Friday, September 10, 2010

Summer 2010: A Review


This is the closest I've been to the beach all summer.

The kids are back in school, the beaches are less crowded and Hollywood is crying over decline in revenue at the box office, yes, it appears that the summer is officially winding down. As I look back, I take notice of a few things from the summer of 2010. First, I still didn't get to the beach. One of the things Heather and I discussed back in April and May was that this year, we had to go to the beach. We did not. Closest I got was being across the street from the beach while eating at Malibu Seafood on July 4th. Though, I will say this, as an east coast person, west coast beaches kinda suck; too many people. Is there anywhere around were you can go to the beach and actually enjoy yourself? 

Second thing I noticed, there weren't that many great summer movies, or at least movies I was willing to shell out $15.00 bucks a pop for. Thing is, 90% of all movies this year were remakes, reboots, sequels or based on some other source material. What does this mean? There are no original films being made, at least not during the summer months. The only original idea all summer was Inception, which I still have not seen. (shame on me) That's not to say I've not seen some enjoyable flicks, it's just that if I'm going to spend $50 to go to the movies, it had better be something worth the experience, after all, there are way cheaper ways to entertain these days. (thanks Netflix) There's good news Hollywood, I just happen to know a writer sitting on top of a handful of scripts that are sure goldmine ideas. GOLDMINE! (call me)

Other thoughts: I can't get Direct TV, and that blows. Heather and I saw Al Pacino playing mini golf with one of his kids this past Monday. It was about 85 degrees out, and he was wearing a black suit. As Heather put it, he swung the gold club as if he was chopping down weeds. It was trip to watch, until they decided to bolt.

Also, if you want to be entertained... good news, you don't have to watch a Gladiators fight lions to be entertained anymore. For your Amusement I present www.heatherandjeffshow.blogspot.com/. It's the only place on the internet to get the scoop on the real Heather and Jeff (and Swoosh).

That's all I've got for now, till next time...
JLP