Well, because I’m horribly off schedule and way behind, I’ve decided to make my workouts public. I bought a new pair of running shoes and a Nike+ kit for my iPod back in February and hadn’t used either of them. So, last night, I calibrated everything and got it all setup, and tonight I had my first workout. Wish me luck, I’ve got a long way before I reach 13 miles.
I’ll be honest, I couldn’t watch this one. Typical thief falls in love with the target plot. About half way through, I started doing other things, like cleaning up around the house while it was on.
Maybe someday I’ll give it another try, but this one just didn’t grab my attention at all.
So far, this is the first movie I’ve seen from my list that I haven’t liked.
The story centers around an old West pioneer, who helps establish some of the early towns of the great land rush. He becomes known for standing up for equal rights, and fighting for his beliefs. As time goes on, the thirst for adventure becomes greater, and he continually abandons his family, more and more often, for longer periods of time each trip until he finally disappears.
Even though our hero was a champion for equality, he was a terrible husband and a worse father. I found the movie the phenomenal up until the last act, where the end of the movie made absolutely no sense to me. It’s really tough to talk about my problems with the movie without “spoiling” it, so I’m just going to leave it at that.
Not a bad movie. I really wish I had a little more to say about it, honestly.
Thanks to my days from being a part of my High School drama club, I have a soft spot for musicals. I played rolls in West Side Story, Guys and Dolls and our own medly that our director came up, piecing together a lot of classic bits.
Allthough, I wouldn’t really call this a musical, it’s more of a movie about a bunch of people doing a Broadway musical. Two sisters try to make their big break, and end up in a big “love triangle,” that really ends up as more of a “love square” with a lot of diagonal lines in the middle. It becomes a little show in the middle, as we are pretty light on action, and the humor might not translate well being almost 80 years old, but there’s plenty of character development, and a great deal of personal conflict between all the characters.
All in all it’s worth a watch, but I don’t feel like I was missing anything not having seen it before. This would be a great canidate for a remake, and I might try to talk some of my local film making buddies into giving it a shot. I even have a few folks in mind for casting.