First thing's first: 1. I am NOT dead (And I sure as hell don't look like the above picture). I've just gotten horribly side-tracked by monkeys riding unicycles...No, I'm kidding. Life can be a bitch sometimes and in a split second, can drag you back to reality when you really don't want to be. I had a pretty rough month after my last blog post. There was a lot of heavy personal stuff going on in my life that I'll spare you, but that's the main reason for my lack of blogging. 2. I apologize for leaving you hanging like that. I'll try not to let it happen again.
Anyway... Onto the fun stuff! You don't know how happy I am that it's May, which means the summer blockbuster season has begun! Holy crap! I love this time of year, especially since there's no shortage of kick-ass-looking movies coming up, and being that a good chunk of my summer has been completely sabotaged by knee surgery, I'll need the entertainment :).
I'm happy to report that I've already seen two of the biggest movies of the year! These two movies also happen to be the ones that I was most looking forward to and I'm happy to report that I loved the hell out of both of them!
Oh. My. God! This was everything I wanted "Iron Man 2" to be and then some haha, Seriously though, it was. I absolutely *LOVE* stories that have a darker tone or element to them and this totally fits the bill. I loved every second of it. As for the "Mandarin Twist", (and I hope I don't get stoned for this) I really didn't mind it. TONS of other movies deviate from the source material and people are OK with it. Why is Iron Man suddenly getting shit for wanting to entertain an audience? I'll never understand fanboys sometimes. Besides, I read the relaunched "Ultimate Iron Man" comic the other day and almost threw it across the frickin' room after I realized what the "Villain" was.
So anyway, yeah, I enjoyed it. Thank you Shane Black and Drew Pearce for entertaining the shit out of me. :)
The second movie I refer to is "Star Trek into Darkness"
One thing you should know about me---is that I am a *HUGE* Trekker. (Trekker/Trekkie I don't give a rat's ass what it is, I'm not picky). Having been a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation, I would later discover the beauties that were (and are) Star Trek (1966) and Star Trek Deep Space Nine, (which is my favorite Trek series of all-time) in addition to having seen all 11 Star Trek movies at least 3 times and thinking that the last two before the Abrams reboot *really* sucked, I was looking forward to having Star Trek be fun again.
Well, I saw Star Trek '09 and was absolutely blown away! Hell, I'll even admit it made me cry. It was the perfect shot in the arm.
Star Trek into Darkness didn't make me cry, but it's still one hell of a film. Won't give anything away, but there are a few surprises an places where things have been turned on their head that you might enjoy :)
I recommend both films. They're definitely worth the price of admission!
In other news: The hospital sent me my surgery packet to me a few weeks ago... I may have done this surgery thing 7 times before, but it still scares the shit out of me. My pre-op physical is scheduled for Monday---even that part scares the crap out of me. After that, there'll be 9 days until my impending date with doom...OK, moving on because I'll have a fucking panic attack if I think about it anymore than I have to.
Happy thoughts, happy thoughts...I re-organized my bookshelf last night only to discover that I no longer have enough room for everything and that bothers me hahahaha. Maybe I'll add "Bigger bookshelf" to my list of demands while I'm laid up :)
All right, I'm signing off before I lose my damn mind and start writing gibberish all over everything.
Until next time!
