I’m taking another vacation because I need it and because my company is making it very attractive for me to take more time off. Sooooooo, Lisa and I are taking the most kick ass exciting trip EVER! Brace yourselves and try not to get too jealous—- WE’RE GOING TO ELVIS WEEK! We have tickets for the Elvis Expo 2006, Music and Movies at Graceland, Shawn Klush in Concert and the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest Semifinals AND Finals!

I am so excited!

Had a dream last night in which I positively beat the crap out of a person. In my dream, a woman insulted my looks and I had the impression that she often offered rude and hurtful remarks and so I felt it was my duty to toss her against the wall and then perform other violent procedures against her. Could this dream be the manifestation of my guilt over admitting I found the girl in Batman ugly? Perhaps this is what occurs when you watch a couple of violent movies back to back? Who knows!

Yesterday I spent the entire day at the movies! I went to see The X-Files: I Want to Believe. I loved it. Of course, I am a blind fan. I would enjoy anything that is labeled The X-Files. (The X-Files 3: Mulder and Scully Breed Rabbits! I LOVE IT!) This second movie felt like an extended episode of the series. It seems odd to me that Chris Carter would pick this small little suspense story to make into a movie. I guess by choosing something so small and keeping the costs down, and as long as me and a couple other people buy tickets, they will make a profit. Regardless of why, I thought it was great and I OH SO LOVED MULDER AND SCULLY’S RELATIONSHIP. I refuse to say anymore on this front because then I would give stuff away and that just isn’t fair. Oh, and Callum Keith Rennie showed up as an evil Russian man! You know Callum Keith Rennie… He replaced Ray Vecchio in Due South and he had guest spots on Forever Knight and Highlander and he played Nikita’s first season boyfriend in La Femme Nikita! Sorry, I just love Canadian working actors. Somehow it became a game to keep an indexed filmography in my brain of where I saw them last.

As I was about to walk out of the theater I noticed that Dark Knight was about to start and like a crazy teenager, I darted into the theater and took a seat. I felt evil until I thought, “How can this be anymore evil than selling burnt popcorn and stale pretzel bites for over $5.00 apiece?” So I crashed the 5:00 showing of Dark Knight. I can’t say I enjoyed it. It was a little too much for me. My preference is a slower, quieter film (LIKE THE X-FILES!). I get dizzy watching buildings shake from explosions and rounds and rounds of bullets get fired. Now I appreciated that an ugly girl got cast as the love interest but that just wasn’t enough to save the movie. Perhaps if the fellow who portrayed the Joker grew a thick mustache and coated it in white paint in a misguided attempt to hide it— maybe then I would have loved the movie.

Walking out of Dark Knight, I really wanted to walk into Step Brothers starring Will Ferrell and make it a Triple Feature day but there was this force pulling at my hand guiding me out of the theater and into Sears to look at white Reebok sneakers… I guess the Triple Feature just wasn’t in my cards.

So here is a summary of my recommendations:
Mama Mia! LOVED IT!
The X-Files: I Want to Believe: LOVED IT!
Dark Knight: NOT FOR ME BUT PERHAPS IT WILL FLOAT YOUR BOAT!

Friday I left work 15 minutes early so I could get to the local cinema to buy tickets for Mama Mia before it sold out. My mom and Lisa met me there a few minutes later and we had a girls’ night out. Mama Mia was such a fun movie, I truly adored it. I think it will become a movie like Grease, a movie you watch over and over again– a movie to cheer you up, a movie that doesn’t need to be watched from beginning to end, as long as you catch a song and dance number, it’s all good.

There was one thing that bothered me about this movie, it was really anachronistic.

1. I had the impression Meryl Streep was a wild child, not much older than 20 years old when she had her flings and became pregnant. Her love child is now 20 years old. WHY THEN DOES MERYL AND HER FRIENDS ALL LOOK TO BE IN THEIR LATE 50’s EARLY 60’S? Could Meryl have been a completely irresponsible 39-year-old?

2. The movie looks to be taking place TODAY. I say this because of the clothing styles worn by all the characters. YET MERYL AND TWO OF HER EX-LOVERS TALK LIKE THEY HAD BEEN HIPPIES. The pictures they’d flash from yesteryear showed them to be hippies with long hair and bell-bottom pants. That would mean the flashbacks were late 60’s and the rest of the movie took place in the late 80’s.

3. One of Meryl’s lovers was called Headbanger and he looked like a PUNK! AND HE MENTIONED HE WORE A SID VICIOUS T-SHIRT. This would then mean the flashbacks took place in the mid-70’s and then the other part took place in the 90’s. Plus, the term Headbanger is more for heavy metal lovers– not punks, right? I guess the name Pogo Dancer just didn’t sit well with test audiences.

Okay, that’s it about my pet peeves.

Guess Meryl Streep’s character’s name? DONNA!
Guess the name of the hotel her character runs? THE VILLA DONNA!
Guess who played one of her lovers? MY FUTURE HUSBAND COLIN FIRTH!
Guess which lover became gay at the end of the movie? MY FUTURE HUSBAND COLIN FIRTH 😕

I heartily recommend Mama Mia! Just don’t think too much about it. And maybe have a drink or two beforehand.