Movie Sunday
I got up about 12:30, having promised myself, yet again, to set up my music studio, the gear of which is still in boxes at the end of my bed even after my trip to Idaho to get it all. Shame on me. Maybe next weekend.
I wandered forth, looking for food. I got my car serviced for the first time in 15000 miles (oops) and noticed an immediate increase in horsepower. Woo! Ended up at a music store in Santa Clara, where I replaced my Hohner Chrometta 8. I played the hell out of my old one until the draw reeds started coming off.
I had some half-assed Indian food (you guys have no right to call what you served me “hot”) in Cupertino and decided it was time to catch a flick. I really wanted to see X-Men (2000), but it was playing at 9:15, and my Visor said it was just about 7:10. So, I caught The Original Kings of Comedy (2000). Kings featured performances by Steve Harvey (former host of Showtime at the Apollo), D.L. Hughley (former host of BET‘s Comic View), Cedric the Entertainer (former host of Def Comedy Jam or something), and Bernie Mac (the self-hating “I hate Whoopi Goldberg’s lips” cop in Don’t be a Menace to South Central … (1996)). It was funny as hell, but struck me as a long HBO special that probably could have just as easily gone to video instead of the theatres. I enjoyed it, particularly with the $3.50 member price at Oak Village, but it would probably have been better as an HBO special.
X-Men was really incredible, though. If you still haven’t seen it, you should, especially if you ever liked the comic books. The acting was well done, Rogue was too pretty, and the movie flowed nicely. I think I might go see this again tomorrow night. Whee! What a day.