Lately, I have come to cherish any "free time;" the demands of work, both my real job and home business, have left me with so little time to spare. I have been able to squeeze a few movies in with my son and spouse, though. During previews at one of the movies, I found myself scratching my head during one and heavily salivating during another.
Which ones you ask? Let us start with the movie I believe to be completely idiotic, Repo Men. The movies' premise is that our society will digress from a somewhat moral and ethical one to a society of murder, when you fall behind on bill paying. Seriously?? I am to believe that our future society will become like that of the mafia? I am to believe that organ recipients, who fall behind on their payments to the hospital or company that provided it, will be murdered and the organ will then be repossessed?? Seriously?? I am left wondering the following: What is done with those repossessed organs? Are they reissued (EWWW!!)? What is the blood born pathogen contamination rate for those reused organs? Is there a discount for a used organ? Murder is now acceptable, because they had it coming?
It just sounds completely ridiculous. Seriously Hollywood, this crap is the best new idea for a movie? The person who thought of this storyline should be slapped for insulting our intelligence.
The second movie preview made my mouth water, to the point that I felt I may drool. My inner nerd was awakened when I saw clips from Clash of the Titans. The special effects look incredible. In the 6th grade, I studied Greek mythology, and fell in love with the story, The Adventures of Perseus. The son of Zeus is raised as a mortal and is given an impossible task to complete. How he completes the task, the help he receives from the Gods, and the adventures after the task is completed make this story amazing. When I saw the 1980 or 1981 movie version I could not get enough of it. The actors taking on the roles for the new movie look equally incredible. I am highly anticipating the movie release date of 4/02...my inner nerd is screaming with joy!
