1.21 Gigawatts of Opinion - review

Puyallup Fair Review

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:21:04 -0700

As predicted the Puyallup Fair was awesome. We unexpectadly got free tickets from Lucia's boss and arrived at the fair about 4:00pm.

First thing was to get food. I ate at a place called The Mad Greek where I had a Polish Sausage, pepsi and a big ass basket of fries which they gave me for free. Once food was out of the way we hit the animal exhibits and had a great time looking at farm animals of all kinds.

We stopped in on the new Toonzville exhibit where I forced Lucia to watch the Let's Pretend Circus show. Which is a circus where they take kids from the audience, give them costumes to wear and give them simple directions like "When she points at you all you have to do is growl!".

The show was fun and had alot of audience participation (inlcuding oohing and ahhing clapping in a circle ("rounds of applause") and such. The kids were fun to watch and reminded me of the Make-A-Circus I was in as a kid.

After that we went through more animal exhibits then through the shops and hobby halls and into the crafts. It was a hell of alot of fun and I ended up getting a new baseball cap with pirate Jack Rackham's flag on the front. On the reverse it says Surrender the Booty. A typical pirate saying on just about every piece of pirate clothing out there. I love this hat!

After alot more walking and more exploring we ended up going home about 9:00pm. I had a great time as usual. I'll miss it until next year.

Transporter 2

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 14:20:00 -0700

There are some very good reasons to see the Transporter 2. First off the movie was a great action film with nearly impossible action sequences that really shock you when they're pulled off. It takes Transporter style a step further.

The black Audi in the film is awesome looking and I am not a huge car fan so that is saying something and the fight scenes are inventive and outright deadly looking.

Frank Martin (Jason Statham) gets super inventive with a fire hose and kicks the shit out of about 10 guys by himself with one. This sort of ass whooping happens throughout the film and every fight is stylishly brutal.

Other action sequences are done equally well though some are so far fetched that you might find yourself rolling your eyes but loving it anyway.

And while the plot does involve protecting a small innocent child, our hero Frank has no problem beating the crap out of would be attackers in front of him so there's no fear of a castrated Vin Diesel in a family setting with this film.

I give it an A-

Need another reason to go see it?

Herbie Fully Loaded

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 04:15:00 -0700

Originally posted on blogspot on Thurs. Aug 18th.

Have you ever seen a movie and just wanted to cry with joy?

If not Herbie Fully Loaded is the film to do it in. I saw this somewhat older movie at the cheap theater tonight. 4.50 tickets. Me and Lucia chose seeing it over Cinderella Man which just looked kind of gay.

I am really happy we caught it. There are few movies that have made me feel the way this film did. I dunno if it was that we were at the old theater me and my mom used to go to when it offered the newest movies. I dunno if it was finally spending some time with just my girlfriend without having any friends there as we seem to have had so much lately (this is a good thing really but sometimes it's good to be alone!)

It was probably a mix of these things and one damn good Herbie film that did it. I watched the old Herbie movies and it was great to see him in action again.

Herbie Fully Loaded is not a movie that must be seen on the big screen. However that's how I like them best. If you don't want to spring for tickets and you don't have a cheap theater there I highly recommend renting it and watching it with a loved one or on your own.

Herbie Fully Loaded may just bring a joyful tear to your eye and a smile to your jaded heart.

Games You Can't Lose

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:45:00 -0700

I just started reading this old book by Harry Anderson of Night Court fame. If you remember that show he was always doing cheesy magic tricks and loved Mel Tormei.

Games You Can't Lose is an awesome book and has a noticable lack of cheesy tricks.

Instead it has some of the greatest street games (AKA Cons) and swindles of our time. It exposes those ridiculous carnival game rip offs as well.

Games You Can't Lose calls itself A Guide for Suckers but with this con artist wisdom you'll be well defended against those with small hands or the fat guy who wants to flip coins for hot dogs.

I should also mention this book can be used for evil. And that makes it even more appealing.

The cons in the book are semi-honest and take advantage of the unsuspecting one who accepts the charlatan's challenge.

Excerpt from the back:

Here, told in Harry's notoriously sly style, are bets, games, tricks, cons, stunts and bald-faced lies that you can perpetuate for yuks and bucks. Harry will show you-yes even you-how to pull off such astounding feats as Winning Free Drinks From Under A Hat, Removing Your Vest Without Removing Your Coat, the Dollar Bill Swindle and Heaving a Pumpkin Over A Three Story Building...

This book is available at Amazon.com for about 5 bucks used. I picked my copy up at a used bookstore for $3.50 and I think I'll make it pay for itself...

By Harry Anderson and Turk Pipkin

An original publication Pocket Books

ISBN 0-671-64727-X

Brothers Grimm

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 05:35:00 -0700

The Brother's Grimm starring Heath Ledger and Matt Damon is a film you should see with low expectations.

It isn't a bad film, it's enjoyable and the costuming was great. I just expected more.

Both the lead actors left me a bit cold with their characterization of Jacob and Wil. There really was not a lot of interesting things done with the characters but all in all I liked the movie.

There is not enough fairy tale in it for me and the singular plot and weak love interest left something to be desired.

I would catch this film in a matinee or at the cheap theater near you.

You may even just want to wait for it to come out on video.

I give it a C+.