eagle eye igor

hello everyone. long time no see. i'm loving life right now but it's insanely busy with teaching, my own studies/research, and working at vista so i'm a bit preoccupied lately. i've actually been on eq2 3 days in the past 7 which is pretty impressive considering my current time constraints. i've found that even though my backpack weighs 25lbs with my laptop in it [oh we've weighed it just to see how hefty it is] that i really should haul it to school everyday because if i have extra time and if i'm caught up on grading i can actually get some writs done for the guild while i'm waiting betwixt classes plus then i get a tad bit of my game fix releasing those oh so necessary to function endorphins. let's get on to the movies. they're both receiving the same score this week.

igor - 5.5/10 snaps - it's funny for us older kids/adults but not as laughable as the emperor's new groove. and if you don't find the emperor's new groove the brightest ray of sunshine on any otherwise cloudy day then i'm very very sorry for you. but cute film even though the ending is obvious from the beginning and the town's king is a direct rip off for the mayor from nightmare before christmas. just in case you missed it before this movie is a tad bit above your average kid's head. we'll quote a woman i saw coming out of the movie with her daughter. woman's blonde offspring, "igor was funny." woman, "i'm pretty sure i got a lot more out of it than you did." eh it made me laugh. if i were you i'd wait till it came out on dvd but would definitely check it out once it did.

eagle eye - 5.5/10 snaps - granted i knew going into this movie what was causing jerry shaw and his accomplice and the however many other people in the film involved to do what they were doing and that kinda jaded me so maybe my score is a bit low but it's one of those leave your brain at the door films and you can enjoy it. the action was exciting. i enjoyed shia labeouf [even though every time i hear his name pronounced it's a completely new experience], michelle monaghan, and billy bob thornton's acting jobs. they were pretty flawless. there's just a lot of moments where you go there's no way in hell this would work out that way but i guess a large sum of movies are like this and i shouldn't be giving this one such a hard time. i do love jurassic park but who sees that happening in reality anytime soon right? if you need an action fix go for it in theaters, otherwise wait for the dvd.

speaking of dvds go pick up iron man this week. i mean it. there's no hesitating here. robert downey jr killed this film. it is FANFREAKINGTASTIC! so again go buy it. i think it's available in around 1.2 hours.

anywho life is good. aurora gets her last heartworm treatments this week and hopefully that's cleared out all of the little bloodsucking fiends. you better bet i've shelled out the money to get everyone else tested and all sorts of treatment.

i hope everyone has a great week.

enjoy the silence.