Whip It and Capitalism

Monday October 12 2009

Holiday Monday and just about everything is closed. Only thing to do GO TO THE MOVIES! Well we are almost running out of things to see but we decide we want to see Whip It. Now we I hear Whip It I think Devo but this was a movie not a great 80's song. I love the 80's! The movie is about the roller derby and back in the day when I was kid the derby was kinda huge, well not huge but I knew about it. I can remember Skinny Mini Miller a sleek black girl with moves to kill.....wow, lots of reflection here must be because I am 43 now. The actors in this movie were not the most graceful on skates but it was a fun movie. In a sense it did remind of some the old 80's movies. Girl is kinda of a loser, finds something she loves but her Mom wants her to do something else and in the end it all works out. I'm not sure how I feel about about Drew Barrymore. I think I may be getting sick of her but I am not sure why. All in all a fun movie but VERY predicable

2.5 out of 5

After Whip It ended we did some looking around and saw that the new Michael Moore movie Capitalism was about to start in 1 minute. So we slipped in to see this movie for free. Now this is a typical Micheal Moore movie. He finds people at the very end of their rope and it's kinda heart breaking. I just wish we had more of a back story into some of peoples problems but something tells me we may not have the sympathy we feel as we watch. There are some things in this movie that are just mind blowing. Like WALMART was taking out insurance polices on it employees and making millions on them when they died. It is so hard to figure out but what it sounds like is they find younger people that have a medical problem say asthma and gamble that they may die young so that they get a big pay off....it was mind blowing. You should see the movie just to hear about that. Parts of the movie are boring but it did teach me stuff I did not know and small parts are funny. He also puts alot of ex[ectations on President Barack Obama and I sure hope he can get something done, so far not seeing much. I know it's early but not seeing much of anything yet.

LETS HOPE - YES WE CAN

I would say 3 out 5

garry

Garry's Birthday Dinner

Sunday October 11 2009

After the movie we came home and got ready for my B-day dinner. As it was also Thanksgiving we all decided that no turkey and we would have HUGE t-bone steaks instead. Liz is just getting to know the BBQ so it was time for her next lesson. Lets just say her first attempt at chicken turned out to be not so great, unless she was going for BLACKENED CHICKEN, in which case she totally nailed it. Ok so this time she was ready and she did a great job. When I say huge steaks I am not lying these are almost like the steaks in the Jon Candy movie the great out doors where if you can eat it you get it free....so huge. These are also hard to cook but she did them great. Excellent dinner and they even had a KISS cake for me.I know I am 43 but hey, what can I say, I am a bit of a kid..(Shut UP LIZ )

After dinner came the best part! Presents. I got some great Blue rays from Mom and Dad including the Planet Of Apes box set. I love the apes (yes 43 - stop asking - lol)

What a great birthday! My parents and the lady I love...HEAVEN TO ME.

garry

You're a great big sop. but you're MY great big sop. Happy birthday babe! And I did hardly anything with those steaks but I appreciate you trying to help me recover from the chicken disaster lol.
L

Couples Retreat

Sunday October 11 2009

Couples Retreat was really the only new movie to open this weekend so we thought lets give it chance. It was ok. Kinda dull. Some funny parts but no real story. I think that me or Liz or just about anyone that has seen a movie could have written this. I love Vince Vaughan and Jon Favreau aka Mr Iron Man but it was almost like they wrote this movie so they could go on a great vacation and get paid. And lets be honest, who can blame them. I liked the movie better then Liz but not by much. The resort looked great and it would be cool to go there but the movie kinda short changed me. I think Vince and Jon can do better.

I would say 2.5 out of 5

garry

Saturday Treat

Saturday October 10 2009


Saturday on a long Thanksgiving day weekend here in Canada. So what should we do? No, you're wrong, no movies, we went shopping! As I had to work a full day Liz did what she did best and slept in. It's kinda funny because on Friday she had all these grand plans about what she was going to do but as always with my dreamboat those all fell to the side when the TV was switched on and the covers were pulled up to her chin. I called Liz, having done a full day's work and to tell her I was coming home, and I ask "so honey what are you doing?" and she said "having a nap". Apparently taking a shower just drains some people..LOL. Good thing I love her.

So after work Liz had a surprise - she wanted to go shopping at......IKEA. Ikea! On a SATURDAY of a long weekend - so you know my pain. But off we went and to be honest it was not that bad.We looked around as we always and bought nothing like we always do but it was ok. After that, well the second busiest store, COSTCO. And this one was busy. In fact Liz was not into it but I calmed her down and then we just went with it and it turns out that they had so many people on cash that it was very fast....all in all not a bad shopping day.

That night I wanted to watch the hockey game and Liz had been out of bed for at least 7 hours so she needed her rest. Not a bad SATURDAY I went to work made some overtime, came home and Liz spent it.....a regular day in my life.

garry


What can I say, I'm lazy. It's a flaw but I lack the will to change it! I wish that I didn't have to spend more than 7 hours out of bed every day!
L

KISS in Oshawa

October 7 2009

Well first let me get this off my chest. On our tickets it says "no cameras". Liz called the booking office and they said "no cameras". I go to walk in "sorry sir, no cameras" ( A bit off topic I know I am getting old I get SIR a lot more now anyway..) So I go in sit down and get ready. What do I see about 5000 cameras. No idea why I was black balled but it does piss me off. In closing I will never see Kiss again without my camera. That I promise myself!!

So yes Kiss again. This is the 31st time I have seen them. Yep 31! I hope to hit 50 before it is all done. The reason Kiss played the small town of Oshawa is the city won an on-line voting competition to bring them there. So they came and played and what a great show it was! It rocked seeing them so close and in such a small place. It was pretty much the same show as in Toronto but it was just as good. Fire smoke bombs and the full Kiss show. AMAZING !!!!,

I think they will be coming back around this area in 2010 and guess what? Every show within a short driving distance I will be there..I know, shocking! I want to hit 50.

While I was at the show I was thinking something I want to put on my to do list is to see Kiss in their home town of New York City. Maybe I can talk Liz into that one. I will do it..well I hope i will do it.

so KISS is again

10 out of 10

garry
KISS ROCKS--I kinda feel sorry for Liz as I am on a Kiss high..lol

Which I've just ruined by telling him that the problem with our 5 month old 60" TV is NOT covered by the warrenty :-(
L

The Invention of Lying

We went to see this on Sunday at 11am. I pushed back a lunch with a good friend in order to fit it in. I shouldn't have bothered. Honestly I'm not sure how such a talented guy can make such a poor movie. I don't know much of Ricky Gervais' work but I do believe that he's got great skill at what he does - being funny. This movie was NOT funny. It was long and boring and I'd happily have left half way through as I really felt there was nothing to keep me except that Garry might prefer me to stay. So I stayed. The movie continued being crap.
0/5
L


Anyone who saw any ads on this movie would think :o that looks funny" but the ads LIE! This movie sucked. I have yet to see a good Ricky Gervais movie. He ROCKED in the OFFICE but this movie was so boring. The thing I really hate is it could have been good. I love the line where he tells the chick the world will end unless you sleep with me....she says ok and he chickens out - I mean, come on! There should be more of that and less preaching. The worst part is the TV commercials are better then the movie. Also why does GOD have to comment in this movie. It would have been better if through the full movie he just lied to get what he wanted. Instead it turns into some moral quest that you couldn't care less about. Less God, more funny. I think Ricky has a good movie in him but time is running out. Jennifer Gardner (from Alias) looked good in the movie.

so I would say

1 out of 5

garry

hey Liz did a post all her own - yeah LIZ!

Zombieland

October 3 2009

It's October so that means scary movie month. We love the horror films but mostly they're not very good or just have a few good things in them but we had high hopes for this movie. Liz and I heard about it back at Comic Con and we liked what we saw there. All zombie movies have the same premise: end of the world with just a few survivors. Same thing in this film. What also makes a good zombie film is good kills and this one has some great ones. Woody Harrelson was very good and very funny. I also liked the music in the movie as it was old school rock and roll.

within the genre there is a war on between fast and slow zombies. In the last year we have seen lots of T-shirts that say FAST ZOMBIES SUCK. I'm not sure how I feel about this as I like the fast Zombies in the Dawn of the Dead remake by Zack Snyder but I think I like slow Zombies better. What a stupid argument lol.

Anyways Zombieland

4 out of 5

garry

This was a fun movie. Not as good or as clever as Shaun of the Dead but still one of the best movies in the genre and one of my favourite movies of the year. The story was interesting, the zombies entertaining and the characters were well rounded. If you like zombie movies you'll definitely enjoy this one.

4/5
L

Kiss In Toronto

Friday October 2 2009 The Worlds Best Rock band came back to town again and I was there. I have seen this band so may times it's scary. Well they played the Air Canada Centre and it was great! I know this post is kind of a waste as there is not much I can say. They are great and I will see them every time they come to town or close by. In fact I am going to see them again in like 6 days in Oshawa. One funny thing happened after Kiss took the stage, about 1 song in the power was gone and they had to take a 15 min break...first time i have seen that. Once again Liz did not see them, maybe someday she will see the genius that is KISS.

here are some pics

kiss 10 out of 10

garry

Ohhhh! A whole new scale for Kiss! I can't go see them though - the pressure to be in love with them is too much lol.
L

Trailer Park Boys

September 29 2009

It was cheap Tuesday at the movies so I thought I would go see Trailer Park Boys the movie. This was the second TPB movie, I really enjoyed the first and was getting excited to see the new one. Well I went to see it at 4:15 and there was only 3 other people in the place. I was shocked. It was Tuesday and the movie was only $4.99. Was this a bad sign? Turns out, it kinda was. Can it be the boys have over stayed their welcome? I really wanted to like it but this and the first movie were almost the same. Too bad really. I love Buffalo, Ricky and Julian but I think their 15 mins is over. I kinda felt it was almost over when I went to see them live about 6 - 7 months ago. I mean if you are fan go see the movie but there is nothing new here.

Just for the record I love the guys and would go see another movie but only on cheap Tuesday.

One cool thing was at the end J ROCK does a rap - Dave and I were there at Massey Hall when they filmed this scene so that was kinda cool..

I would say 2.5 out of 5

You will shocked to hear that Liz passed on seeing this movie...shocking eh??

garry

Couldn't do it folks! Couldn't muster up any enthusiasm for this one.
L