I am not difficult to please when it comes to movies, I try to find the good parts even when they are not the best productions, so it's not like I am negative about these things, however......
The Day the Earth Stood Still is one of my favorite Sci-
Fi movies, filmed in 1951 and has been
a cult favorite for over 50 years. The famous phrase, quoted by millions, used by sci-
fi fans far and wide "
Klattu Barada Nikto"....would instantly transport one back to this wonderful and
fascinating movie, with it's robot
Gort and main alien character,
Klattu. In fact, my brother, Kim and I have for years put this phrase at the end of our letters, cards and emails.
So, fast forward to 2008 when, imagine my excitement, the movie was remade, with
Keanu Reeves as
Klattu, and Kathy Bates, as secretary of state, and a number of other well known actors were in the movie too.
Gort was much the same, which made me happy, and felt
comfortable. It started out well, and I had high hopes, however, I was really disappointed
when the world was being destroyed by teeny, tiny robotic insects ,
Klattu decided the human
race was worth saving, and made them stop, sacrificing himself and THEN the earth stood still,
for a brief few seconds....hello?....I thought that was the TITLE??? not an afterthought.
Keanu, as
Klattu, was so dead pan when he spoke, that it made me laugh. I realize he was an "alien", trying to get used to his "human" body, but, come on.....it was uncomfortable to watch.
He sounded just like he did in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure", and he wasn't an alien there was he???, although, I guess he did meet with the "reaper"..so maybe that balances thing out.
Jennifer
Connelly acted her little heart out, but had totally blood shot eyes through the entire movie, what was she
smokin?
Jaden Smith, son of Will Smith, was excellent as her step-son, and did a fine acting job as well.
The problem was........
The story line was way too different and should have had a different name like "Earth dies by alien bugs"...and it ended so suddenly, I was expecting some kind of closure at the end, but none came....the credits started rolling and I said "What the heck, is that it?? They could have really added about 10 more minutes and brought it to an acceptable end.
My big question is though, why was there not the famous quote by
Klattu to
Gort? What happened to the famous "
Klaatu Barada Nikto"?...I guess
Gort couldn't save the world, because he was what turned into the killing insects....have I lost you yet????
I was disappointed, even with the great special effects and one of my favorite actors,
Keanu Reeves, the story line sucked and there was no ending, seriously.
The best part of the movie was the huge bag of buttered popcorn Bill and I ate and the giant sodas that came with the "combo", $11.00,,,,......yes, $11.00.....and finally, as we were leaving the
theatre, one of our friends was walking in front of us, he is a huge Sci-
fi fan, and is the brother of Tony Smith, Gail Smith. Bill said, "Hey, Gail, how are ya?" at which point Gail said..."Well, that blew!!"
That about says it all...
Bill got stuck...so instead of helping him, I took a picture....
There was 8-10 inches of snow that feel between January 27, and 28.
From my nice warm house, a view from the window of my poor dog who doesn't like to get her feet wet.....
Below is my car before I cleaned it off...it was a beautiful snow, but really cold, of course.
We ate at Olive Garden, mom had peach tea, and they actually put a peach in it...looks good! Shelley looks so pretty, she is 7 months pregnant here...but she looks lovely. I can see her rolling her eyes right now!!!
While we were waiting for our food, Shelley and Garret were playing "Coasters"...I didn't know
First of all, it was very cold today, but was still warm enough to get outside. We decided to take Sally to Kinmundy lake and let her run a bit. As you can see, the lake is pretty well frozen.
She's deciding where to go first.
So, it was down by the lake, where she stopped long enough for me to pet her.
Then she was off again, to the woods and around the area. As long as we were outside with her everything was fine. She has been here before, but for some reason this time every time we got in the truck to get warm, she ran from window to window, looking at us
Here I am getting ready to get back in the truck, she is giving me they eye.
Friday we went to Bill's cousin's house and got a rooster for our hens. They have been acting weird, one of our friends that raises chickens, said they need a boy friend, so we got a big old rooster from Tom in Omega. He doesn't have the big plumes in his tail, because he is a cochin. They are supposedly very friendly and docile. I named him Ralph, after Ralph Cramdon from the "Honeymooners"...he has lots of feathers on his feet.
We decided to do a family picture of those of us that were there. Even Beebs was smiling in this one, or maybe she's just thinking "Ah, yes, I shall burn out the camera lens with my killer stare"...:-)
We went to bro Milo and Barb's for our annual Christmas Day chili cook-off
The chili was delicious!!!
Then there was lots of catching up to do, and some laughs too. Bill looks like somebody said something funny....he has that twinkle in his eye, or maybe he just has indigestion...it's hard to tell....
Kent was playing with my camera....but they did have some killer coffee there too.
Me giving my boy a hug, no he's not a dwarf, he's just sitting down.....
Mom and Barb having an intellectual conversation.
Darren and Bill having an intellectual conversation.
Preston sent me this picture from his iphone of Caleb playing in his firetruck.....how cute, he looks like he is ready to go.....
Preston, Amanda and family on their way to Amanda's parents, stopped by the Culver's ice cream shop............................and took a picture.....wow, lots of snow there...they had a safe trip and made it safely.
I am not difficult to please when it comes to movies, I try to find the good parts even when they are not the best productions, so it's not like I am negative about these things, however......
This super cell was slowly rotating and passed right over us, it was deadly quiet.
Super cell showing beaver tail, where the tornado would emerge
Hail from same storm, as we were driving.
Mammantus clouds, showing the cold air was punching through the warm air.
First we all had Mexican food for lunch....very tasty.
Garret grabbed my camera and said "Smile, mommy"....that was just so adorable. He took this picture, with grandma's help.. At first he had the camera backwards with the lens against his mouth.....it was a little smeary until I cleaned it.
We finally had our quota of toys (grandma had reached her financial quota, anyway).
You can see by his little face, it was getting close to nap time....he was so good though. Just a sweet heart, except earlier in the day before mom and I got to Decatur Shelley and Cary had tried to have the family pictures taken and Garret would not cooperate, he cried the whole time. There were a couple of pictures that were good, so at least they got them. I guess he just wasn't in the mood that day...he was good for us though. Cary wasn't feeling well, so he stayed home and missed all the fun.
