Because I'm a head of useless fucking information, and I decidedly spend my spare time unwisely, here's the low-down.
The Hangover - if you have the least bit of a sense of humor, don't miss it. I saw it at the drive-in last summer and just rewatched it on HBO. It certainly has its moments, and Bradley Cooper. Need I say more?
A Perfect Getaway - Decent, good actors, good story, total cheat in act III. Worthy of a watch, but expect to swear at the TV at one point.
Brothers - Jake Gyllenhall, Tobey Maguire make the movie. Some hard parts to watch, especially since my little bro is over there in shit at the moment, but decent.
Planet 51 - didn't sustain my kids' attention, and that's not a good sign. I thought it was ok, but if Meet The Robinsons was on the tube at the same time, I'd switch channels.
Couples Retreat - maybe it's because Ralphie 'you'll shoot your eye out!' directed it, or because the cast was great, but i thoroughly enjoyed the flick.
Taken - pretty good, ass-kicking entertainment; made me positive i missed my real calling in this life. Sensitive subject matter, the whole sex trade business flying around beneath the radar just reaffirms what most people with half a fucking brain already know; if it's a booming underground business, and only 1% of the population on the frigging planet have the cash and security to do such shit, then ...? seriously, that's too simple of a fucking mathematical equation to overlook.
But, on another note, my niece paid me a major compliment the other day. When I made a comment that I wasn;t a big or important person in the world, this 10 yr old kid looked me in the face and said, "Yes you are. You're a protector."
Hard to imagine, hard as hell to admit, but it took a kid to show me something about myself that I never really saw before. Sure, I knew I protect these kids around me, a soft spot I've always carted around with me, but god, what a promotion. Fighter. Writer. Protector.
That's me. And I'm goddamn proud of it.
