Weekend Recap

Johnny and I did have a good weekend. More simply living together in the same house than going out and doing something special; which is just as important as the "fun times". He watched movies and played video games.

STAY AWAY FROM "TRANSPORTER 2"
This was such a let down from the original. Loaded with stupid Wylie Coyote stunts which went beyond reason and a story that took leaps of believability Evel Kenevel couldn't jump. The worst part was that they messed with some basics of the original story. Frank (Jason Statham) was in Europe for some reason which, like Rick from "Casablanca", was clouded in mystery but you knew he couldn't go back. Now, he's living in Miami as if nothing is wrong. The the French detective, Gianni (Alessandro Gassman) visits him like an old college buddy and ends up covering for him with the US Marshals. There was a wonderful cat and mouse game between the two of them were you always knew Gianni would have out him away if he could prove anything. Now, he's buddy, buddy with him, lying to federal officials and hacking into a police computer system like he's surfing ebay!

In the continuation of his "Romeo and Juliet" education we tried watching "West Side Story". I say "tried" because we were both put off by it and gave up on it. I'm sure when it first came out there was some punch to it, but we just could not get into it. The songs didn't seem as if they flowed naturally from the story. It was too much a stage presentation. Don;t get me wring, I love Fossee, but this one didn't ring true for me. "The King and I", "Sound of Music" and "Fiddler on the Roof all seems as if the music flows from what is happening in the story; that if it were natural for people to express themselves with song and a full symphony orchestra...that is what it would sound like.

Next visit should get back in the groove with the Leo DiCaprio version of "R&J". It felt good to know that his watching the first film with me had sparked enough with him that when they were talking about doing the play in class, he already had an idea what part he wanted to do, Mercutio. His teacher had mentioned it to my ex at the open house last week. This should be fun going through this with him this semester.

And he thought science fiction was the only reason he'd have to roll his eyes at his dad!