It took a few days (okay, it took a week), but I'm FINALLY into the Halloween spirit! Which is good since work is in FULL swing...I haven't thought this much about Halloween costumes and/or clothes since I was 16, probably (whenever my last trick-or-treat was...). It's really crazy to think about, especially since work wants us to be in some sort of little costume everyday. I'm rotating my hats, which get varying degrees of love or looks. One older man made a rude comment about my hat and then, ironically, 20 minutes later, the next comment on my hat was a compliment from an older guy. Figures! Can't please them all, but people typically like our little costumes. I have lowered my costume standards to 3 days of the week, though. Basically, it's the 3 days of potential walk-thrus by our regional boss and one of the criteria for the walk-thrus in Oct is whether employees are in costume. :P I don't think I'll fully dress-up, unless I can think of something easy to work in, but the hats are at least Halloween-y.
At any rate, I'm determined now to have some sort of Halloween-y nail polish on all month. I don't know if I've got enough to do it, but mixed in with some nail art, I should be able to get to the end of the month! It doesn't help that I blew through 3 polishes in the first week...Wasn't loving the application and was trying a new base method (Elmer's glue!), which all resulted in a lot of nail polish changes. I'm sure I can make the latter half of the month! I didn't go *that* crazy over Halloween polishes, but I know I'm going to have trouble with the fall/winter/Christmas polishes...I'm really into browns lately (bad for fall colors!) and I'm gonna LOVE the Christmas and winter polishes (I want a red and white one that's supposed to be like holly; I want another one that's like snow; another one that's like ice/snow; one with stars; etc...Yeah, I've got an approaching problem...!). So, we'll see.
Anyway, Halloween manis haven't been anything really special, so I'll probably post pictures later if I do anything actually artsy...?
I found out tonight while watching Madagascar 3 that How to Train Your Dragon has a live performance! It's coming to San Jose the end of December (26-30). I want to go!! (Statement deserved two exclamation points!) It's one of my new favorite movies (I can't tell you how many times I've watched it or listened to the soundtrack, but it's been a LOT since it's come out on DVD). Based on reviews, it's not a theater performance, it's an arena performance so the actors are hard to see, but the dragons are supposed to be really cool looking (walk, breathe smoke, etc). It look pretty cool, which you can see some clips and photos on their webpage here. Tickets can get REALLY expensive if you buy the upgrades, but cheapos are a little less than $50 (including fees). That's not *too* bad. Now to find someone to go with me! Any takers? :P
With that...Moving on to movies.
Taken 2 (Liam Neeson) - Well, I can't say it was terrible, but I also can't say it was great either. It was SPOT ON to what I expected it to be: Great action scenes that comprise of most of the movie and the story will suffer for it. Yup, that's exactly what happened. Did I feel like I wasted my money seeing it in theater? No, but it's definitely not something most people need to see in theater and I would generally say people shouldn't see it in theater. Sure, the action scenes were pretty amazing and there's a great hand-to-hand combat scene, but the story was just laughable. I will say, there's one thing I took away from the movie: If you don't want to drive, learn to shoot. There's a semi-comical moment between him and his daughter about the driving vs the shooting. I will say that the end of the movie does lend itself to a possible 3rd one and I DEARLY hope that there is NOT a 3rd one. I mean, really, who's left to kidnap? His friend Sam? Possible (he did make a short appearance in the 2nd one), but I hope not. As much as I loved the first one (watch it about twice a year, if not more), just because the first one was good doesn't mean you have to make a second one. Grade: C
Dark Shadows (Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green) - I don't know anything about the TV show, but I was curious about the movie. It's okay. It's definitely got Tim Burton's mark on the film. The basic premise of the entire thing is that family is the important thing in life (from start to finish). Other than that, there's Green's character who feels slighted by Depp's character, keeps trying to get him to love her, keeps trying to kill off the girls he loves, and, lastly, destroy the family's good name. Yeah, that was pretty much it. Not my favorite Depp film. I mean, yes, Burton makes some odd films, but the story in this lacked or something. Grade: C-
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, etc) - I really enjoyed the film. Sure, the story isn't anything special or new, but how can you not enjoy a film with some of England's finest actors? It's a story about where they all are in their later-in-years life and how going to India and the Marigold Hotel change their lives after the almost 2 months most of them stay. It's also about not giving up on life and what it still has to offer you. I liked all their stories and how they intertwined them and also separated them. There are some characters more likeable than others (e.g., Penelope Wilton (who plays Isobel Crawley on Downton Abbey) plays a character who is not warm-and-fuzzy), but it was a good movie. I liked its generally gentle pace, its laughs here-and-there, and its well-acted characters. Grade: B/B+
Madagascar 3 - I don't think I watched Madagascar 2...If I did, it obviously didn't leave an impression on me at all. To say the least, I just watched it to watch it. It's cute. It's a Madagascar film. This time they're (still) trying to get back to New York and the zoo. They manage to get to Europe, but end up having an animal control person from France after them. To escape, they hitch a ride with a circus and try and get the circus signed for a tour in the U.S. They have to keep moving because the French lady is after them and always close on their tails. It's cute and the circus scene was fun. Not a whole lot to say really other than it was okay. Grade: B
With those...I am up to 76 movies this year! I will definitely watch over 80 movies this year. In theaters alone, I've got 3 or 4 more to watch. Rentals, maybe half a dozen (give or take my random ones!). So...Maybe I can do 90...I don't know. That seems like an awful lot! We'll see, though. :)
With that...Time to change the mani. This one is holding up well, but I'm tired of it.
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