You Sank My Battleship!

Today I went to go see "Battleship."  I know critics have been panning it, but I wanted to give it a try.

Michael Bay got served.  He does not have a monopoly on blowing stuff up any more.  That honor now goes to Peter Berg, formerly an "M.D." from the Chicago-area hospital "Chicago Hope." (Come on... tell me you remember....)

And it's Pop-O-Matic Trouble when the "beings" go after our tracking and defense systems, keeping the ships, etc., at bay with... something.  These beings aren't all bad, they just want to control the satellites, blow up some ships, and phone home.  They're half-Terminator, half-walrus. They sort of go out of their way to not kill humans, for some strange reason.

Maybe they're waiting for the "Independence Day" sequel?

And oh, yes, Eric the Vampire/now commander of a ship (AKA "Alexander Skarsgard") gets killed.

Spoiler Alert.

Was not expecting that.

And yes, there is a little game of "Battleship" played.  It was pretty neat how they snuck it in there.

This movie wasn't really that bad.  The subplot of the Japanese fleets and veterans helping out was cool.  The special effects were awesome.  The script could have been better in some spots.  For everyone dissing Rihanna's acting, she really didn't get that much of a chance to act.

Something was wrong with the theater's sound system.  The music was way too loud out of the left side, so I complained.  "They" turned the music down, but then you couldn't really hear the actors.  So someone else complained.  Then the music was just too loud again.  On a good note, "we" talked to the manager and got free passes.  He was really nice about it.

The Oscar Goes To...

Well, not hardly.

The MTV Movie Awards are in a couple of weeks.  And the only reason I'm writing about them is because a few movies that I like are up for some awards.  So here are the categories / movies I care about:

Best Movie:
The Help
The Hunger Games
Breaking Dawn


This is such a tough category.  I love these three movies.  The Help and HG just slightly edge out BD.  It's like a potato chip; I can't pick just one, since I love both of those.  But I guess I'm going to have to.

My Pick: Uggggghhhh. OK.  The Help.

Best Kiss:
Between The Hunger Games and Breaking Dawn


Breaking Dawn, during the wedding.  For reasons of nostalgia.  The "prom song" from Twilight is played.  It's a really nice sequence.  HG didn't really seal the deal for me because I didn't think it really counted. Yet.

Female Performance:


Jennifer Lawrence.  She played a great Katniss.

Male Performance:


Josh Hutcherson.  He was good as Peeta.

On-Screen Transformation:

I consider the term "transformation" as something that changes during a movie, like Cinderella, etc.  But Elizabeth Banks was good as Effie in HG.  I haven't seen "My Week with Marilyn," but it seems like Michelle played it well.  They both certainly looked their parts.

Gut-Wrenching Scene:

I was going to say Hilly's pie scene in The Help, but I saw the new Mission: Impossible film, and the Dubai hotel sequence kicks it out of the park.

Fight:

HG was nominated, but the garage fight in Mission: Impossible was pretty cool.

Cast:

Between "The Help" and "The Hunger Games," it's another hard choice.  I'm going with "The Help."  Again, I loved both movies, but it seems that HG had a lot of wonderful individual performances, while you see characters really interact in "The Help."  If that makes any sense at all.

Dirt Bag:  There really was no contest for me.  Bryce Howard as Hilly.

PS: The thing I spoke of last post is still coming.  It is.  Really.

Coming Soon...

Okiedokie.... something is coming... something bigger than any of us alone...

[Okay, I'm done with the "Twilight/Eclipse" reference.]

Seriously though, I'm pretty excited about it, but it's not going to manifest for a week or so. 

But I'm feeling crafty... ;-)

Food Findings, etc.

My mom made chicken salad with grapes and pecans; it was really good. How to dress up frosting: take buttercream-flavored frosting, add a little vanilla extract, and a spoonful of sour cream. It's also very good. I really want to make a unique cake, like a cake with characters. Something cool. I did a handmade Mother's Day card, and that went over very well. I hadn't made a card since I was eight or something.