On Friday night Michele and I went out to see Underworld with Travis and Kim. We saw the movie at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in the heart of Hollywood. Seeing a movie on the big screen in an important theater was lots of fun.
Underworld was a good time. Good fun with tantalizing story stuff to keep you wanting more. Sure there were a few holes, but the movie delivered on the promise of vampires vs. werewolves. I loved Viktor fighting the werewolf and the cool ass weapondry.
When I got home I checked the reviews on the internet. I’m not one to dive deep into a movie before I see it. I was blown away to see that the critics didn’t like it.
Let’s see, 13 ‘professional critics’ give it a C+ and 4118 real people give it a A-. Critics are so out of touch with good films it’s insane.
Books
I finished American Gods on Saturday. I highly recommend it. I read a ton about various mythologies when I was a child and this book is full of references and interesting bits from all different cultures.
It’s made me want to go read Neil Gaiman’s other books. I started reading A Place so Foreign. I knew it was short stories, but I was suprised to realize that I had read three of the nine stories in magazines previously. Cory’s defintely got the sci-fi mojo and I look forward to the upcoming Eastern Standard Tribe.
OK, I’m tired. Going to bed. Y’all be good.
Internet users are “real people”?! Talk about being out of touch…
Don’t get me started on the statistical and methodological problems with online polls and surveys…
I’ve got a copy of Neil Gaiman’s Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions somewhere. I’ll bring it in.