Nine

On Wednesday, December 30, 2009, I went to see the movie Nine. This movie featured a whole slew of actors and actresses... Well, more actresses, I think, than actors. The main actor, Guido Contini (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) is a director who's struggling with his new film. He's having trouble and the audience is treated to his thoughts and his experiences... He has a mistress and all sorts of people and they all sing songs about love or lust or whatever.

It was a fun film with lots of singing. You cannot go into the film thinking Chicago, or else you'll be disappointed. You have to take each film separately.

The actors and actresses did a great job... Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Fergie.

I thought this film was good. It has gotten a lot of bad reviews though.

Sniffle, sniffle

I just discovered today that my Diablo II Expansion Pack CD-ROM has broke... Not a software break, but a hardware break... The CD-ROM has a huge crack in it all the way to the middle. I don't know how it happened, but I would imagine that it broke in transit... I hope that I can get a free replacement of it... Or I hope that maybe I can get a cheap replacement for it... I also don't know how this is going to work... If I get a replacement, the software may not realize that this is a replacement disc for my old one and make me reinstall everything... Which I don't want since I already have some characters on it.

I know it's just a game. I also know that shtuff happens, but that's an unforeseen expense that I have...

Everybody's Fine

On Tuesday, December 15, 2009, I went to see the movie Everybody's Fine, featuring Robert de Niro, Kate Beckinsale and Drew Berrymore.

The movie is about a widower who planned a family get together for his four children, who all hold very respectable jobs... They all cancel on him... So, he decides to surprise them with a visit.

He starts off with his first child, David, in New York. David is an artist. However, when Frank (de Niro's character) arrives, David is not home. Spends an evening outside and eventually gets let into the building. However, David is clearly not home.

He decides to visit his second child, Amy. Amy is a boss of sorts in her own advertising company. However, when Frank visits, he clearly sees that something is not quite right with Amy and her husband.

Amy sends him off to see his second son, Robert. Robert is a conductor/musician/percussionist in an orchestra. We also discover at this point that David is apparently in some sort of trouble. We also see that the children don't tell Frank the entire truth.

Eventually, he makes his way to his final daughter, Amy. Amy's a dancer in Las Vegas. We also meet one of Amy's "friends" and her baby. Again, we see that Amy doesn't tell her feather everything.

They all promise that they would be home for Christmas... And Frank figures things out.

A heartwarming family drama where at times it's very sad. I weren't already so run down at work with all the emotional turmoil, I actually might have cried at this movie.

Les Canadiens Pour Toujours

On Tuesday, December 8, 2009 I went to see the movie Les Canadiens Pour Toujours.

This movie is a Quebec production where two stories combine into one. We have a gifted hockey player, but he is an only child so he has to really learn the meaning of teamwork. The other story is a kid who needs a kidney transplant and the kid is at the hospital where the mother of the protagonist works...

A bit of a predictable movie, but a feel good movie. Definitely one for the holidays and definitely one for the family. A few familiar faces that I recognized... For example the coach - Claude Legault, whom I saw in other movies.

It was not the best piece of cinema out there, but it's a good movie. Feel good type of movie, great for families and maybe a date movie. The short at the beginning however, was awesome.

An interesting rediscovery

The first CD I bought was by The Vengaboys... OK, let me rephrase that. The first non-classical CD I bought was by The Vengaboys. They started off with The Party Album and then they released The Platinum Album.

On their second album (The Platinum Album), I rediscovered a song called Uncle John from Jamaica. The lyrics really describe my job situation right now.

Eight o'clock wake up get out of bed
Feel like a truck ran over my head
Another day of stress and sorrow
Skip breakfast 'cause I got to go
Ain't got no time to take it slow
And I will do my hair tomorrow

I can take it no more, oh no no no
Is this what I'm living for?

Chorus:

But my Uncle John from Jamaica, keeps on calling everyday
Just buy a ticket and take a summer holi-holiday
My Uncle John from Jamaica, keeps on calling everyday
Just buy a ticket and take a summer holi-holiday

Na-na-na...

Six o'clock my job is still not done
The life I'm living ain't no fun
Too many days of stress and sorrow
My boss just won't give me a break
And this is more than I can take
Think I will quit this job tomorrow

I can take it no more, oh no no no
Is this what I'm living for?

Chorus

Na-na-na...

I need a holi-holiday
You need a holi-holiday
We need a holi-holiday
Everybody needs a holi-holiday

Enough said. I never thought a Eurodance song would hit the nail right on the head about how I feel about my job at the present moment.

New York, I Love You

On Tuesday, December 1, 2009 I went to see the movie: New York, I Love You. This movei featured a lot of well known actors, but was done in the style of strangers in the city who were having conversations with each other.

Not great, not horrible. Enjoyable. Nothing much to say about it, for sure.