Grindhouse is a double feature of horror movies. The first is a zombie movie called "Planet Terror" directed by Robert Rodriguez. Actually, it's more of an homage to classic zombie movies, and makes fun of the grossness and campiness. He made it with an old-school scratched up look, including (or not including?) a missing reel. I looooooove all things zombie, and I had no idea what this movie was going to be. So I was pleasantly suprised. Pretty standard zombie plot, but very funny and very well-done.
The ooziness gets pretty vile (props to my mom for sitting through the whole thing, even if she closed her eyes a few times). The main character (Rose McGowen) has her leg torn off by zombies and later replaces it with a machine gun. That's right! How does she shoot it? Don't know, don't care! But at one point she shoots straight into the ground, launching herself in the air and lands in a spin kick that kills all the army guys around her!
I almost cried with joy. My life had no meaning until now.
It may even be better than Bruce Campbell replacing his arm with a chainsaw in the Evil Dead movies, but it's proabably blasphemous for me to suggest so. And anyways, Evil Dead is epic, so Planet Terror can't really compare.
Between and before the two movies are fake trailers that were pretty funny. We heard somewhere that "Machete" is supposed to actually be made into a movie soon.
The beginning of the second movie "Death Proof" drags a bit. It's easier to bear if you know what Quentin Tarantino's movies are like. He does this often, and the payoff is always worth it. This one is more of a psycho thriller, with Kurt Russell playing the part of Kurt Russell--er, I mean, the psycho killer Mike the Stuntman. When he messes with the wrong girls (Zoe Bell--the stuntwoman for Xena as their perky leader) he turns into a blathering baby. Awesome, awesome ending. I'll ruin it for you. They beat the hell out of him. With their car. And a metal pipe. And their fists.
Greatest three and a half hours I have EVER spent in a movie theater. One of the best movies I've seen lately--but definitely not for everyone. For horror lovers only (though again, my parents managed to be at least entertained by it--unlike the middle-aged couple next to me in the movie theater. They left after 20 minutes!).
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Some Serious Meat
Because of the intense overtime Joe and his coworkers have been putting in, they decided to treat themselves (and their significant others) to a good steak dinner. Courtesy of the company.
The steak house we went to was one of those old school places, with brown leather chairs and carpeting and waiters in suit jackets. The special of the day was Antelope, sliced thin. Mmm, jumpy meat. So who orders it? Joe, of course.
Unfortunately, a few minutes after we ordered, the waiter came back and said the kitchen was out of antelope. Boo. Their substitute was venison. I'm sure it was delicious, but not nearly as exciting, so he just went ahead and got a regular old porterhouse steak instead.
I ordered the filet mignon rossini, which is filet mignon with a slab of foie gras on top. It hurt me to order something that expensive, even when someone else was paying! Once it came, though, it was totally worth it. Even if I was paying for it. It was possibly the best thing that anyone ordered, and Joe kept trying to steal more and more bites off my plate. Wow.
We also shared 2 bottles of wine (between six of us). A very nice treat, though even a dinner like this does not make up for the RIDICULOUS number of hours Joe has been putting in. His boss called at 8 a.m. this Saturday! Not cool!
Today is the first day of Passover. Joe and I are going to host a seder and Christy is coming to share. I wish Luke and Aliza were here--that would be perfect--but they flew to Vegas to spend Passover with her grandma and parents. So we will have a small, low-key affair this time.
The steak house we went to was one of those old school places, with brown leather chairs and carpeting and waiters in suit jackets. The special of the day was Antelope, sliced thin. Mmm, jumpy meat. So who orders it? Joe, of course.
Unfortunately, a few minutes after we ordered, the waiter came back and said the kitchen was out of antelope. Boo. Their substitute was venison. I'm sure it was delicious, but not nearly as exciting, so he just went ahead and got a regular old porterhouse steak instead.
I ordered the filet mignon rossini, which is filet mignon with a slab of foie gras on top. It hurt me to order something that expensive, even when someone else was paying! Once it came, though, it was totally worth it. Even if I was paying for it. It was possibly the best thing that anyone ordered, and Joe kept trying to steal more and more bites off my plate. Wow.
We also shared 2 bottles of wine (between six of us). A very nice treat, though even a dinner like this does not make up for the RIDICULOUS number of hours Joe has been putting in. His boss called at 8 a.m. this Saturday! Not cool!
Today is the first day of Passover. Joe and I are going to host a seder and Christy is coming to share. I wish Luke and Aliza were here--that would be perfect--but they flew to Vegas to spend Passover with her grandma and parents. So we will have a small, low-key affair this time.
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