16 Blocks, Good samaritanism and karma?

Today, Sunday, March 12, 2006, I went to see a movie with a friend from speed dating. The movie that we saw was 16 Blocks. It was also recommended to me by a friend, but I was kind of iffy about seeing it, since it didn't get very positive reviews.

The story is about Bruce Willis, a cop suffering from alcoholism, who gets a "quick" job to escort a witness sixteen blocks to the court house. The story is about all the twist and turns that happen, since the witness is a key one that will bring down about six detectives on the NYPD squad. That is why almost all the cops are out, trying to track down this dude, whose name is Kid. After a lot of action, and things that happen in the story which are kind of predictable, the film ends. This is definitely not a film that will be nominated for many (if any) Oscars. The acting is not superb, and the Kid is actually very annoying in the first half of the film. I wanted to strangle him to shut him up.

This film is definitely no Brokeback Mountain, but it is not a bad film. Of course, watching it with my friend from speed dating, who has nice greyish-blue eyes also helps. I had fun before the film, playing Dance Dance Revolution, as well as Time Crisis 3. Who knows if this friendship will flourish into a romance...

Also, I realized at the end of the film that I left my gloves at the DDR machine in the cinema. I went back to check, and they were still there. I was quite surprised, since I thought that surely someone would have walked off with my leather gloves. Perhaps the black of the gloves blended with the black of that part of machine, perhaps the gloves didn't fit anyone, or perhaps people are good enough to realize that someone might have left the gloves there, and may come back for them, but regardless of whatever circumstance, or luck, I am very happy that my gloves didn't spring legs and walk off.

I also found out tonight that Raoul has a boyfriend. Raoul has a boyfriend? How the hell does that happen? Is it true that it's about looks and not personality? Argh!