Movies I love that Critics Hate

Every now and then there is a movie that I really enjoy. I think that it accomplishes whatever it was that it set out to do, and made me enjoy the journey. These movies are not always movies that critics enjoy, but you can't always trust what critics say!

1. Stranger than Fiction
I love this movie. I may have a slightly rosy view of this flick because of when I saw it. The night I proposed to Roni, we were on our way to see this very movie. This is a movie about a guy who hears voices. Not just any voices though. This is a person narrating his life, as it happens. It turns out that a local author is writing a novel about a person who she believes is fictional, but who is very much real. I like this movie because it is not your typical Will Ferrell movie. It is (I think) a very original idea for a movie, and does a very good job at making the movie not only fun, but somehow believable.

What they gave it: D (67%)
What I give it: A

2. Secondhand Lions
Family movies are a tough sell. You have to make it interesting enough for kids, funny enough for the older kids, and entertaining enough for the adults. This is a movie that I feel does all of those things very well. It is sweet without being sappy, and I think it has a great story. This movie is about a young boy whose mother drops him off to live with his eccentric uncles for the summer. It has humor, adventure and just about everything in between. If you want a family movie, this is one I strongly recommend.

What they gave it: F (52%)
What I give it: A+

3. Alien Vs. Predator
Action movies. Are they supposed to have plot? Barely. Are they supposed to be believable? Not Really. Should they have aliens, or better yet, TWO types of aliens trying to kill each other?? Most definitely. This isn't a great movie, but it is a great action movie. I don't think you can blame an action movie for be an action movie. In all honesty, I enjoyed this movie more than I enjoyed Dark Knight.

What they gave it: F- (29%)
What I give it: A- (as an action movie)

Do you guys have any movies that should go on this list? Movies that you love, but critics hate? If you do, then leave a comment!

Crazy 8s

8 Things I'm obsessed with right now:
1. The Bwun
2. All things awesome
3. Getting my personal statement completed!
4. cup-pies (think cupcakes, but PIES)
5. Roni
6. Finding new ways to make my iPod Touch more awesome
7. This should really be called crazy 6s
8. Because everybody seems to give up around that point

8 Words or Phrases that I use daily
1. "the bwun"
2. "chief"
3. "I'm sorry, you can't cancel"
4. "Yes dear, I'm excited about the bwun."
5. "That's what she said."
6. "Have you even read the contract?"
7. "You are totally lurka-durking."
8. "You're a fidgeteer general!" (not really, but I feel like I should start saying it)

8 TV shows I love to watch
1. LOST
2. The Office (US version)
3. Pushing Daisies
4. Scare Tactics
5. 30 Rock
6. 24
7. Arrested Development
8. I think 7 is pretty good, considering we don't have cable and can't get reception in our basement

8 Things I did yesterday
1. Watch The Office
2. 3 hours of napping
3. sat at a computer for 8 hours
4. Ate 5 servings of fruits or vegetables
5. Worked
6. Really though, it was a weekday, and I work 8 hours a day
7. So there's only so much I can do
8. Play with my iPod

8 Favorite places to eat
1. Sam Hawk
2. Bombay House
3. Leatherby's
4. Brick Oven
5. Dave's Famous Heimburgers
6. Shadowbrook
7. Kimbap Cheon-gook
8. Hansot

8 Things I am looking forward to
1. The Bwun
2. Thanksgiving
3. Going home today
4. Possibly getting acceptance letters from law schools
5. payday
6. Painting
7. Getting rid of the mold in the bathroom
8. Having a clean house

8 Things on my wishlist
1. 1 million dollars
2. Getting Accepted to Law School
3. Rock Band 2 for the Wii
4. A healthy Bwun
5. A healthy Roni
6. A pastry mixer
7. I'm actually pretty content, and even the pastry mixer is pushing it
8. something amazing!

"8" people I tag
1. Everybody I know that has a blog has pretty much been tagged...
2. If you haven't been tagged, and you read this, consider yourself tagged

Totally Worth It

At the end of the sales year, the company I work at throws a big banquet where the top sales representatives are acknowledged, and rewarded. I'm not really sure why people from the office are invited. It might be because they feel guilty having a big party and not inviting us, but regardless the reason, we were invited.

With the lure of free dinner, and the promise of door prizes, Roni and I showed up for what would become the longest evening ever. The setup looked quite nice, and as we entered, we got our ticket for the door prize raffle. The prizes included a range of items, from a camera to a plasma TV.

We were sitting close to where the food was being served, so our table naturally figured that we were going to be among the first to be served. However, we were not. In fact, I think that we were the last table to get our food for every course of the meal. It wasn't because the servers were trained to go to the farthest table first, because there were tables that were even closer than we were who got their food first. It was like the servers just forgot about us until somebody thought, "I wonder why we have an entire table's worth of extra food?"

Rotten luck, right? Well, Even at our table, I was consistently the last person to get my food. I kept telling myself (and everybody else) that I was just saving up my luck for winning one of the door prizes.

After dinner, the official End of the Year event started. Basically, this consisted of people going up the mic and saying "I just want to say a couple of things about (insert person's name here)." And then they would talk for 20 minutes. In order to make sure that nobody left early, they didn't hold the raffle for all of the door prizes at once. Instead, they spread it out over the course of the whole evening.

Around 10:30, Roni and I thought we were going to die. DIE. I am pretty sure the event was schedule to run until 9:30. The food (whic

h was actually quite good) had stopped coming out around 9:00. We were bored; we were hungry. The final speaker had given her "closing remarks" and was on her way back to her table, when another person stood up and said, "I would just like to say a few words more about (insert name of person that he ALREADY SPENT 20 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT).

All of the raffles had been drawn at this point, and Roni and I were about to make a break for the exit. We would have gone kicking and screaming if necessary. All of the raffles except for one. There was a 42 inch plasma TV that they had not raffled, and the slim hope that we might win it was all that kept us at our table.

Finally, the speaker stopped, and announced that it was time for the final raffle. They drew the number, and slowly read it. All the numbers matched! We won! We are now the proud owners of a $800 TV that we paid exactly nothing for! Needless to say, having to stay the whole time didn't feel quite so bad after that :). We also got a $50 gift certificate to PF Chang's and a free sweatshirt.

The moral of the story? I guess you could say it is just like that old man who lost his horse!

Longest Week Ever

Is it just me, or does this week seem to just keep on going? Yesterday, I could have sworn that it was Friday. When I finally realized that it was not Friday, but it was Tuesday, it just about broke me. And today? My shift just started 1 minute ago, and I'm already ready to go home.