Yeah, but not the Saturday nights when I have Sarah’s four kids over. It’s my annual birthday present to Sarah and Larry, whose birthdays are the first week in December. I used to just babysit, but since I bought my condo, I’ve had the kids overnight. It’s a present to me, too. We always have fun.
The kids have been here since two, and y’know, I think I’ve been going nonstop since about then. The twins are in the downstairs bedroom. One is in bed, one is doing the pre-bedtime rituals. The older boys are on their laptops (bar mitzvah presents from their grandparents) playing some online game or other, and fully intending to stay up far past midnight. Yeah, not gonna happen.
We watched the Hulk movie tonight (the second, much better one). It was a resounding success. I thought it would be. They’ve seen all the other Avenger movies. On the other hand, tonight’s viewing reinforced to me what an awful actress Liv Tyler really is. You know, if she didn’t have looks, she’d be another semi-celebrity due to her parentage, and that’s it. That’s two awful Betty Rosses in two movies. Thankfully, no Betty in the Avengers movie next year. I really like Ed Norton as Bruce Banner, but then, the Avengers movie is going to mostly have the Hulk. It doesn’t matter who plays Banner in the film.
We haven’t had a sleepover since the summertime, I think. And no matter how much work it is, it’s relaxing for me. I like having the kids around. They’re way less stressful these days than dealing with my mother. (Long story, she’s not well, and life is hard for her right now.)
That’s why there’s been no post until now. Been busy. Fun busy, for a change.
I guess I’m the only one who preferred the first Hulk movie.
The split screen stuff annoyed me, but not nearly as much as Liv Tyler getting people killed the whole movie and the annoyingly wimpy Bruce Banner.
Even with the bit near the end with the father, I thought the first one was far superior, except Hulk never said, “Hulk Smash!”, which did happen in the second one.
At least he said, “Puny human”.
The first Hulk movie would have been fine if you took out the first 45 minutes and the radioactive dogs. I mean, really… a poodle? That’s the big, scary monster Hulk has to fight?
The thing about Jennifer Connelly is that I know she can act. I’ve seen her act in other movies. Good Lord, she sucked as Betty Ross.
Of course, the other big problem with the Hulk movie is that Ang Lee doesn’t understand comic books at all. That’s why the movie was so awful. It’s crap science, dude. Nobody needs any explanation other than “Bruce Banner was exposed to gamma rays and turns into a giant green rage monster as a result.”
Ms. Tyler is quite good looking but I’ve never been able to figure out what she has beyond that. Admittedly I never read the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy or saw the first two movies, but I did see the third and what her character was supposed to be, what caused her to think and behave the way she did, anything about the character, I could not even summon up a guess.
She is easy on the eyes, though.