Funny Money?

Today I have a lot to be crabby about. First off, I took my son to see Pirates of The Carribean, only it turns out the atm gave me some counterfeit $20's so instead of seeing the movie we had to wait for an hour until the police arrived to confiscate two of my $20's and test all the rest of it. Sheesh. So, huge disappointment on part of son and self. Waste of the 20 min drive (and gas) to the movie (plus back). And had to deal with movie theatre personnel who were not nice. As if I did it on purpose. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Plus, I bet the bills aren't counterfeit at all. They were just old twenties their dumb old pen couldn't deal with. Now, I have to go back to the bank to replace the twenties, because I leave for NY Tuesday, which means I'm down, at the moment, $80.

Stupid People Making Stupid Decisions

But wait, that's not all! While I was in line to buy the tickets to the movie I saw that full price for an adult ticket is now $9.25 ($6.25 for the matinee). Nine bucks to see a movie? No wonder people don't go anymore. God knows I won't be going to any full price movies anytime soon. What a rip-off. It's bad enough you pay 6x too much for food and drinks. I can wait a few weeks for pay-per-view or DVD rental, thank you very much.

Jet Li and Romance - Is it really too much to ask?

And since I'm on a roll, puleeze, the movies they make these days are by-and-large completely and utterly s-t-u-p-i-d. Let's see, My Big Fat Greek Wedding was a successful, profitable film, but are they making many intelligent, heartwarming films like that? NO! They're making stupid, irritating films aimed at teenage boys and then saying, well, that's what people want to see. Well, duh!!! The rest of us don't go see those films because they're stupid. You know what kind of movie I want to see? Any movie where it's not assumed that the viewers (like, apparently, the writers, directors and editors of same) have the intelligence of a turnip. Plus, I want to see Jet Li playing a Romantic Lead. Is that too much to ask? Why can't anyone write a Martial Arts film where Jet Li does awesome martial arts, takes off his shirt and gets to kiss (and more) the girl?