This weekend, Cathy and I had date night with another couple. No, I mean, we had date night together with another couple, sicko! We had dinner and a movie. The movie we saw was Inception, with Leonardo DeCaprio and "that guy from 3rd Rock From The Sun."
From the commercials and wonderful friends who tell you too much about movies they've seen, just in case you were going to see it yourself, I gleamed the following plot points:
SPOILER ALERT!
- People navigating through other people's dreams
- Very loud tubas
- EXCELLENT special effects
- An ending that leaves you asking "Was the whole movie a dream, or did I really just spend $50 tonight?"
I won't go too much into the plot. If you saw the trailer, you got it. Just know this is one of those movies that try to "blow your mind" with convoluted twists (in this case, dreams within dreams) and really cool- no - REALLY cool special effects. DeCaprio did an excellent job, again. I honestly think he's one of the most underrated actors in the biz. The guy that also shined in this though, is "that guy from 10 Things I Hate About You ". Cathy and I went through the whole movie going, "I know that guy!", "Where have we seen him before?!" and, "DAMN, it's really bugging me!" We couldn't wait to get home. Cathy IMDB'd him and it was none other than Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Ohhhhhhhhhh... Wait, who?! The guy from 3rd Rock From The Sun and 10 Things I Hate About You. OHHH! I forsee him as the next big action guy. He's got the looks, the moves AND he's funny! He's also going to be the Riddler in the upcoming "Untitled Batman Project"- unfortunately, that comes out in 2012 and... well.
The movie (Inception- yes, this is still the same review) is kind of long but kept me interested. It culminates to "the big mission" traveling into this rich man's dreams. When we finally arrive, we're taken through about 20 years 45 minutes of non-stop action that leave you completely exhausted at the end! When the movie is finally over (with a sufficiently twisty ending), we came away with the feeling of money-well-spent. All-in-all, a good movie!
SPOILER ALERT!
At the end, DeCaprio, spins his top (a totem that tells him if he's in a dream or not) and his wedding ring rolls past it, making him realize HE was a ghost all along (I see trippy people)!
BHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! BHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
nah... not really ;)
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Preschool Orientation
September 2nd, 2010Well... That time has come for us as parents to watch our little boy move on in the world. His first day of orientation at preschool. Cathy and I were there with him, as were all of his classmates and their parents. I saw many tears welling in the parents' eyes as we saw our children meeting and playing with each other.
We're kind of worried because John (not his real name) is not really 100% potty trained and we're both really working hard to keep on top of his training before the first day of school. Because if he decides to poop in his pants at preschool he'll get sent home... for the year! So we're kinda doing a cram-session with him right now. He poops-in-the-potty and he gets to go do stuff, play on the computer or the ipod- he poops his pants, all of them get taken away until he uses the potty again. We've tried everything else and we're desperate!
I guess it really hit me when we all went shopping for his new bed he'll be sleeping on this year. A big-boy (twin) bed! He was so excited to pick it out! Delivery will happen tomorrow. I still see him as my little 3 year old, but that was a long time ago (about 2 months) and he has grown so much.
I know it's common for parents to get emotional send their kids off to school, but I was really hit hard with it. Talking with a dad that just sent their kids off to college made me feel better though. He said that they're able to do a lot more stuff and have had a lot more time. Sure, it was depressing at first, but regaining some semblance of your life without kids was kinda nice.
Our little boy... all grown up! I just hope he drives safely.
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