Happy Father's Day, Guys...

POSTED BY: zoid
UPDATED: Monday, June 20, 2005 22:10
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BROWNCOAT1

Monday, June 20, 2005 2:30 PM

Hope all you Browncoat dads had a great Father's Day.

Mine was great. Got treated to breakfast in bed by my kids then spent the day just sharing a beautiful day w/ my family.

It may seem thankless at times, but I would take the job of father over any other job you could name. Children make every minute of it worth it and then some.

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"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondbrowncoats/

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 20, 2005 2:51 PM

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Originally posted by zoid:
the main reason I'm going is because of reports of the Serenity trailer being attached to this particular property. I expect to enjoy the flick too; but I plan on screaming like a banshee if our trailer comes on.

Okay, now did ya see it (and did ya scream)?
And what 2nd movie did you finally decide on?

Curious Dad Chrisisall

ZOID

Monday, June 20, 2005 4:40 PM

chrisisall:

No Serenity trailer (drat). But the movies were well worth it and I had good company (the kids) to boot. "Batman Begins" totally rocked. The only thing that seemed overly forced and weak (plot-wise) was Ms. Moore's final scene: it was totally unnecessary and felt tacked-on. Other than that, thumbs up (and fingers and toes)! The Tumbler (Batmobile) is the most awesome vehicle ever filmed; words cannot begin to describe it, and I'm not even particularly a car geek.

All the big names brought on to play supporting charaters gave credible performances. But, I have to give Liam Neeson the lion's share of praise for his performance as the film's major baddie. While he doesn't get a lot of screen time, he does get more than enough to eclipse his performance in Star Wars Episode I. It was nice to see him properly utilized in a film, and he showed great skill in the performance. I couldn't help but consciously think that he in some way redeemed himself for Qi-Gon. Even though I know it was none of the actors' fault, those wooden performances have got to haunt an actor. In BB, he shows the emotional range as well as the physical chops to play this key role in an action-adventure. This was what Qi-Gon should have been.

(SERMONIZING)
Hayden Christensen, whom I have derided for his whiny and illogical performances as Anakin, has recently said he is getting out of acting to concentrate on a career in engineering. To him, I would say, "Stick it out a little longer, son." Maybe one day he'd get the chance to redeem himself as Neeson has done in "Batman Begins".

All it takes is a good storyteller and a director with a healthy respect for his actors. Christopher Nolan, the director of BB, seems to have a way of getting good performances from his actors, even in smaller roles; maybe he'd consider giving Hayden a shot of some kind in one of his next movies. The young man shouldn't be forced out of movies by the ridicule over his performances in the prequel trilogy; they weren't his fault. If he then still wants to become an engineer, at least he didn't quit acting from shame of failure.
(/SERMONIZING)

We then watched "The Longest Yard" -- much to my son's disappointment -- rather than rewatching SWIII. I know there are die-hard SW fans out there, so I should be careful what I say (too late, hmmm?); but, I just couldn't sit through it again. My daughter felt the same way (even more demonstrably so). So, my son was outvoted and he pouted some, saying he was just going to go to sleep in the back seat. Well, "The Longest Yard" started and within five minutes, he had forgotten about being upset.

It was a decent little comedy. There were a lot of good laughs in it. One I remember in particular in the opening moments: Courtney Cox has had a boob job. I mean, no, there wasn't specifically a joke associated with the boob job, but it's so apparent that I laughed out loud for the better part of a minute. The joke writer in my head said: "Looks like she's replaced the fake boob who dumped her for Jolie with two new ones." And she makes sure they're prominently displayed for the 3 minutes she's on camera. I think she had a face, but I only glanced at it...

Sandler does an excellent job in this fluffy movie. He handles the comedic bits in his signature off-the-cuff form, and has grown as a dramatic actor, which differentiates this movie from "Happy Gilmore" or "The Waterboy".

Chris Rock, well, rocks. I'd heard his role in this movie was an attempt to get more parts, that he wants to get onscreen and away from stand-up a little bit. His role as "Caretaker" might very well do the trick. Sandler and Rock have good chemistry, though it's hard to imagine it being vestigial from SNL, since they haven't otherwise worked together in the intervening decade.

The rest of the acting and storytelling are basically a cookiecutter of every sports comedy ever filmed; but, the movie is probably near the top of its questionable genre. The prison guard I and the kids refer to as "The Estrogen

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 20, 2005 5:51 PM

Thanks for gettin' back to me, I was really curious.
Drive ins, I remember them. Fondly. Non 'round here.
BB is now on my list.
And thanks for the reviews.
ImEarly stretched this thread out, he has a wide picture in his post, see you on another thread.

Chrisisall Wayne

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Monday, June 20, 2005 9:37 PM

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Originally posted by zoid:
It may be a thankless job in a sh!t storm of ever-increasing magnitude, but somebody's gotta do it. Please note that mine is the first post on the subject and the day's nearly over, and take that as evidence that my first sentence is at least arguably true.

Did we finally merge up - hands across the water? I always had it in my head that the dates were different on each side of the Atlantic. Guess not.

Gives me the chance to post a link to something that got me thinking about my dad just last week. Kevin Smith is doing a blog at the moment, and to call it open and honest is something of an understatement (warning - strong language and fairly graphic info on his sex life in other posts), but this post on the anniversary of his dad's death says it all:

http://silentbobspeaks.com/?m=20050601

Because there shouldn't have to be just one day a year.

ROBBY

Monday, June 20, 2005 10:10 PM

Ah happy me, my beautiful wife and daughter not only delivered unto me the Firefly DVD set (which we had Netflixed, and were both dying to watch again), but the Finding Serenity book as well.

Add that to a nice day of hanging out with the family, lunch with friends and a quiet day of doing laundry, well, life is good.

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