Never Gonna Dance

I am such a movie-watching fiend. I am currently observing the brilliance of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Swing Time. It is pretty wonderful. I wish I could dance like him.... or her. I have almost perfected the "soulja boy" dance though, so it's only uphill from here.

Last night I attended the midnight showing of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull with my lover and ex-facebook-fiancee, Erin McDonough. I love her, even though she broke off our Facebook relationship with one of my coworkers at Hollywood Video. Rude.

Anyway, the movie was a good time. It was ridiculously over the top and had 8 too many "yeah right" moments, but it was still wonderful Indy fun. Definitely the weakest entry in the series, but in such a kickass series, that doesn't really mean much discredit.

The demographic at the midnight showing of this film was pretty narrow. There were mainly two groups. Young skinny male nerds, and older skinny male nerds. An occasional plumpy here and there, but mostly just skinny nerds. .... and me and Erin. I suppose I could fit into the young skinny nerd category, but since I had a date, I will exclude myself (thanks very much).

Anyway, today was another great evening of work at good ol' H-vid. I try my best to sway people from renting terrible movies, but they just never listen.

One thing I don't understand: Why do people get so riled up over The Golden Compass just because it has atheistic undertones? Are your children really going to go on a quest to kill God if they view it? If so, then maybe you need to be a better parent. There is a hardcore Christian girl in Stevens Point who told me that I would go to Hell if I watched that movie (obviously she has no idea some of the OTHER stuff I had been watching in my alone time). I told her "okay, I better not rent it..... I'll rent Saw IV instead."

If I was Jesus (which really, I'm not so far from...), I would MUCH rather be in a movie with Nicole Kidman and Polar Bears than a movie like Passion of the Christ where they show me beaten up and bloody for 3 hours. I'd want some big-budget shit, some REAL action.

Funny thing is, the girl who told me this smokes weed several times a week, and is quite the binge-drinker. "It's not a religion, it's a relationship," she tells me. Really? A relationship? Is it on Facebook? If not, it is unofficial..... and by the way I think he's cheating on you.

Okay, this seems really anti-religious. In fact, I am pro-religion. I know many a human whose lives are greatly enhanced by religion. I just think some people need to shut the fuck up before they waste their time bitching about a stupid kids movie.

Bedtime,

Matty