Movie Reviews & My Life is a Toilet

Movies are so tough to figure out. The reviews rarely tell the whole story.

Take Hancock. There was no hype and I only saw a few previews on TV.

The reviews were not very good. I did not plan to see it, but now that I saw it I have to say it was OK. The first half of the film was very good. I thought the last half was a little weak.

Sex and the City did not get very good reviews either. I have not been able to make it through watching the whole thing. The outright hostility towards men is sickening. It's a real feminist movie from what I've seen. I can't imagine the last 30 minutes would have made much of a difference.

The subtext was even more brutal. If you've seen the movie you know what I'm talking about.

If you really hate men, you'll love this movie. I'm not sure if the original series was like this.

I seem to remember some bad stuff about men, but I don't think it was this bad. It's amazing how well the series worked when it was only a 50 minute show. Oh Well.

Now the Batman movie is Due out tomorrow and I have seen no previews on TV. I don't know why. Maybe they are counting on work of mouth. I have seen about 30 minutes of this film and it is awesome. If the rest of the movie is as good they have a runaway blockbuster on their hands.

Opening opposite The Dark Knight is Mama Mia!

What can I say about Mama Mia! There are so many bad things to say it's hard to know where to start. let's start with It's a musical. Meryl Streep is supposed to be the young pregnant woman who does not know which of the 3 men is the father. There's a good role model.

Not to mention the fact that she's like 60 and looks like the Crypt Keeper.

This is a movie that I'm sure women will love. And I'll bet every guy dragged to this train wreck will be secretly dying to see Batman.

I wondered what they could put up against Batman, and Mama Mia! makes perfect sense since most guys are going with a date and they default to what the date wants and I'm sure that Mama Mia! will make some money.

I think Dark Knight will be mostly single guys of every age range. Even though there is a love story in the plot line, I don't think women will want to sit through all the explosions, which are freaking awesome. And the cinematography and the choreography are amazing. The timing and the editing had to be spot on for these action scenes to work, and they look flawless.

Hopefully I will feel well enough to make it to the opening night. Right now I feel sick and have been feeling sick most of the past few weeks.

My life is in the toilet and there does not seem to be any way to fix it. I have not enough resources and too many responsibilities and too many people asking for help.

I should not have anyone asking me for anything. I don't get why everyone ignores this.
I feel like every day I get up I have to save the world, and I hate it. And even after people ask for my help, they get pissed because the help I give is not what they want.

Specifics are very important, and if it takes 50 pages, or 30 minutes to explain what is needed, they should take the time and then get the hell out of the way. Micro managing is not an option. If that's the option then they need to say that as well.

And most important, don't get upset if I decline to help because the demands are too high.

I watch professional contractors, who charge 100's of dollars an hour, not follow any of the requests of the people that hired them, do the job badly, incomplete, wrong, not warranty any of their work, and then the same people hire them back again to do more work.

That's insane! It happens all the time. My analysis is the world is mostly made up of people who don't have a clue. They don't know how to do their job and they don't care. They do just enough to get paid.

I like to think I do a good job, but I know I screw up and I have weak areas, and I apologize for my weaknesses, which is more then most do. I am who I am. That's all I can be.