Neither of us is dead, so I'm obviously not CONTROL.

[wednes]

H and I watched a few decent movies while we were off work. Yesterday at the chili-cook-off we watched Kung Fu Panda. I had played the game, but not seen the movie. Now that I have seen it, I know that the game is going to get prettier and damn hard. It was an enjoyable film, even though I'm hit or miss with Jack Black. Sometimes he's really cool and others, just annoying.

Then last night when we got home, we got Get Smart! on demand. We had a hard time choosing between that and Hancock, but figured Steve Carrell would be a better watch than Will Smith. I enjoyed Get Smart! very much. I like seeing The Rock have small roles in big films, and the chick from Devil Wears Prada was 99. She is going to be the White Queen in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Anyway, they did what H and I wanted, made Maxwell Smart self aware and competant. Laughs were secondary to a smart plot and compelling characters. It was much cleverer and better than we expected, given that it was a box office flop. I don't know if it was the male-male kiss that turned off audiences, or if the movie was just not what they expected. But we thought it was good. I wouldn't mind adding that and Kung Fu Panda to my collection eventually.

Almost done with Left 4 Dead's second campaign. We finished The Town last night, and are going for the campaign 2 finale today before H goes to bed. Sunday we're going to try to catch up with my brother and play with him in the afternoon. Hey, sudrin, you in?

Book sales have been terrible. I have to figure out some ways to sell some damn books and get some signings. I wish we hadn't spent $700 running that damn commercial. We could have spent that money much smarter, I think. Plus it came, I found out later, out of H's new computer fund. What a guy, right? But I feel bad. Anyway, that is my task for 2009, finish the serial killer and sell some more of Sadie and Cat's Apprentice.

My NYE party was awesome fun, and now I'm off to shoot some zombies.

Comments

[sudrin.livejournal.com]

l4d sounds good to me. I almost feel bad playing alone! :)

I was saddended by the developments of the "Bad Guy" in Get Smart because I was enjoying the interaction, however overall I enjoyed that film and would love to see him in that role again.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Cool, I'll catch up with you then!
We finished the second campaign today.

Yeah, Get Smart! was much better than I thought it would be.

[groovesinorbit]

Get Smart is a good one. And so's H. What a good guy. : )

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that H is pretty incredible.

[cmdavi-70.livejournal.com]

I like Steve Carrell a lot, but he just didn't work for me in the Don Adams role. I also thought the one that played 99 was mediocre. I'm glad you enjoyed it; I really wanted to...