It was a busy Independence Day weekend, at least for me it is. I was looking forward to some rest because of the holiday but alas, my backlog in the office made me report for work on the holiday. Nothing new really, I’ll just rest when I’m dead… so goes the cliché. Having been in Naga the previous Sunday for work along with my friend’s wedding and more work thereafter, I took the opportunity to catch up on a few flicks.
Saturday… I watched Mr. & Mrs. Smith. I was hoping to watch Sin City but after having lunch with my officemates and a couple of games of bowling, I found out too late that the last main feature in Megamall was at 5:00 pm. I’m 30 minutes late. I know I shouldn’t have bought those finger sleeves, not yet. So I opted to watch Brad and Angelina so as not to waste the whole afternoon. After almost 2 hours I realized that I should have passed up on this one. The movie is just 2 people fighting for who gets to be prettier. Too bad both of them lived.
Sunday… After taking care of some appointments and trying in earnest to watch through The Buzz and Startalk, I dragged myself to North Edsa determined to catch Sin City after my experience the previous day. I’m 30 minutes early for this one, so I’ll have time to window shop. Having a few GC to burn from my stint as a “product research test subject”, I strolled slowly as I gazed upon rows of shoes and bags and more shoes and nothing caught my fancy (what really means’ nothing below 500 pesos). Better to just enter and catch the previews. Nothing new. Then, the movie starts. After just the opening scenes of Josh Hartnett talking to … some girl on the balcony before shooting her, and with the excessive violence and Jessica Alba’s dance sequence, Sin City is far better than The Smiths. This is, of course, my opinion.
Monday… It’s Independence Day and I have to work. Didn’t really accomplish much in the office. I just finished the evaluation reports for the staff and after a meeting with the Boss and the other supervisors, I’m off to see Batman Begins later that evening. I got the tickets from a “friend” from SkyCable’s promotions department. Good thing we’re still hooked to Sky. My brother and I arrived at the Greenbelt 3 Cinemas just as they started letting people in. We lined up to enter after getting some Sliders’ mini-burgers (so mini that I have to remind myself to take smaller bites). Two good things about “free” movie premiere are; first, the movie’s free and second, you get free food. And as they say, good luck comes in 3’s, our ticket won for an HBO goodie bag. A fitting end to a very boring day. Batman Begins is well worth watching. There are no CGI effects and no cartoonish sequences. It’s probably the best movie yet for 2005, and the best prequel this year.
I have to do this more often, really, or at least every week, or until my DVD player is up and running again.
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