The Informant

Sunday September 20 2009

Today I thought I wanted to see the movie The Informant. Now all the papers and the critics loved this movie. Well I would tell you what I though but about 10 mins in I passed out. Boring...
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what i saw 0 out of 5

but for the sleeping part 3 out of 5

garry

So whilst Garry has had more restful naps than he had during the Informant, I actually liked it. Can't say it was vastly entertaining but it was (based on a true story) interesting to see someone who appeared to be a regular Joe turn out to be something of a criminal mastermind......well, not exactly mastermind. It fact, working out whether he was a well-intentioned idiot or a supreme genius turned out to be central to the movie. It's certainly a talkie movie rather than an action movie but if you stick with it Matt Damon's character is quirky enough to keep things moving and working out what's REALLY going on will be with you after the movie.
3/5
L

Jennifers Body

Saturday September 19 2009

After working all day Saturday Liz and I decided to go see the movie Jennifer's Body. It was a horror movie that stars Megan Fox. Now we were going to see this movie at Tiff Midnight Madness but thought maybe we should wait. 1. Tiff movies are $20.00 and 2. the Midnight Madness show are at midnight (funny how that works).

Anyway the movie was good. Lots of fun and actually a good story which I was not surprised about once I read that Diablo Cody wrote it (she wrote the script for Juno). There was not blood or gore but it was still good.

Megan Fox was ok but I think just about any hot girl could have played the part. In fact I maybe getting a little sick of her..not sure why.

So I would say .. 3.5 out of 5

Go see it.

garry

This was a fun movie which was well done. Not a serious movie but a good story that depicted teenagers (and teenage sex) in a more realistic way than the Hollywood norm. Megan Fox was decent but I guess saying she's not Glenn Close or Meryl Streep is hardly an insult (and only serves to give away my age). And it's always nice to have a victim who fights back and has a little attitude in the face of evil demons.
3/5
L

U2 at the Rogers Centre (skydome)

Thursday September 17 2009 Liz and me went to see U2 at the roger centre. We had general admission tickets whick is usually something I am not really into, but this time it worked out fantastic. We went to the dome early as we thought it might be a zoo. But it was very easy to get in and we went right down to general admission area. The stage for U2 is amazing - so huge and it looks like a spaceship. What a great stage! The opening was Snow Patrol who were ok. There were kind of alot of slow songs and lets be honest I hate opening bands and was there to see U2. Finally at about 9 pm on they walked. We ended up about 20 rows from the front and we could see everything perfectly. The show was EXCELLENT. By far the best stadium concert I have ever seen. Great songs and the show was great. The first 4 songs where off the new cd so we did not really know them, but when the hits came we knew them all. Sunday Bloody Sunday, Vertigo, ONE LOVE, BEAUTIFUL DAY, NEW YEARS DAY..and on and on. What a concert. I would see U2 any time and I would sit in the general admissions section and just have a great time with all the rest of people. I am pretty sure Liz lost her voice and we both where sore from jumping and dancing around. A great thing about seeing the show at the Rogers Centre was they had the roof open and it was great looking into the sky and at the CN tower..great night Great show...U2 ROCKS

garry




What can I say that Garry hasn't said already......they were totally awesome! Loved the whole night. And for $120 for both of us - it was excellent value. They did play some of their new stuff which I didn't know at all but when they played the old stuff the crowd went wild and we all sang til we could barely talk. LOVED THEM! My only concern - when will they be back?
L

Final Destination 4 in 3D

Monday September 14 2009

Last night Liz and I finally went and saw Final Destination 4 in 3D and the movie worked. If it wasn't in 3D it would've sucked but the best thing about this movie was the 3D - it was excellent. I was really shocked how much fun I had. The best scene was actually the opening race scene it was great. Cars flying all over the place and even a few cool death scenes lol.

It was gory and silly so if you're not into this kind of stuff stay away but if you like to have fun and can just relax when you see a movie, GO! But only see it in 3D.

I think a funny thing they did was have a lot of big breasted ladies in the movie and I have to stay that did not hurt the seeing them in 3D. If you go look in the background and almost ever scene you will see what I am talking about.

Well I would say only in 3D the movie gets

3.5 out of 5

garry

The 3D in this movie was well done and it really took it from a waste of time to a fun waste of time. I really enjoyed it. Have to say though that I don't remember noticing as many sets of boobs as Garry does. Strange! :-P
3/5
L

All About Steve

So Sunday after I worked all day - yeah overtime, woohoo! - Liz and I went to see Final Destination 4 in 3D. We got to the show, sat down, watch previews and suddenly at show time sound but no picture. Weird? Next thing the Manager from the cinema comes in (for a split second I thought for sure someone was coming to kick Liz back to Ireland) and the movie is not going to happen. Now that sucks! But we get get 4 free movie coupons and as we leave we sneak in to see All About Steve. We had no real idea what it was about but it was the only movie playing at that time.

So the movie it was OK. Romantic comedy with Sandra Bullock who I like. She is fun to watch but the movie is kinda vanilla...nothing really to it. I will say that the cinema was kinda full so someone most like this kind of movie (I also like these movies but trying to act cool here). A good date movie or chick flick but for us MACHO guys stay away. But I did like her red boots!

4 free movie coupons and a free screening of All About Steve..sounds ok to me.

I would say 2.5 out of 5

hoping to see Final Destination this week...

garry

So the Sandra Bullock movie that we ended up seeing was actually okay. At least it had a message that I could get behind - namely that it's okay to not be a mainstream person and you shouldn't change yourself just to fit in. The film lacked some of the emotion that it might as I couldn't work out why the main character (Sandra) was so hot but so odd (I didn't get the message til the end). The ending made up for some of the films flaws but it looks like they took a quirky independent movie and made it mainstream which, given the movie's message, is kinda sad/ironic. Anyway's worth seeing if there's nothing else on but didn't love it.
2.5//
L

9

Saturday September 12

Today Liz and I went to see the movie 9. Now we have heard people talk about this movie at all the conventions we've been to all year long, so we where pumped. I thought the movie sucked. Maybe I'd seen too much of the movie at all the conventions? But I just didn't care about anyone in the movie. The best part I gues was that it was very short. I think Liz liked it more but I could not really tell as I was in a slumber during parts of movie, so boring. Maybe I was not not into as in the morning I been up early without that much food or drink for my physical check at the doctor's but if you miss this movie you are not missing much.

I would say 1 out of 5

garry

I did like it more than Garry but I have to agree that I didn't care for any of the characters. That was a bit strange as I was already in love with 9 (main character) from all the clips that we'd seen - he looks adorable, like a little sack cloth teddy with a zipper up the front, so I was expecting to be a little invested in the his adventures. And I'd already guessed how their creater had invested them with life and had made up a reason as to why he did it. It turned out that I was right on how but wrong and disappointed in the why. So maybe Garry was right - we'd seen too much already. Despite all that it really is a spectacle - beautifully scenes and with great detail and clarity. Totally worth seeing just for that - and I think if your expectations weren't as crazy high as ours you'd probably really like it. It's dark though - not for kids.
2.5/5
L

Bathroom is done

It's done. We love it!! Well worth all the mess. And there was a lot of mess lol
Here are the pics...

Dragon Con day 4

Monday September 7,2009

Last day of the con and I think both Liz and I had a better time this year then last. But the last day of any convention is never great, things always feel like they're winding down. I went and saw a panel about Stargate. Then Liz and I walked around the 3 dealers rooms but we really didn't buy much. I think we bought a t-shirt and graphic novel, all for maybe $50 total. After that we went to airport and flew home. The flight from Atlanta to Buffalo is fast, like 1.5 hours so that was good. We landed in Buffalo and began our drive to Toronto. Now one thing we forgot was that this was Labour Day weekend and the traffic was nuts. At one bridge it was over 2 hours. But we headed to the downtown Buffalo bridge and that was great move as it only took 20 mins. The drive home was long but all and all a great weekend

I know we will back next year for sure.

garry

I actually thought the final day was nice. We had an opportunity to wander around, eat the final meal at the place you love (Chick Filet for Garry, Mexican place for me) and if any of the things you were thinking of buying are still there it's a sign from the Gods that you were meant to get it - so I picked up the graphic novel Y for $27. It's set in a world where everything with a Y chromosome has died with 2 exceptions - the only males are one guy and one monkey - now do women remake the world as it was or they recreate a better world? Do they find a way to create babies without men or do they die out? Anyways it was a good thing that we bought next year's con tickets yesterday (as the line today was pretty crazy). But the last day does always have a sad feeling coz we all know we're heading back to work and the fun is over for another year. But head home we do. We argue in the car leaving Buffalo airport about how to get to a bridge that isn't the Queenston-Lewiston bridge which is bound to be swamped. As we can't resolve the issue we head to the Q-L anyways. Luckily Garry's eagle-eyes spot the line up waaaay before the bridge and we scream across the three lanes to make the final turn off the highway and reroute to the Peace Bridge. Good decision! We made it home at a reasonable hour, 9:15pm and we tucked up in bed shortly afterwards.
L

Dragon Con day 3

Sunday September 6, 2009

Well let me honest, at this point of the con all the days are juts blending together. All I know is Dragon Con is alot of fun. The main panels today are Patrick Stewart again and then a great panel with all the stars from Stargate. It was great panel and there had to about 7 stars on the stage so it was fun. The great thing about this con is Liz goes one way and I go another. We meet for lunch, talk, see a panel together or not and just do what we want. The crowds are huge and the lines can be deadly. But we're so used to the lines that even the biggest lines do not scare us. I think there about 60,00 people at this con and when we go to Comic Con there are 125,00, so the crowds are not something we worry about. The people at Dragon Con are great, they're all dressed up and there is so much going on.

At night we just hads a few drinks and watched all the people dressed up. Went for a ride up the elevator and saw all the people looking like ants.

So ended day 3 and I am sure I am missing something but o well

The picture is me with a sexy girl lol and Liz with a sexy guy LOL

garry

Garry had a bunch of panels that he wanted to see today but I just wanted to wander around for a while and enjoy the atmosphere, see the dealer's rooms etc. And as Garry said, it all becomes one big blur.

It seems to work well to have me to back to the room at about 4/5ish and nap for a few hours and then, get showered and out we go to enjoy the night life! This mostly involves wandering around the hotels to check out various parties (note to self - don't stand in line for parties it's a real downer and you lose energy when you stand around for ages) and taking pictures with people in costumes.
L

Dragon Con day 2

Saturday September 5 , 2009

After a great night's sleep we headed back to the con. There seemed to be a lot more people at this year's con. But I think the guests have lots to do with it. There was Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner and Patrick Stewart. Huge Star Trek Guests. Saturday we saw lots of guys from Battle Star Galactica and Patrick. We got really lucky as Patrick was so packed but we waited and got in to sit in the back. His talks are always great and this is the third time I've heard him talk. The next panel was a surprise panel which was most of the cast from Babylon 5, a great sci fi show from years gone bye. All the cast is older but it was great to hear all the old stories and to bring the memories of that tv show back to me. I think Liz was thinking who the hell are these old farts. O well, I loved them. At night we went to see this band called Crux Shadows. A good Indy band but not for Liz. I kinda liked them but not great. I love that about dragon con, music, tonnes of people dressed up and just so much to see and do.

We went to bed about 1:00am and Liz was dead...I was ready for more and even got a bit pissed that we had to leave. But I guess I was sleepy as 2 minutes after we got to the room I was out.

I did not even mention the parade that is great on Staurday morning - just so much to remember

garry

So I'll start with the parade. It started at 10am but you have to be there waaaay earlier to get the best seats on the street if you don't want to miss anything. Garry and I now consider lining up, being insanely early etc to be an essential part of the experience of cons, fan movies etc - it's all just part of the fun. And it's very popular as it's held in the streets of downtown Atlanta and everyone can attend, hence there's lots of families and non-con go-ers. So we got there at about 8:40am and saw the same friendly girl that we sat beside last year. The parade went on for about 40 minutes with lots of music, bag-pipes and cheering of the crowd for costumes which were popular, well done or just deserved our encouragement. After that we did a bunch of panels, I went back to the room for a much needed nap and then we headed out to see the masquerade. But that was kinda boring so we wandered around to see some bands and check out people's costumes. Fun day but I was totally exhausted by the end.
L