didn't mind that so much as the tons of scenes that seem tailor-made to be in the various video game tie-ins.
*** END OF SPOILERS ***
On the way back from the movie, my friend got into a car accident. There was heavy traffic due to some parade going on downtown (we never did figure out what it was) and it had just started to rain so the roads were a little slippery. I guess Tanya (my friend) didn't notice that the cars in front of us were backed up at the next light until it was too late. She stomped on the brakes but we just kept sliding and rear-ended the car in front of us. Luckily, no one was seemingly hurt and it looked like both cars only took some minor fender damage, so they took her info and we all drove off. Tanya did mention her foot hurting, but we assumed it would go away eventually. Unfortunately, a couple hours later, Tanya's foot was still hurting, so she went to the emergency room and found out that she had fractured her foot. That pretty much spelled the end of an otherwise great weekend. Oh well.
On a lighter note, TBS was playing an Owen Wilson movie marathon or something so I finally got to watch Wedding Crashers. Good stuff. I never realized how hot Rachel McAdams was. Then I watched I Spy, which I regret. I decided not to take a chance when Shanghai Noon 2 came on afterward, and so I went to sleep. However, when I woke up the next morning, it was still playing! I guess I had slept just the right amount of time so that when the movie marathon looped, I woke up to the same part I had left off watching the night before. Scary. I still didn't watch it though. :P