Movies

The kids have declined my offer to go swimming (”Too damn hot,”) but have counter-suggested Kung Fu. With popcorn, a drink, and the most important thing: Air conditioning.

Finally, Speed Racer is coming today. Which sounds like a Trixie joke, but I just mean that the movie finally opens.

I’m about as excited to see Speed as I was to see Iron Man, but I was a huge Speed Racer watching kid way back when (before the internets, if you can imagine. Yes, we had electricity, and television, but not cable). Anyway, I grew up watching the show, and want to see what the Matrix Brothers do with it - although from all the previews they’ve released, I have a pretty good idea.

Little different than the original? A few reviews have said it’s too much - too much color, noise, action. I’m thinking - I sat throught Cloverfield and didn’t throw up, and Sharkboy and Lavagirl, I can do this one.

Besides, Ricci as Trixie? How cool is that?

PS: funny enough, my car is in the shop, if it were outside I might think about playing hooky and going to see this w/o the kids, since all they’ll do is sit there and go “boooring, c’mon, my playstation has better graphics. When do the bad guys start killing everyone? Are there gonna be zombies?” etc.

I know, I know, I should be talking about Iron Man, which so far promises to be kick ass (current plan: I take the boys to see it tonite, while my awesome wife and daughter stay home and watch Enchanted and/or Barney).

So, yes, Iron Man will be awesome, and I’ll have to gush about it. But I just found this and it kicks. ass.

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