While Kristy and MC were out enjoying some girl time (read “shopping”), Nay and I joined some of the lads from the UN down at Kips Bay to see War of the Worlds. If you don’t know the storyline, I guess you could sum it up in 3 words – Aliens attack earth. The movie follows the main guy – “Ray” (Tom Cruise) – as he carts around his 10 year old daughter (Dakota Fanning) and his teenage son (some bloke, didn’t recognize him), as they try to escape the onslaught of alien attacks.
Personally, I thought the movie was a bit of a suck. Firstly, the ending totally bites. I’m not sure how close to the book it is, but apparently the ending is the same in the original movie (which I didn’t even know existed until last night). Secondly, the movie has a little bit of everything, but not much of anything. That is, the drama isn’t dramatic, the tension isn’t tense, the CGI is fairly standard, the “fast-paced action” is more like “slow-paced excitement”, etc etc. Thirdly there are way too many conveniences/co-incidences – for example, everyone is getting hosed by the alien lasers, but Ray manages to run past it; they manage to steal the only working car in town; a boat gets capsized and the aliens start toasting the folk bobbing in the water, but Ray and his 2 kids manage to swim to shore alone; etc. I mean, the movie was hard enough to believe in the first place without putting the guff into it.
So by the end, I guess I was happy it was over. Still, looking on the positive side, I bought myself a Baby Ruth bar to consume… it was the first one I’ve had, and I was most pleased to discover that they taste exactly like my favourite chocolate bar – the deliciously ugly Cadbury Picnic. (I’ve just discovered that the UK version of the picnic has rasins in it – eewww!!)
War of the Worlds - gerrod.com rating: 5/10.
Baby Ruth – gerrod.com rating: 10/10.
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How can you not know about the original War of the Worlds? I expected the new one to be a little over the top. No shock there.
Yummo to the Baby Ruth! Have you tried a Butterfinger? If you don’t like peanut butter, then maybe it’s not for you but I loved it! Big Red also goes down very nicely
Not that I’m obsessed with food or anything?!
Oh, oh, oh…and don’t forget Fluff (no, I’m not being rude! It’s a marshmallow spread!)! Get 2 slices of bread(or toast), spread one slice with peanut butter and the other with Fluff. Slap together and you get a Fluffernutter! It is sooooo goooood! You may have already come across it though, and I’ll just be giving you an old recipe. Vanilla Fluff is nicer than Raspberry Fluff.
Yeah I did the Butterfingers the other day, I didn’t mind it but the texture was all wrong. I think the Baby Ruth will remain the favourite, but I’ll happily check out the Big Red – in the name of research, of course
<br><br>The fluffernutter sounds pretty wicked! Where does one purchase fluff?
I’m guessing you can get Fluff in the spreads aisle of your local supermarket. Word of warning, it’s addictive. I hooked Scott on it a couple of years ago and for a while had to buy a jar a week. He would just PILE it on his toast! I hear you can get it by the bucket in the U.S. so we may have to buy a couple when we go over next year. <br><br>It’s also nice in hot chocolate and you can make Rocky Road with it too. You can also grab a couple of biscuits and sandwich them together with the Fluff.<br><br>And in case you didn’t know, Big Red is cinnamon gum. It took a little getting used to when I first tried it back in ’96 but now I’m hooked. Thankfully, they have here in Oz now so I can pop into Coles and get some!
Dude, please it had Tom in it, I mean after seeing The Last Samuari what did you expect. Saying that I quiet enjoyed it. Of for those of us who just cant wind their brain down and veg it may be a bit of a challenge. Did you know that in the end of the film the old couple who ansered the door were actually from the original film, are are dead. Bit like Sky Captain in that regards – clever. Of course the movie never had the same effect as the radio program.
Sky Captain? Radio program? What on earth are you talking about dude?