Happy Valentine's Day

I'm in hibernation mode again. Not completely, I mean I cleaned up the house, exercised, did some laundry, and went shopping for groceries today. Bears don't do those things in winter. I don't think. But for most of the day, as with the other days of my holidays, I was pretty immobile. Watched 3 movies, updated my facebook page countless times. I'm having a pretty good war with three other players of Gangster Battle. One guy named "SBD The Gasser" and two, (I'm assuming), gals named "Princess Di Connell" and "OT Settle the Score Woman". I hope these people don't take it personally when I attack them. I just do it cuz I know I can beat them and it's easier than searching for folks who I think I might be able to beat. Besides, they started it! They don't attack me, they ambush me. Cuz if they attack they lose. And OT Settle the Score Woman sometimes shanks me in the back multiple times. I think once she shanked me 10 times in a row. This is what you do when someone is in the hospital. You can't attack someone who's on the mend but you can shank them in the back. Nice eh? They've killed me more times than I've killed them. But I just attack them for money usually. Although I admit if I have nobody left to attack I'll shank OT Woman. I did that today while singing, "Shank shank shank, shank shank shank, shank your booty." But she had it coming to her. heh heh.

The movies I watched were "The Wrestler", "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Benjamin Button". Lemme tell you these were three good movies! In fact I wouldn't be surprised if they all won an Oscar. It's funny how things work. One day I watch nothing but duds and then some days everything I watch is great. I think it might have something to do with me. My mood when I watch. I saw the Dark Knight recently too but I don't think I was in a good movie watching mood. I still liked it though. Another Oscar hopeful for Heath Ledger. But before I start making Oscar predictions I'll have to watch films like Milk, Frost/Nixon, The Visitor, Doubt etc. This is a fun time of year for me. And I gotta say it's very nice to have the time to be able to see all these movies. So I'm counting my blessings. Not often I get to do that. But during hibernation I have plenty of reflection time.

Anyway, as it stands right now I'd have to say my early favourite is The Wrestler. Even though Mickey Rourke was the lead actor in my all time LEAST favourite movie, 9 1/2 Weeks, and I still hold a long-standing grudge against him for that, this was a great movie! And not just because of Marissa Tomei's super hot bod. I'm not saying he deserves an Oscar. I think he was good but from what I see in his interviews he's much the same as the character he played and he's played it before. But I loved this movie. Thumbs way up.

Slumdog was a pretty interesting look into the street life in India, but maybe it's just me, (having seen the same stuff in other Asian countries), it wasn't really new. Take a game show that is a HUGE hit because of the suspense it creates for viewers and put it in a movie. Not really a risky premise. If you add brilliant character development like Quiz Show then you'd have something. But the characters were a bit too melodramatic and superheroic. Like, (I understand), much of Bollywood fare. I was impressed how all the actors refrained from busting out into song or dance. Until the end of the movie. lol I liked it quite a bit but don't think it's good enough for Oscar. I don't want to spoil anything but the autograph scene was awesome!

Benjamin Button was such an obvious rip-off of Forrest Gump that I wonder if its whole purpose was to give the academy what they are looking for. And if you get a table full of Comic Book Guys to make a list of flaws that come up when a guy is aging backwards it would never end. Things like teeth. Were they rotten when he was born old or did they decay and fall out as he got to his teens? Why he changes so much in the 15 years that he grows up with the girl. If he went from a 90-year-old to a 75-year-old, how much change would there have been? Really. He went from a blind, deaf cripple to a fully haired, dude who could RUN. Ever see a 75-year-old run? And his girlfriend never looks like she ages more than 20 years while he goes right down to pubescence and infancy. But somehow looks like she's 200 a few years later on her death bed. And of course the sex drive. Did he need Viagra when he was a young guy who looked like an old dude or an old guy who looked like a young dude? He got his share of nookie during BOTH periods. No THIS is one book that shouldn't have been made into a movie. It requires too much imagination. Having said all that, I liked it. I loved Forrest Gump and this was very much the same movie. And Brad Pitt is money. He's never made even a mediocre movie. All his movies are great. So yes I'd recommend it but not for best picture or actor. However, Ben's Mom was even better than Sally Field, (Forrest's Mom), so she might deserve an Oscar.

So that's what I've been doing on Valentine's Day this year. Not bad. And cheap! But I'd like to wish everyone out there, (and their sweetheart), a happy Valentine's Day. In Korea, I hope you had a great one. I'm sure sooner or later this day will mean something to me again. I don't miss it much though. In fact if I had a significant other I might just suggest the very same day only together. What do you think, is this one reason why I DON'T have one?