tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36817113.post1185678401054954699..comments2023-05-08T04:34:28.557-07:00Comments on Sydney's Blog: Public Service Announcement: Don't Watch National Treasure IISydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17360198761136198922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36817113.post-33430373918682852622008-05-29T00:31:00.000-07:002008-05-29T00:31:00.000-07:00Dude, Beau, if I am your first line of defense aga...Dude, Beau, if I am your first line of defense against bad movies, I have some bad news for you: I don't watch a lot of movies anymore. Srsly. Here are the five most recent movies I've seen in the theater:<BR/><BR/>-Iron Man (5/26)<BR/>-Sweeney Todd (when Joe was in town, so Christmas?)<BR/>-Ballad of Ricky Bobby<BR/>-Mr. & Mrs. Smith (in MD)<BR/>-Wimbledon (in MD, my first year)<BR/><BR/>I'm not proud of that last one on the list, by the by, but that was when I thought I could still tolerate theaters. Actually, aside from being a SUPER FANTASTIC TOTALLY WORTH $10 movie, Iron Man was the first in what, three? five years?, that wasn't too loud. Strangely, the Batman preview was, but the other previews were normal volume. <BR/><BR/>My point is this: if you're looking for advanced warning on movies, I will probably let you down. Ooh, maybe I'll post my most recent recommendations.Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360198761136198922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36817113.post-80053289958590199912008-05-28T13:02:00.000-07:002008-05-28T13:02:00.000-07:00Well, this warning message came too late for me. A...Well, this warning message came too late for me. Alas, my love of the movie experience and the fact that the first movie was... tolerable (is that too generous? Sean Bean raises almost any movie to that standard) convinced me it couldn't be that bad. Heck, I said, it might even be pretty good. Alright, I am gullible, I admit that, but the movie really was quite painful.<BR/><BR/>So, damn you Syd! Damn you for not suffering through this and warning me sooner.Beauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00334562493204683212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36817113.post-57453865506945366572008-05-27T23:08:00.000-07:002008-05-27T23:08:00.000-07:00The President's Book is compiled by Presidents, fo...The President's Book is compiled by Presidents, for Presidents. It's like FUBU, except it's BPFP, an unpronounceable string of labial consonants. According to the movie, Presidents write in it like an intergenerational diary. <BR/>"Dear President's Book,<BR/>Being President is way harder than being Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. I totally found this secret cubby hole in my desk today and learned that old Queen Vickie was totally for the Confederacy! She must have found Jeff Davis' southern accent charming or some such nonsense. I took a picture of it with one of these new fangled portable cameras that are all the rage (it's in color - without subtractive color edges! - even though that isn't readily available yet!) and then I destroyed that mean old Biddy's secret wooden message. Sigh... to be second in command again... Oh well, at least the economy is strong!<BR/>xxoo<BR/>-Cool"Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360198761136198922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36817113.post-71176831597294043742008-05-27T19:48:00.000-07:002008-05-27T19:48:00.000-07:00Now, it's my understanding that this movie was all...Now, it's my understanding that this movie was all about some sort of Presidential Book of Secrets. I'm sort of wondering how such a thing would get compiled. Would it be something like:<BR/><BR/>Aide: So, should this go in the official archives, sir?<BR/>Prez: That? Oh no.<BR/>Aide: Top Secret, sir? Classified?<BR/>Prez: This? Far too sensitive. I'm afraid this will have to go into the Presidential Book of Secrets.<BR/>Aide: Sir?<BR/>Prez: It's the musty tome in the third drawer of my desk. Hand it here, will you? Thank you. That will be all.<BR/><BR/>Or something like that.<BR/><BR/>Was Nic Cage ever cool? I think he was cool in high school when Face Off came out. That was pretty much it, right?Joe Streckerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13848690885706346774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36817113.post-15571473537607586552008-05-26T11:30:00.000-07:002008-05-26T11:30:00.000-07:00It was a rented test movie for Mom's new Blu-Ray p...It was a rented test movie for Mom's new Blu-Ray player. I actually had no plan to blog about it until it kept popping to mind all night. This was really more of an exorcism, I guess.Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360198761136198922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36817113.post-85256054308714190182008-05-26T07:53:00.000-07:002008-05-26T07:53:00.000-07:00Sydney, I'm not sure the thunderstorm lets you out...Sydney, I'm not sure the thunderstorm lets you out of explaining why you sat through this. Was it the thought of blogging it later that sustained you? That it was your duty to protect others from seeing it? Or was it the sheer fascination of the awful?Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.com