O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation.
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Yesterday Donald "Duck" Dunn passed on. He was a great bassist, and from what I hear, a great man. Apparently he kept doing what he loved - making music - till the end. He's shakin his tail feather with the angels now.
I just saw that right now, at this very moment, Brad Prestwich is on the blog and commenting. Yay, Brad! For commenting while I am here on the computer and bored, you get a shout out.
On Saturday, Kate and I decided to catch a matinee and give Majzy some practice being quiet in a movie theater. We paid $7.50 each for a noon showing with only 4 or 5 other people in the theater. Speaking of, why is a matinee $7.50 these days? In my day, a matinee cost $3 even. And in those days, nickels had bumblebees on em...
I seem to have lost my train of thought. Let's try again. On Saturday the three of us hopped in the car and went to see Lockout.
Our expectation was to see a movie where a tough guy punches, shoots, and explodes lots of other tough guys to save the President's daughter. Or whatever. And that is exactly what we got.
The movie looked a lot like a video game. There was a motorcycle chase scene right at the beginning that looked like a cut-scene from Grand Theft Auto or something (you saw it in the trailer above). I don't say that in a bad way. It's all about expectations: I hated the Star Wars prequels because (among other things) they looked like video games on the big screen and I expected them to look like the old ones with Han Solo kissing princesses. I expected this movie to be full of CGI so it was OK with me.
The movie format also seemed like a video game to me. I'm not sure how to explain that to anyone who has never played a FPS before, but if you have you'll know what I mean. The good guy breaks into the bad guy base, finds the girl, gets her to the exit point, etc.
The writing was slightly better than I expected. But then, with lines like "he's the best there is...but he's a loose cannon" in the trailer, how could it not exceed expectations?
All in all, a very fun movie. Would I spend $15 to see it again? Maybe not. But not definitely not.
