We got in Thurs day night just before Easter. The drive was ok, the toughest bit being Isaac thinking everyone time we stopped the car we were at Grandma's. When we arrived I sSat down and watched footy. Unfortunately was pretty stuffed so only made it to half time of the Port game.
On Friday went to see the Church Easter Musical. It was alright. After that went for a big lunch at "Fasta Pasta" with Darren and Michella. Spent the rest of the day at home mostly, kicking back and relaxing. Plenty of tv, most notably docos on a Sudan family who moved to Sydney, one Christ's existence and one on Lee Harvey Oswald.
On Saturday hit the gym in the morning, then we went to dad's for lunch. WHile there I fixed dad's tv which hadn't been working for 2 weeks. At night Tara and I broke with tradition and didn't partake in Saturday Pizza Night. I went for HJ's as I didn't think I could handle pizza. Sadly I couldn't even finish my burger. That's a bad sign.
Sunday I woke up before 5 feeling pretty crook. Got up and watched some Christian Tv, but it's positivity didn't boost my feelings. I soon made the first of many trips to the toilet for the day. The rest of the day was spent there mostly, while taking in a few tv shows, most notably the footy, a British movie about a lady who's husband leaves her and leaves her to look after his mum and old friends in a home and a little doco about faith and Hollywood.
On Monday we went for breakfast at "Zoots". I didn't get anywhere near finishing my meal. Weird. After that hit the gym with dad, somewhat gingerly, then headed off to David & Gabby's for lunch. We took some dessert and I must say the "Cyclone's" were a real hit. At night we sat down and watched "Imsomnia". Here's my IMDB.com review........
"Insomnia" is a story about a cop (Will Dormer-played by Al Pacino) sent to Alaska to help a friend solve the grizzly murder of a local teenage girl. Dormer amazes the locals, most notably young cop Ellie Burr (Hilary Swank) and Fred (Nicky Katt) with his unorthodox methods. Dormer organises a set-up and what should be a routine capture of the main suspect goes horribly wrong when Dormer shoots his partner (Martin Donovan). Dormer covers up the unseen accidental shooting, but things get complicated when the prime suspect (Walter Finch- played by Robin Williams in his creepiest role since "Mrs Doubtfire") sees what happened. Finch tries to broker a deal to get himself in the clear, and a game of trickery unfolds.
Not a heart racer, but certainly suspensful and worth a watch. Good cast, good story, good setting.
Oh yeh, it's called "Imsomnia" because he can't sleep at night. Is it because of the 24hr daylight or him wrestling consience?.......You'll have to see it to find out.
On Tuesday I headed into the city for a wander and to grab lunch with Gary. Wasn't inspired to shop, but at least got to have some treats (read "frog cake" and "bubble T" and a read of the paper) and a catch up with Gary. At night we got out "Die Hard 4.0". Everyone thought it was great. If you really want to know what I thought, here's my review I did after seeing it.....
For about the fifth time in my life, headed out solo to go and see a movie. I settled on "Die Hard 4.0" at Croydon Cinema for $6.50.Walking in, the cinema looked OK, good seats, if anything just a slightly overbearing popcorn smell. As I was early I played some "Pinball Delight" on my phone while waiting for the main attraction. Within 10 minutes we were on.The movie revolves around the theme of what would happen if computer hackers got control of some really important government and financial computers. It sure was a fascinating concept, I just hope computer hackers don't go to see it and get bad ideas and instead of trying to email people viruses try to take over the world. The central characters are Bruce Willis (as John McClane), who looks older but still has the crazy moves and side-splitting one-liners and Matthew Farrell (Justin Long, in his best role since that Windows vs Mac ad series), as a computer hacker who just might be able to help. Behind the hacking is Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant, who looks like a mixture of Vince Vaughn and Billy Bob Thornton), an ex-Government computer brain factor who got peed off when he was fired for being too brash.The premise is good and the action is outstanding, with some amazing scenes and fight sequences (my favourite being in the power station). It dragged a bit at the end as we waited for McClane to just catch the bad guy already, but overall it was pretty good for what it was. Perhaps 1 or 2 too many totally implausible scenes, plus I got obsessed with watching how McClane's blood marks changed during scenes. I think I speak for myself and my 4 other fellow patrons when I say that as far as action goes, you won't find much better.
On Wednesday we kept it pretty low key, just headed over to West Lakes to do some shopping, then came home and chilled. At night Gary and went out to see "There Will Be Blood". Here's my review, you can read Gary's at http://www.darrenhunter.blogspot.com/
"There Will Be Blood" is an epic, based upon the 1927 book "Oil!". I didn't know much about it going in, except that it had Daniel Day Lewis playing an oil tycoon. For me, that was enough of a sell. If Darren picked a movie to go and see called "There Will Be Blood", I probably would have declined, but to his credit I picked it and he agreed, knowing full well it wasn't going to be up to his normal gory standards.
I'd been wanting to see this for a while and knew an Adelaide visit presented a good opportunity. I checked out session times and it was only still being shown in 2 cinemas, very infrequently. I pre-booked some tickets online for the first time, meaning I'd get to experience what they show in the movie ads where you stroll straight up to get your tickets,lights shining on you and all the suckers who are waiting in line go "man, we should have booked online. We're such losers". Sadly it wasn't like this at all. The funny thing was when I booked they encouraged you to collect your "pre-booked, allocated seating" ticket 30mins prior to the movie, which seems ridiculous. Luckily I ignored there I advice as when we got there there were only a handful of people in any lines, plus the cinema only had 2 other people in it.
Anyway back to the movie. It starts with Daniel Plainview (Day Lewis) down a hole digging about. Then we skip forward a few years and he discovers the first of many oil wells. All of this (about 20mins in screen time) is done with no dialogue. Weird. Luckily I still followed what was happening. Soon Plainview has a small portfolio of oil wells and is doing very nicely. He starts to build a little empire, working with his adopted son HW, whom he became guardian for after his father died in a digging accident. One day while trying to gain some more land he gets an offer from a young guy about a likely potential boom area where he has seen oil seeping through the land. the kid asks for some money to advise where it is and Plainview agrees. He goes to check it out and discovers an absolute gold mine (in an oil sense). Plainview buys the land from the ignorant family, part of the deal being the establishment of a church on the lands so the son can start his own ministry. The rig is soon underway and the community is greatly enriched. From the moment the rig starts digging however, trouble upon trouble comes Plainview's way. Plainview starts to get a more sever mean streak, majorly affecting his relationships with the church, business associates and his family.
I wont go on much more from here as it will ruin many of the subplots. Now to the review.
First of all, your "Fast and the Furious" types will probably hate it. It's set in the early 1900's and the story is slow at times. Go to IMDB.com and you'll see some reviews saying it's genius, others saying it's rubbish. The story is rather intriguing and leaves a fair bit of food for thought. It's not what i expected, I had in my mind much more boardroom dealings and a fiercer pace, but the story just rolled on. The cast was outstanding, most notably Day Lewis as Plainview in one of the truly great performances of cinema, Paul Dano as Eli Sunday and Kevin O'Connor as Henry. A good story, perhaps a modern day "Dances With Wolves", just a lot better. I didn't want to review it straight after as I was still a little bewildered, and three days later still am unsure how I felt about it. Certainly worth seeing though, probably not a great chick flick though.
*As far as the violence, it's pretty moderate. For example, about half way through Gary whispered to me "there's been no blood yet", to which I replied "yeh, but I'm pretty sure there will be blood".
On Thursday I was off to work, doing some work with the local team. Had a good day, good bunch of people. At night Shane and Breea came for tea. We had some good laughs.
Last night worked again, then after work met up with Bruce to get him an MP3 player. He may be the only 68year old I know with one. Tara and I then headed out for her birthday dinner, starting at Fellini's, then Cold Rock. I tried the coffee and turkish delight mix-in and mint-choc and clinkers mix-in. Tasty. Then drove down North Tce to see the lights. Impressive.
This morning we're heading for a quick birthday breakfast before a day of driving back to Vic.
