The highlight of Terminator Salvation

2009 June 28
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by apiece

The highlight of Terminator Salvation, which we saw yesterday afternoon, was the gorgeous ginger and white kitten we saw in the pet shop on our way to buy tickets.  He was laying back against the cushions in his basket, with his eyes closed, hind legs stretched out and paws resting on his slightly potted belly.  All he was missing was a hearty snore and a TV set to the sports channel. 

If only I could have lain back against some cushions with my eyes closed and had a hearty snore in the picture theatre.  Instead I had to endure the torture of a story with no real beginning, middle or end, and Eddie had to endure the torture of me trying to make sense of it, out loud (I know you’re cringing now.  It’s OK we weren’t sitting within hearing of anyone else). 

I mean really, if you’re gonna tell a complex story is it too much to ask that you make it coherent?  Yeah, I suppose it’s hard to do that when you’ve squeezed in that much shooting and smashing stuff up.  Not much time left for irritating things like a storyline after that is there?

Well, *purrs* there’s nothing like a mini-rant to make me feel better about wasting two hours of my life on a crappy movie.

from → Life, Movies

4 Responses
  1. 2009 June 29
    litlove permalink

    I find sitting through poor movies almost unendurable, so poor you! My husband will never let us leave early, much as I agitate (and believe me, I do). Your story makes me think of Bill Bryson who, after having seen Jurassic Park, described it as ‘$285 million dollars of special effects, $2.85 of thought’. The kitten sounds utterly adorable, however

  2. 2009 June 29
    apiece permalink

    Ha! There was a time when I couldn’t bear to see a movie unless I could give it my undivided attention from beginning to end. But, that was when I was a lot younger, and time seemed to stretch out a lot further than it does now. And Bill Bryson could definitely have been talking about Terminator Salvation!

  3. 2009 July 3
    calessandrab permalink

    Where are you? I need my regular giggle at work!
    x

  4. 2009 July 3
    apiece permalink

    Hey sweety. I’m here, but my brain has been a little fried from end of financial year madness. Was going to update tonight, but Eddie bought home a DVD :-)

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