30th May 2004
The Day After Yesterday
Hey, snappy title. I can keep using that.
So I saw The Day After Tomorrow. One word review: Hokey.
Ok, it is fun to see LA get hit by a twister. I grew up there in the 60’s and 70’s. Here’s a little tidbit about the Capitol Records building: It’s supposed to be symbolic of a stack of vinyl records. (yeah, before iPods, and cds, and cassettes, and even 8-track, we used to have these things called “turntables”, because they, well, turned … and some of them would let you stack about 5 records up on a spindle (oh c’mon, I’m not going to explain what a spindle is (yes you are! (no, I won’t))) .. so the records would drop down, one by one, causing the tonearm to progressively get more out of alignment).
Anywayyyy … I’m ready to see a great movie, for a change. Any suggestions? Shrek 2 plodded along. Troy was embarassing (Orlando Bloom playing a coward?) for its dialog. Coffee & Cigarettes was uneven, but interesting. Mean Girls was a hoot (Jambo!)
