So how to lighten up? Too bad the movie "KickAss" isn't out yet (release April 22); it's about ordinary people who pretend to be "super heroes", but in reality have no "super powers" of any kind. In the trailer the teen-aged hero quips that the only power he has is to be "invisible to women." Now that's a fantasy plot. Do the good guys win? With a movie name like that, it makes one wonder who is kicking whom. If it's a commercial success, perhaps they'll make a sequel. My title recommendation: "Break a Leg".
As for my taste in movies, the last movie I saw was "The Blind Side" and I enjoyed it. TMI!
OK, so I decided to lighten up "a bit". When my children were young, they enjoyed a game called "Whack-A-Mole" in which a number of holes were occupied by furry critters. In a random sequence, a critter would jump out of the hole and the object of the game was to "whack" the critter with a plastic mallet. If successful, the player rang a bell. Supposedly good for developing eye-hand coordination and upper body strength; it took two hands to swing the mallet. Also great entertainment for young children, just like "Jurrasic Park 3" (2). Click on the word "PLAY" to start the game. Use your mouse and click to "Whack Em"
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1. Whack-A-Boss flash game, based on Whack A Mole. Designed and animated by Don Mangan and Artie Romero at ARG! Cartoon Animation Studio in Colorado. http://artie.com/
(2) Some years ago, I went to a movie theater for "Jurassic Park 3" and sat directly behind a family. Prior to the "lights out" a small boy of about 4 asked the adult male he was with "Will I be scared, Daddy?" The man replied "No, it's not a scary movie." Apparently unconvinced, the boy looked around at the adults in his vicinity, set his eyes on me and asked "Will I be scared?" I replied "Only when the dinosaurs eat people." Which drew the anger of the adult accompanying the boy. During the movie, during those scenes when the velociraptors began tearing people apart and eating them, the child let out a series of shrieks. Of course, there are those who would say that, as is the case here at BLMH, the reason that child was frightened was because of my comment. Certainly nothing on that screen, which is to say the "reality" of people screaming and being eaten had anything to do with the boy's fear. Of course not! Here's a trailer for what some people "believe" is a movie suitable for small children. They "know" this is a "good thing" and can simply ignore the MPAA PG-13 rating "for intense sci-fi terror and violence", because they "know".
(2) Some years ago, I went to a movie theater for "Jurassic Park 3" and sat directly behind a family. Prior to the "lights out" a small boy of about 4 asked the adult male he was with "Will I be scared, Daddy?" The man replied "No, it's not a scary movie." Apparently unconvinced, the boy looked around at the adults in his vicinity, set his eyes on me and asked "Will I be scared?" I replied "Only when the dinosaurs eat people." Which drew the anger of the adult accompanying the boy. During the movie, during those scenes when the velociraptors began tearing people apart and eating them, the child let out a series of shrieks. Of course, there are those who would say that, as is the case here at BLMH, the reason that child was frightened was because of my comment. Certainly nothing on that screen, which is to say the "reality" of people screaming and being eaten had anything to do with the boy's fear. Of course not! Here's a trailer for what some people "believe" is a movie suitable for small children. They "know" this is a "good thing" and can simply ignore the MPAA PG-13 rating "for intense sci-fi terror and violence", because they "know".
Jurassic Park 3 blows.
ReplyDeleteI believe it's spelled "boredom".
ReplyDeleteAnon 11:52 AM: It's called a Pun, "A Play on Words". For example: "Sir Lancelot once had a very bad dream about his horse. It was a knight mare".
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