Trying to be better about reviewing more regularly or perhaps my 12 hours of sleep last night have motivated me and given me energy!
This last week at work has been absolutely draining. I worked two 11.5 hours work shifts (we get a half hour lunch) in a row in the middle of my work week on Friday and Saturday, which just happen to be our 2 busiest days. Not to mention, we were seriously understaffed on Saturday since one employee called out and our manager wasn't available. One of the other employees also did a 11.5 hour shift on Sat. Crazy, I tell you! We're doing surveys too, which adds *that* much more stress onto the day. I've been joking, though, saying I run a tight ship because we've managed to never get too behind on getting stuff out while I've been there. Sure, the store could look prettier, but we'll worry about that after our staff all come back! We have all been working really hard, though. I did get to leave early on Monday because I've got fire extinguisher training on Wed so, as to not work overtime this week, I got to leave early! I don't think training is going to take 2 hours, but I guess I'll worry about that tomorrow if it does take less than 2 hours and talk it over with my manager. Be interesting to do the training, though. I thought our acronym "PASS" (Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep) was supposed to make us capable? I get to work 4-days in a row this week, which is great because Saturday is an auction Sat (i.e., ALWAYS crazy Sats!) and I'm doing the auction 100% alone. The other 2 people who help (1 closes out the auction, 1 helps set it up the new one, and I help pack-up and ring-up the closed out and write the paperwork for the new one) are gone. However, I get 4-days in a row, but I then get to work 6-days in a row. Woohoo! Work is treating me well while our manager is gone. I don't get overtime for the 6th day either because in the actual week (Sun-Sat) I'm only working 5 days. My 6th day rolls into the next week (my "normal" days off are Tues/Wed, but I get Mon/Tues off one week).
Anyway, with that...Movies! Because I got off early on Monday, Chris and I went and saw Snow White & the Huntsman and I rented New Year's Eve last week.
Snow White & the Huntsman (Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron) - I liked it, but Chris found it boring. It could have been better and I still think Stewart is a bit of a flat actress, but I thought Theron and Hemsworth were good. Theron really did a good job playing the unstable sorceress queen. Her brother was equally creepy. I liked Hemsworth and thought he was a good Huntsman, but the age situation between Stewart and Hemsworth really bothered me! I'm not sure why, but it did. I was all for William over the Huntsman and I don't think you should be thinking that during the movie. With that said, Chris said to me, "In the medieval time, no one would have thought anything weird about that." True that. The writing could have been better too. There were some really bad lines, especially at the end ("You look fetching in mail" (ahahaha) or after a very poignant pause, "You can't have my heart" (what?!?!)). Chris and I were making fun of them after we left and how some of them could have been changed or left out completely. I will say, I liked the beginning and middle of the movie far better than the end. Something "wrong" happens towards the end and it just doesn't work. I'm not sure if it's because it's sped up (you spend 3/4 of the movie on this "journey" and the last quarter is the battle/finale/everything). They could have cut out some of the journey and made the end flow a little better and I think I'd have enjoyed it better. It is far darker than Mirror, Mirror, but, in that way, this film is more of an adventure story rather than a comedy/family film. It's more to my taste and the soundtrack is really good. I'm not sure if it's a good thing when you start noticing how good the soundtrack is in comparison to the movie, but I thought Newton Howard did a good job. Some pieces did remind me of various movies (Narnia and Pirates of the Caribbean), but I listen to so many soundtracks that it's hard for me NOT to hear some notes in other movies. There were some moments in the movie where I went, "NARNIA!" and I was telling Chris during a chase scene I, kid you not, was trying to count the "shadow soldiers" chasing them to see if there were 9 of them (i.e., Ringwraiths from LotR). At any rate, I liked it, but it could have been better with just a few changes in the writing of the script. I wouldn't mind seeing it again on DVD, but I wouldn't readily recommend it. Grade: B/B-
New Year's Eve (Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Effron, Ashton Kutcher, etc) - I like these sappy movie ensemble casts where there are a lot of various well-known actors/actresses in them. Chris just went, "Another one?!" I think I've pretty much seen most, if not all, of them (Valentine's Day, Love Actually, etc) and I enjoy them as fluff films. I don't think this one was as good as the others, but it was okay. I think my favorite pairing was Pfeiffer and Effron. I also like in these films how everyone is connected to each other in some way. Heigl was in this one (totally forgot) and Chris made a comment how I've been watching a lot of Heigl lately. I think I rewatched something of hers the other day and after seeing One for the Money, I apparently have been on a Heigl kick lately. Her pairing is with Bon Jovi and it was okay. In general, this film is as you would expect it to be with all manners of relationships (neighbors, father-daughter, mother-daughter, ex's, etc). Wouldn't really recommend this, unless you were inclined to watch it. Grade: B-
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