On Saturday went into Boston with Dan, Galen and Dustin and we saw “A Scanner Darkly.” The weather was pretty crappy but it was still fun to go into town. We also walked around a bit and got some food from Quincy Marketplace- I got mexican food this time. Every time I’ve been there I’ve had totally different types of food.
After we were done with Boston we played some cards (poker, euchre) ordered chinese food and watched Clerks. It took us almost an hour to order the chiense food- we didn’t have a menu and were looking for a place that had a website. Sure every chinese takeout place has about the same menu, but we wanted to just be sure. We finally found a place with interesting items, figured out waht we wanted, and then foudn out they won’t deliver to us. We finally just called a place close to us and guessed menu items. That was probably my best chiense takeout ever.
Ocean’s Twelve. Everyone really complained about this movie and it got horrible reviews. I never quite understood it- people said that it was just like the first. I, like most people, thought the first was good so I figured a copy would be fun. After watching it I clearly understand the complaints. They try to make it complicated like in Oceans 11 but only succeed in confusing the viewer. Worse yet, the viewer doesn’t care what is happening in the movie. The music also sucks.
A Scanner Darkly. This was a pretty trippy movie. It was also really interesting. The way the animation was made in the movie relied on some pretty interesting computer technology, but kindof gave everything a jello effect to some degree. Some things that just don’t move swayed around. This affect was pathetic in Waking Life, which used an earlier version of the same technology. In this movie the style fits. I’d recommend seeing it… not really a happy movie but interesting. Also the police suits are kickass.
Clerks. Okay I have a lot of friends that love this movie. I guess it was pretty funny but I’d say overall it was only okay. Parts of the movie were just boring. I’ll be seeing Clerks 2 and the animated series soon.
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