Tuesday, June 14, 2011

17-3, 4-2, Super 8

The Bruins outscored the Canucks 17-3 in Boston, yet they could still lose the Stanley Cup Wednesday night...

Lebron James just doesn't get it. It's that simple. He doesn't see himself the way most of the world does because he's lived such a life of entitlement and self-indulgence. As for his play, I think Lebron lacks killer instinct and mental toughness. Put another way, I believe he fears failure to the point it paralyzes him at crunch time. I believe history will show Lebron James was a great player, not a legend...

The Mavericks won their first NBA title and were talked about far less than the Heat losing. Why? Because the Heat losing, and the way the Heat lost (they eventually wilted and quit), is more interesting than the Mavs winning, and the way the Mavs won (they worked hard and made big shots)...

Chemistry still matters...

I saw Super 8 over the weekend. Abrams & Spielberg team up to make a really good---not great---summer popcorn movie. Super 8 is a combination of ET/Goonies/Stand By Me/Aliens, though not as good as three of those movies. The kids are all fantastic, especially Elle Fanning, and the movie is exciting throughout. The less you know going in, the better. I give it a B+...


I watched Just Go With It on DVD. I enjoy good, if I can use that word, Adam Sandler movies like The Wedding Singer and Happy Gilmore. This one is not good. Jennifer Aniston is easily the best thing about the movie, and Brooklyn Decker the worst, though it's not all her fault. The plot is written in such a way that Decker is forced to appear stupid in nearly every scene she's in. C-...


I intended to see Due Date, but my wife and I let the kids have their annual SchoolsOutForSummerPalooza and it was BONKERS. 11 kids for a sleepover, and 11 days off my life...

BINGO!

1 comment:

Anthill_Goddess said...

That might be the greatest photo, EVER! LOL (And I now know why my daddy always said that his version of Hell was a "gaggle of 10 year-old girls"!)

BTW, I completely agree with the rest of the post, too!

((Still laughing))