Monday, January 7, 2008

The today for me thing didn't work out. I called Michael to see if he wanted to see AVP:R with me, but he was driving himself to the emergency room!?! He had this horrible pain in his shoulder and neck, and wanted to know if I could meet him there. I drove Mark to work so I'd have the car...then walked to the hospital from home since it was so nice outside. I talked to Janice on the way over; she's going on vacation with her family in February.

At the hospital I sat with Michael for awhile, and tried to make him laugh. He was crying and obivously suffering, but as I got him to talk it seemed to help. His mother soon arrived. She's very young looking; friendly and funny. We talked and waiting for an hour or so, but then I had to leave to see my grandmother, who is also in a hospital, but in Saline.

I went home and showered first as I felt kind of icky. Then when I got to the hospital I found out Grandma hadn't been moved today after all, as she had some trouble breathing this morning thanks to being given too much morphine. Sherry & my Aunt Marge were there when I arrived but left soon after. Shortly after that Grandma was going to have a bath and an X-Ray, so I left.

I saw AVP:R. Let me be the 200th person to tell you this movie sucks. Maybe it was just me...but I doubt it. The thing is, there are moments where interesting choices are made; surprises that would have been welcomed in a movie with a solid script and some kind of point, but as it is, it's just kind of a big waste. Blah. It seriously took this amazing movie series, and dragged in through the shit...until what we ended up with was more akin to a Friday the 13th sequel than a smart and or fun sci-fi monster mash.

Here's how I'd rate the movies in the order that they take place:

01 Predator ***
02 Predator 2 **
03 Alien vs. Predator ****
04 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem *
05 Alien *****
06 Aliens ****
07 Alien 3 *****
08 Alien: Resurrection ****

Many people hated the first AVP; I'm obviously not one of them. Many people also hated Alien 3 (my favorite of the series) and Alien: Resurrection. Most people seem to love Aliens the best & while I agree it's a great movie, I find the cookie cutter happy ending a little hard to swallow. It's possible that another movie will be made in this series; be it Alien, Predator, or a mixture of both - if they do make another installment, I hope they'll concentrate on the script, and try something different, rather than mishmash all the moments we loved from previous installments. Blah. Just...ick. I don't even want to think about it.

When I got home from the movie I had a splitting headache...and I still do. I got a call from Michael though and he's out of the hospital; something about the muscles in his neck and back going all funky and lots of pain killer for a happy ending. I commented on his blog and replied to some e-mails. Now I just want this headache to go away...

I have to leave to get Mark in about half an hour. This day has not gone anything like I'd hoped it would, but I guess it was never dull, and that's something.

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