Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Griff at the Orem Days Parade
Griff had a blast at the Orem Days Parade. He claimed he had never been to a parade, which I find hard to believe, but he had a great time with Kamas and Winny and their cousins! Thanks Lance and Jodi for inviting us!
Here's how the parade ended: (with the picture in the above post that I can't get to copy over - stupid blogspot) I'll edit it later...
Anyway, the weather got nasty fast and the roads had several inches of water flowing down them! It was craziness. We got to see most of the parade and Griff even saw his Tae Kwon Do teacher in the parade, he was pretty happy about that. Good times...I guess.
Movie Review
We went and saw "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian"
(pics won't work right now for some reason, so I'll add it later)
This one is the continuation of the Ben Stiller Character's evolution. Where in the first movie he was a struggling inventor having to take a job to survive, he is now a successful entrepreneur and gets sucked back into the night watchman gig to save the museum artifacts (his friends fromthe first movie) from being put into deep storage in the National Archives in DC.
Hilarity ensues.
Actually, I like the first one way better than this one. Though Hank Azaria as the bad guy is pretty funny. General Custer makes an appearance in this film and he too is very comical. He's the guy from SNL, that I don't want to take the time to look up his name.
Griff liked this film, as did the other kids, but he didn't LOVE it I don't think. He paid attention to his buddies and the popcorn more than the film. I had just run through a torrential downpour and some old guy decided to sit RIGHT next to us, despite the theatre being half-empty, so, I'll give it a 3, it's not bad but probably wait for Red Box.
(pics won't work right now for some reason, so I'll add it later)
This one is the continuation of the Ben Stiller Character's evolution. Where in the first movie he was a struggling inventor having to take a job to survive, he is now a successful entrepreneur and gets sucked back into the night watchman gig to save the museum artifacts (his friends fromthe first movie) from being put into deep storage in the National Archives in DC.
Hilarity ensues.
Actually, I like the first one way better than this one. Though Hank Azaria as the bad guy is pretty funny. General Custer makes an appearance in this film and he too is very comical. He's the guy from SNL, that I don't want to take the time to look up his name.
Griff liked this film, as did the other kids, but he didn't LOVE it I don't think. He paid attention to his buddies and the popcorn more than the film. I had just run through a torrential downpour and some old guy decided to sit RIGHT next to us, despite the theatre being half-empty, so, I'll give it a 3, it's not bad but probably wait for Red Box.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
South Fork 2009
This seems to be becoming an annual trip to South Fork for a picnic of Ernie's sandwiches (YUM!!!!!) and frisbee with Paul and Andrea's family. The weather was SO perfect, it was amazing! Here are the pics:
Kaja started us of on pictures be saying we should all lay down and smile for a picture, so she did. 
Look at that backdrop! Just an amazing day to play some frisbee!
Kaja jogging back to the picnic site for a drink after playing hard for a while!
Big Griff taking a break from throwing rocks in the river with Jaxon. 
Big Jax giving us his surprised face!
This pic took 10 tries, no joke and the last 3 tries Griff was rolling his eyes at me, thus the laughter...
Kaja started us of on pictures be saying we should all lay down and smile for a picture, so she did.
Look at that backdrop! Just an amazing day to play some frisbee!
Kaja jogging back to the picnic site for a drink after playing hard for a while!
Big Griff taking a break from throwing rocks in the river with Jaxon.
Big Jax giving us his surprised face!
This pic took 10 tries, no joke and the last 3 tries Griff was rolling his eyes at me, thus the laughter...
Monday, June 1, 2009
Movie Reviews
I've seen WAY too many movies lately! It's getting a bit ridiculous, but I like movies and some good ones have been coming out. I can't wait to see Land of the Lost, looks HILARIOUS!
Anyway, here are the reviews for today - Star Trek 2009 and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Let's start with Star Trek.
To start and to be totally fair, some of the guys at the office hyped this movie SO hard, I don't know if any movie could have lived up to it. But, I did like it. I've heard people say it's this year's Ironman, and for my take, it's nowhere near as good. It was cool - and I know I'm waffling back and forth here, and here's why: The movie does a killer job as an homage to the original TV series. All the characters get really good background build-ups and that was pretty cool. I'm not sure if you would like this movie as much if you didn't know some of the things about the TV show. I did know a lot of what was being referenced, so it was cool in that respect. The story gets a touch crazy because JJ Abrams of "LOST" fame is the director and the time-travel thing plays a huge part in this and it gets almost as ridiculous as LOST trying to figure out who's from where and how he got there, etc. etc. etc. And that drove me crazy! But the action was excellent, the story was OK, and the acting was pretty good. I really liked the Scotty character, really funny. And Uhura is in love with the LAST person I would have expected in this movie, and that was kind of funny.
SO, overall I'll give the movie a 3.5. I wish I'd waited for Red Box, but it was a good movie. If you're a HUGE Trekkie, you'll love it 100%. If not, your opinions will vary.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the story of a boy/man (Brad Pitt) who ages backwards. He's born looking like an old man and as he ages chronologically he gets younger physically. It's definitely a different film from any I've watched recently and despit the length, it was actually pretty good. I even managed to stay awake watching it late at night. Julia Ormond is also in this movie, so I immediately had flashbacks to "Legend of the Fall" and how boring it was. :-D I didn't think this movie was as boring. There is the predictable relationship with Cate Blanchett's character - Daisy (this part actually reminded me of Forrest Gump - But Brad Pitt has Tom Hanks beat for the ladies' interest all day I'm sure) but they both give a pretty good performance. I was curious that no one ever took a scientific interest in Benjamin. I would have expected doctors and scientists to want to check him out and learn about his condition, but it never happened. The movie is set in New Orleans and they have plenty of freaks there, so maybe no one really noticed :-D
Anyway, I'll give this movie a 3 out of 5. I'm glad I saw it on Red Box, but I didn't hate it. It actually had a few parts I really liked and there are some good messages in it. So if you like dramas with little to no action and some good acting, this is a good choice for you.
Anyway, here are the reviews for today - Star Trek 2009 and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Let's start with Star Trek.
To start and to be totally fair, some of the guys at the office hyped this movie SO hard, I don't know if any movie could have lived up to it. But, I did like it. I've heard people say it's this year's Ironman, and for my take, it's nowhere near as good. It was cool - and I know I'm waffling back and forth here, and here's why: The movie does a killer job as an homage to the original TV series. All the characters get really good background build-ups and that was pretty cool. I'm not sure if you would like this movie as much if you didn't know some of the things about the TV show. I did know a lot of what was being referenced, so it was cool in that respect. The story gets a touch crazy because JJ Abrams of "LOST" fame is the director and the time-travel thing plays a huge part in this and it gets almost as ridiculous as LOST trying to figure out who's from where and how he got there, etc. etc. etc. And that drove me crazy! But the action was excellent, the story was OK, and the acting was pretty good. I really liked the Scotty character, really funny. And Uhura is in love with the LAST person I would have expected in this movie, and that was kind of funny.
SO, overall I'll give the movie a 3.5. I wish I'd waited for Red Box, but it was a good movie. If you're a HUGE Trekkie, you'll love it 100%. If not, your opinions will vary.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the story of a boy/man (Brad Pitt) who ages backwards. He's born looking like an old man and as he ages chronologically he gets younger physically. It's definitely a different film from any I've watched recently and despit the length, it was actually pretty good. I even managed to stay awake watching it late at night. Julia Ormond is also in this movie, so I immediately had flashbacks to "Legend of the Fall" and how boring it was. :-D I didn't think this movie was as boring. There is the predictable relationship with Cate Blanchett's character - Daisy (this part actually reminded me of Forrest Gump - But Brad Pitt has Tom Hanks beat for the ladies' interest all day I'm sure) but they both give a pretty good performance. I was curious that no one ever took a scientific interest in Benjamin. I would have expected doctors and scientists to want to check him out and learn about his condition, but it never happened. The movie is set in New Orleans and they have plenty of freaks there, so maybe no one really noticed :-D
Anyway, I'll give this movie a 3 out of 5. I'm glad I saw it on Red Box, but I didn't hate it. It actually had a few parts I really liked and there are some good messages in it. So if you like dramas with little to no action and some good acting, this is a good choice for you.
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