TROPICAL THUNDER REVIEW

Boy what a day. I had an early morning pre-appointment in Temple...the city south of Wacko Texas. For some reason it takes eighty five hundred pre-appointments to prepare you for the real appointment. Are you wondering why this is necessary? Can you say money...as in co-pay.....like eighty five hundred copays? I'm convinced that the better your medical insurance is, the more pre-appointments you are required to have.

None of these pre-appointments required any lab work or imaging...just take my vitals and chit chat. I think if they had to treat me without insurance, I would have been in and out in one huge appointment. My real appointment is this coming Wednesday night. I'm having a sleepover.

I have to bring my own snacks! No alcohol. microwave popcorn?

I can bring my own Pillow. I want my memory foam topper

bring my own jammies, no silk or satin, baby dolls?

Maintain usual habits, can I bring my laptop?

I leave my appointment and as I step outside, it's raining cats and dogs!

........and I'm wearing flip flops.

I drive back to see Paul before going to the movies. Paul was busy with two women, so Antonio helped me with my GPS functions. Paul came over to say Hi, and seemed pretty excited that some of my readers gave him a shout out! No, not you Nick!

I left for the theatre. Perfect timing.
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Tropical Thunder was so-so. I hate to say that, because the trailers were so good, and it's been a long time coming to the theatres. Most of the humor was in the trailers, so the rest was redundant. Lots of fart talk, and farts in general.

The attempt at gore was over the top. The fake stuff like blood and guts was too slapstick. What looked like thirty pounds of mangled hot dogs swimming in ketchup doesn't make for good open wounds.

The funny parts were funny, but they kept repeating the same thing. The ending was more than predictable too. I felt sad that Tom Cruise has been knocked down a notch to a cameo, highly masqueraded role.

I did take note that Nick Nolte, one of my favorite actors from years past.....

looked just as bad in Tropical Thunder as he did in his mug shot.

No thumbs, maybe 3 out of 5 stars.

FRIDAY MATINEE ON MONDAY

Tomorrow I have a doctor's appointment in the morning in Temple...that's about 26.3 miles away. When I get back, I want to see this!

Tropic Thunder.......Another Ben Stiller movie. I have to admit, I'm giving him several chances to redeem himself this year. This is it! You hear me Ben? Ok, I'm joking, just stay cute.

I also have to stop in at the ATT store to see Paul. He said he'd help me figure out the GPS on my new Blackjack. If I get up early enough I'll stop in to get that done before the doctor's appointment, so I can test it out. It wouldn't do me much good using it to go to the movies, because it's across the street from ATT.

Hi Paul.... What would I do without Paul.

Big brother fans, don't forget to vote for this weeks eviction. Renny is being weird, don't you think? Asking her alliance members to be pawns....what was she thinking? I think she will be on everyone's short list....

The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants 2

I LOVED IT!

Ok, it was a bit sappy for me, and I guess I view things differently than I did at their age. What I mean is, things that seem the end of the world to them, seemed shallow to me. Not all of it, just the smaller issues.

The outcome of the different mini dramas were predictable. It's hard to review a movie where there are no twists and turns.

I think the one part that really touched me was when Bridget found a box full of letters and cards that her grandmother had sent her over the years, that she never knew about.

The movie was sweet, and touching. Maybe I would give it a 5 on a scale of 10. Still I'm glad I went. Besides, its right next to ATT and I stopped in to see Paul. I had a few questions about my new you-know-what.

Oh, and that pair of pants? Awesome!