::laughs crazily:: I loved Spiderman. Spiderman, Spiderman, Spiderman. Awesome movie. I didn’t have the greatest expectations, but it was fabulous. Yay Eye Candy! Yay random Matrixlike shots! Yay nerdy guys! Yay obscure “Priscilla’s Life” references no one would ever understand! And last of all, Yay groovy superhero costumes! ::snerks::
Amusing Inside Jokes:
- “Stormin’ Norman”, the nickname given to Mr. Osborne, is shared by my English teacher, Norman Dumaine. It was given to him by our infamously pun-addicted history teacher, Mr. Wasserman, and has since spread to underground English-fearing societies around campus.
- The Moondance Diner, where MJ waited tables, was also the workplace of Jonathan Larson, creator-genius of RENT.
- The story of the Green Goblin is almost identical to that of Dr. Henry Jekyll of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” fame: Man achieves scientific breakthrough. Board of Governors unanimously votes down human testing. Desperate, Man experiments on himself. Man goes completely nutso, gaining superhuman strength and a healthy dose of madness. Man kills off Board of Governors for spite. Man has conversations with himself in the mirror. Man drowns in evil of his own creation. Spiderman saves the day. (Yes, this happened in “Jekyll and Hyde”, too; you obviously didn’t read carefully enough.)
- Mr. Taylor, Math Phys, and my trip to Lockheed have infested my brain. I kept thinking of the Physics of the movie, which is practically nonexistent. The glider thing made me think of this new airplane at Lockheed. Amusing stuff. The rival “exoskeleton” reminded me of those nifty human-powered devices featured on memepool a few weeks ago.
There were plenty of others, but I don’t remember them. I’ll probably see the movie again, so that will remind me.
Anyway, tonight wasn’t all fun and games. Because Patrick wasn’t able to get tickets for the 7:30 show, we went to the 9:15 version. In the meantime, Patrick and his friends and I went to Braums, carpooling in his car. There was absolutely no parking whatsoever, so we parked in an empty lot across from the theatre. When we got back, Patrick’s car was gone. I drove him home while his friends scoured the lot for a “no parking” sign. Fortunately, it had probably just been towed, rather than being stolen. Yeep. But the movie was awesome, so I’m happy. Go see it, all of you! ::shoos people off to the theatre::