Sunday, December 5, 2010

Mark called not long after the last entry to check on me. I spoke to him and Jennifer both, Jennifer giving me advice for my arm, and Mark telling me he wasn't coming home last night - he won't be home until around noon. He stayed the night so he could drive Jennifer to the airport today as she's going to a week long conference in California. It's weird being the single one and being alone at home, not feeling well, while Mark & Jennifer (my Jennifer) play house.

Anyways, I watched "Prince Caspian" which I liked about as much as the first film. I did like a lot of the changes they made to the story, mostly in relation to Susan, who they made into a badass warrior and gave a bit of romance to with Caspian!?! Wacky. They also expanded on the raising of the White Witch idea (which never gets that far in the book), which was a nice touch. I think I'll probably like the 3rd film in the series better, as it's the kind of story that is probably better as a movie...yet the people who make these tend to make all the action (and there's plenty of action) extremely boring. How do they do that? lol

I made cookies and ate them while I watched "Predators". It's also an ok movie. There were things I liked a lot about it, and things I didn't. Most of the things that I didn't like were homages to the first Predator movie (with Royce having the same dialogue as Dutch at the end - the music played during the closing credits - and the military in the jungle imagery in general) - while I appreciated the actual reference to the first film and how that tied into this one. Having now seen all the current movies in the series (3 more are in developement: a Predators sequel and 2 Alien prequels), this is how I'd rate them:

Predator ***
Predator 2 **
Alien vs. Predator ****
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem *
Predators ***
Alien *****
Aliens *****
Alien 3 *****
Alien: Resurrection ****

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