Three Movie Weekend

[derekl_1963]

Managed to catch three movies this weekend, covering quite a spread of genres. Not an all time record I suspect, that was probably set somewhere under the North Atlantic watching a movie marathon in the crews lounge.


Astroboy - Seen with Eric (fugazi2112) Saturday afternoon. Not too bad, not too bad at all. Marred somewhat by the unevenness of the writing and because it seemed the producer/director couldn't quite make up their mind just what kind of movie they were actually making. Kudos to the animators for actually watching the originals and brilliantly adapting the characters and facial expressions of 2d anime to 3D CGI.

Monsters Vs. Aliens - Watched this one at home with my sweetie (brenda333). We'd seen the first twenty minutes at least half a dozen times on the TV in our cabin when we were on the cruise... But the last thing we wanted to do was stop and watch a movie with so much else to see and do. (The one evening we tried to watch a late showing, we fell asleep on the couch...) When I was in Fred Meyer shopping after dropping Eric off, they were showing it on the TV's in the electronics section, which reminded me we wanted to see it. A nice fun little movie.

Zombieland - Seen with Lydia, and afterwards Brenda joined us for a nice long dinner-and-chat at Campagna's in Poulsbo. We laughed our tails off throughout the movie.

On our way home from Astroboy the light and clouds caught my eye, so Eric and I stopped by Silverdale's Waterfront Park and I took a few pictures...



Dyes Inlet reflecting the sky, and in a much calmer mood than the photo taken from the same location last week.



A shot experimenting with water reflecting the main subject. I think this one came out pretty well, could have been even better had Mother Nature cooperated with the placement of the clouds... Oh well, photography is an improv art form and you work with what you have.



The waterfront park itself, dressed in festive fall colors.



My favorite shot of the day... And one really worth checking out at full size.

Comments

[fugazi2112.livejournal.com]

The pictures came out very nice indeed! It was interesting to follow you around while you framed up the shots. Sorry the tossing stones to make ripples didn't work out better though. Perhaps another time.

[derekl1963.livejournal.com]

I've got some ideas on the whole ripples thing. We'll have to see what germinates.

[brenda333.livejournal.com]

The photo with the leaf in the water is outstanding! I love it! :)