Susskins Central Dispatch

It done been sawed

Excellent movie. Thumbs up. No surprises if you know the book, but well executed anyway. They did a great job of packing everything in, without it feeling rushed.

Looking forward to the remaining two.

Our long national nightmare is over

Tomorrow, Fred and I are going to see Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince.

We like the Potter movies. Good fun. I’ll be very interested in how much of the book they manage to cram into the movie. They’ll definitely have to trim some stuff.

And this one has Jim Broadbent in it, who is one of my favorite character actors.

Yes, I know. La-dee-dah.

That Michael Bay sure can make things loud

We went to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen yesterday afternoon. Seemed a good use of our day off. We weren’t disappointed.

It was exactly what we expected. A big, loud, dumb spectacle. We enjoyed it. What’s not to love about giant robots beating the crap out of each other?

If you want great acting and plausible stories, you’re making a mistake picking one directed by Michael Bay, let alone one starring a Hasbro line of toys. If you just want stuff to explode, he’s your guy.

The 4th of July baby

My Sister Barb is celebrating her birthday today. I would like to take a moment of your time and set out some of the really cool things that I’ve learned about her over the years.

1. She’s dead-center middle in our Sibling Hierarchy.
2. While a teenager, she was convinced that I was the most annoying thing in the world.
3. She once killed a bear with her bare hands.
4. She’s fluent in Portuguese.
5. She accidentally invented Brylcreem while trying to fry up some chicken.
6. Her name is banned on three continents due to awesomeness.
7. Her arms are detachable, though she will vehemently deny this.
8. She once stopped a bullet just by glaring at it.
9. She’s waiting for the Statute of Limitations to run out, but she won’t tell us why.
10. And finally, she can crack walnuts with her mind.

Happy Birthday, Barb! Thank you for not killing me every night!