Part 1 of 3

20 Nov 2006

1:08 AM

A BOND-TASTIC EXPERIENCE IS HAD BY ALL

(Except, maybe, Jimmy's nuts...)

There are few things quite like going to see a movie in the theater. Huge screen, huge sound, huge crowds. Well, the last part is rubbish. I hate crowds at a theater. It means you might actually have to sit next to someone and fight for the armrest.

Of course, the worst part is walking into an empty theater¹, only to have the other people walk in right before the movie starts and sit down right next to you. WHY?!? There is an entirely empty theater (except for me and my honey) for them to occupy, so why sit next to/in front of/behind us? Have I suddenly become the best judge of where to sit in a theater merely because I sat down first? Apparently...²

So anyway, Mrs St3nz and I brave the cold and wet and crowds and go see Casino Royale. Lovely film. Brilliant! Best bond for quite a while. Lots of good fisticuffs. I'm a sucker for a good fight scene. There are three good Bond fight scenes: one inCasino Royale, one in GoldenEye, and one in From Russia With Love. The kind of bare-knuckle drag down that really makes you feel Bond isn't going soft. The kind of fight which is the exact opposite of a fight between Capt Kirk and the baddie of the week.⁴

Did I mention we parked in a space "reserved" for expectant mothers or those with small children? (Evil!)

So we saw the movie and really liked it. And then we went home and had the best roast chicken in the world: Mrs St3nz's.

So that's it for my first ever blog entry! Thrilling, innit? Oh, one more thing before I go. I have a great joke for you:

Rat. Snowflake. Train.

Trust me, it's a good one. Feel free to use it for your next speech. Tschuss!

1. Have you ever had the priviledge of sitting in an empty theater? If I haven't, I've come close. Maybe 5 people, tops.

2. I once went to a classical music recital when I was in high school and had about 3 seats on either side of me empty. I kid you not, a guy sat down right next to me. RIGHT NEXT TO ME! And then proceded to lean over towards me. Why me?! What did I do to desrve that?!³ I have a feeling that if I moved over a seat, he'd have moved too. Pope-certified creepy, man.

3. On a similar note, Mrs St3nz attracts the mentally handicapped like flowers attract bees. That's Pope-certified creepy, too.

4. Seriously, we just watched the episode where Kirk et al. come across Khan and the Botany Bay. The climactic fight scene between Kirk and Khan? Fake. So fake. They didn't even bother getting a stuntman who looked like Kirk. Looked more like the lovechild between Chekov and Bones.