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I walked into Target yesterday morning with a four item list...one of those items was the DVD New Moon. No, I am not a raving fan. I do not swoon at the sight of a shirtless Jacob. Edward does not make my heart go pitter-patter...actually I think he's kind of creepy looking. A bit too soft for my taste, and especially as a vampire. But, anyway, I enjoyed the books and even though the Twilight movie had made me a be reluctant, I wanted to watch New Moon. You will note, that I waited for it to come out on DVD.
So I walk into Target and cruise back to the new movie section. No New Moon, hmmm. I knew people had waited in line, events were held at midnight for the release, etc. But it's 9:15 am at Target. I turn to check out the stands along the cash registers. When I hear a voice behind me say, "Hey!" I turn to see one of the employees that I have talked to several times regarding some of my geeky endeavors. He's pointing down an isle. I walk back, look down the isle to see the entire New Moon display...New Moon everything. Are you kidding me? I asked how he knew that was what I was looking for...he said that was what everyone that had walked back there had been looking for. If that were the case...you might think they'd place it a little more conspicuously.
Anyway, New Moon is better than Twilight...not that Twilight set a very high bar. I saw Twilight before reading the book, then re-watched it afterwards. It made more sense the second time. I don't think the stories are filled out very well theatrically. They are more like visual companions to the books. The special effects were much better, not ground breaking by any means, but I wasn't left with such a feeling of hokeyness as with Twilight. The movie really does just skim the surface of the story...after all the book is something like 4 inches thick and the movie is just over 2 hours. I would have liked more about Jacob's coming of age. There is where the special effects had an opportunity to shine...and he does look damn fine without a shirt.
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But I'm not old yet...or at least not as old as I should be for the problem I have.
I went to the eye doctor a month ago for my routine eye exam. He told me that I was developing sub-capsular cataracts. A form that tends to grow rather rapidly. He explained that this type of cataract has more to do with heredity than age. Well I'll be the first to say my genetics suck!!! Both parents with diabetes, both with open heart surgeries and both died from cancer. I do not have expectations of living a long life. But I can't recall them having cataracts...just not as dramatic, I guess.
I picked my glasses up a week ago and have been struggling with them ever since. My vision is just not right. Only once in the many years I've been wearing glasses has the prescription been wrong in a pair of new glasses, but I went in today to have them checked out.
I can barely make out 20/40 in my left eye what I was seeing 20/20 a month ago. He adjusted, both for stronger and weaker, and neither improved my vision. The doctor said the cataract has grown enough to move into my field of vision. It's like having a Vaseline smudge on my glasses. The good news, it's going to keep getting worse. The bad news, it requires eye surgery. He says they can restore my vision, possibly even eliminating my need for glasses...but the idea of eye surgery terrifies the living crap out of me.
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I don't have to look at the DVD cover to tell you this is one l-o-n-g movie, but I did...158 minutes. It seemed longer. There are several potential reasons. One, we had to stop half way through, when company stopped by. Second, we had issues with the DVD and ultimately had to move it to the X-box and start over. And lastly, even though I have a weird fascination for disaster movies, this one just never grabbed me by the seat of the pants and took me along for the ride. Of course number three could have been greatly influenced by the first two.
I am going to contradict myself now. I hate movies that spend the first half developing the characters before you get into any action. 2012 didn't do that, but because the characters weren't developed I didn't feel any attachment to them. There were only two characters that seemed to stand out, the crazy guy (Charlie Frost, we'll get back to him in a minute) and the asshole, selfish, filthy rich Russian guy that you hope gets his in the end.
Now back to Charlie Frost, as promised. It was one of those movie moments when a character comes on the screen and you zero in. Looking closely, I questioned, "Is that Woody Harrelson?" Indeed. There are a number of known, recognized actors in this movie. Woody was not as easily recognizable.
The movie starts in modern day and quickly movies toward 12/21/12, the date many say the Mayan calendar predicts as the end of the world. Last year I had the opportunity to talk to a man in Tulum, Mexico that specializes in Mayan history. He laughed at the notion. He said that December 2012 isn't the end of time, only the end of the calendar. Like our end of year, the Mayan calendar simply starts over.
I will admit watching the world being torn apart by earthquakes and flooded by tidal waves after recent global events, was a little creepy.
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Usually humorous, frequently irreverent, occasionally controversial, rarely important. Best served with a pinch of humor and a dash of skepticism. Stirred, not shaken. Hold the ice.
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