X2
As you probably gleaned from the last post, Justin and I went to see X2 last night. It was, to coin a phrase, fanfreakingtastic. And Oh, My, God I think I am totally in love with Jean Gray (or maybe just her character archetype). Beyond a shadow of a doubt, that woman is hott. OK, and what more do I have to say about that love scene between Wolverine and Jean? And that scene in the tent with Mystique (Jean/Rogue/etc.).... HOTT so totally hott. Wow.

MEEEEH... I want to go see that movie again right now. Another sequel needs to come out tomorrow. And at this rate, if they keep going along soooo nicely with character development and special effects, they have an endless supply of plot material to keep us junkies happy for at least another ten years. I mean, right? I don't want them to get kind of stale with space aliens and stupid villains like the comics (and any comic, for that matter) tends to get after a while... I just want.... moooooooorrrrre. I'd beg!!!

Oh, and I must tell you about the retarded hermit-hippies. It's a funny story.

We went to the theatre on a Thursday night to purposefully avoid a bit of the weekend crowd. When we got there, good sign number one was that there was plenty of parking. Good sign number two was that there was virtually no line at the theatre. We were really close (like 5 minutes from) showtime, so we also figured that almost everyone who had come to see the movie was probably seated. Both groups of people in front of us appeared to be buying tickets for the show. The first pair was like a hippie dad and his hippie daughter or a hippie pedopheliac and his girlfriend. They went up to the teller and promptly asked for a ticket refund.

"Yeah," says the hippie dude, tossing his ratty dreds, "It's freakin' crowded in there. I don't want to see a movie in a theatre like that. We'd like to get our money back, please."

The other patrons, now at the teller adjacent to the girl helping the hippies, look suspicious.

"UM," says the other teller, loud enough for everyone to hear, "It's not nearly sold out." This was enough to assuade the fears of the people trying to buy tickets so they made a purchase and went in.

The hippie responded, "well, we haven't been to see a movie in a really long time. And I just don't want to see one in a crowded theatre..."

OOOKAY. Been in the dark much??? Justin and I bought our tickets and went in. The theatre was maybe, MAYBE half full. We had second-tier, second-row CENTER seats (one rown back from the premium leg-rest seats). CROWDED??!?!? Justin told me later that the ticket teller had informed him that there were over one-hundred forty seats remaining to be sold.

God damn hippies. How about taking a bath and leaving your hovel a little more often, for christ's sake? I respect organic farming and yoga-spiritualism but get a fucking life. Jeez. I bet they didn't even know what X-men were and went to see the movie because it had the letter X in it or something like that.