I was always a big fan of the Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper when I was growing up. The books were just amazing fantasy, not as good as Tolkien of course, but good none the less. So I was excited to learn that a movie was coming out based on the series.
Of course after viewing the trailer, I will not be seeing the movie. It looks to me as if they took the name and maybe 5% of the concept of the book and turned it into something completely different and horrible. How disappointing.
On the other hand, Get Smart looks like it will be an awesome movie…
I need more Netflix friends.
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So this weekend I was alone at home, well, when I wasn’t doing family stuff for my sister’s graduation.
I had a few movies to watch from Netflix. The first was The Contender which was somewhat interesting but thoroughly disappointing at the end. The second movie I saw, which I have to thank Ryan’s many positive comments for pushing me to watch it, was About a Boy. Although I am far from a Hugh Grant fan I have to say that I really enjoyed this movie, he wasn’t nearly as annoying as he normally is and the plot of this movie was a refreshing change from what I’ve been watching as of late.
As a surprise for Adam when he got home today I got him tickets to see The Fray when they come to the House of Blues next month. And perhaps just as a peace offering so he wouldn’t be mad that I spent a few hundred dollars today at Target and Costco.
