Well it's over. The Memorial Day Weekend is over. This means that I need to be at work at 6 AM tomorrow to learn about all of the patients on the service. Thank God South Park is on to make everything ok. This particular episode is when we all find out that the planet Earth is a reality television show. God I love the dudes who created the show. And since it's Memorial Day, let me send a quick thank-you to all Americans who have served in our country's military. I certainly appreciate the freedom I have to write this blog and the freedom I have to do whatever the hell I want. I have nothing but the highest respect for all people, living or dead, who fight and have fought for freedom and democracy everywhere. So thanks.
I need to talk about the drive back to Houston. I was absolutely dreading this occasion, because it's a holiday weekend and I-45 in Corsicana narrows to one lane for construction. There are huge signs that warn of the impending doom miles before the construction. With all of the holiday traffic, I thought I'd be stuck in traffic for a few hours. It turns out that I really wasn't stuck in traffic at all. It was sort of slow during the one-lane part, but there wasn't any backup before that. However, the traffic heading north back to Dallas was stopped for miles. I have included pictures at the bottom of this blog. I also included other random pictures, including those from my budding landscape collection. I likes pictures.
I really need to talk about the movie Shrek 2. Seriously, I can't get over how good a movie it really is. As of today it has made 260 million dollars in two and a half weeks. I think the record-holder for an animated film is Finding Nemo (also very good) which made 340 million dollars. Anyway, I need to talk about why I liked this movie so much. It has to do with how the filmmakers don't water down the fairy-tale for a young audience. Every joke was funny on two levels...the first for the slap-stick part of the humor and the second for the actual joke which probably only the older kids and adults understand. But that's not why the movie is so great. I loved it, because it takes these age-old fairy-tails and sets them in a semi-modern era (lots of hyphens eh?). For instance, there are still magic potions, kingdoms, horse and carriage, and flying carpets. But at the same time there are drive-through restaurants and very current humor. To me this is a perfect combination of the two while still maintaining the fairy-tale feel and the essence of the original characters and stories. What it boils down to is that the filmmakers treat the kids like adults, which I would have LOVED at that age. Kids are much smarter than we think. Sure, they won't get some of the jokes--and neither will some of the adults. The cool thing is that while the film treats kids like a adults, it still maintains a child-like innocence and also an adult feel. Does that make sense? I just think the film does so much on so many levels. Adult films don't need to be so clever, so I think Shrek's writers deserve credit. I don't know if any of that made sense, as I'm watching a tape of The West Wing, but what are you gonna do? Enjoy the first week of June.
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I need to talk about the drive back to Houston. I was absolutely dreading this occasion, because it's a holiday weekend and I-45 in Corsicana narrows to one lane for construction. There are huge signs that warn of the impending doom miles before the construction. With all of the holiday traffic, I thought I'd be stuck in traffic for a few hours. It turns out that I really wasn't stuck in traffic at all. It was sort of slow during the one-lane part, but there wasn't any backup before that. However, the traffic heading north back to Dallas was stopped for miles. I have included pictures at the bottom of this blog. I also included other random pictures, including those from my budding landscape collection. I likes pictures.
I really need to talk about the movie Shrek 2. Seriously, I can't get over how good a movie it really is. As of today it has made 260 million dollars in two and a half weeks. I think the record-holder for an animated film is Finding Nemo (also very good) which made 340 million dollars. Anyway, I need to talk about why I liked this movie so much. It has to do with how the filmmakers don't water down the fairy-tale for a young audience. Every joke was funny on two levels...the first for the slap-stick part of the humor and the second for the actual joke which probably only the older kids and adults understand. But that's not why the movie is so great. I loved it, because it takes these age-old fairy-tails and sets them in a semi-modern era (lots of hyphens eh?). For instance, there are still magic potions, kingdoms, horse and carriage, and flying carpets. But at the same time there are drive-through restaurants and very current humor. To me this is a perfect combination of the two while still maintaining the fairy-tale feel and the essence of the original characters and stories. What it boils down to is that the filmmakers treat the kids like adults, which I would have LOVED at that age. Kids are much smarter than we think. Sure, they won't get some of the jokes--and neither will some of the adults. The cool thing is that while the film treats kids like a adults, it still maintains a child-like innocence and also an adult feel. Does that make sense? I just think the film does so much on so many levels. Adult films don't need to be so clever, so I think Shrek's writers deserve credit. I don't know if any of that made sense, as I'm watching a tape of The West Wing, but what are you gonna do? Enjoy the first week of June.
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