trick or tr--naw, just trick ...

this weekend miss terri and i decided to do dinner and a movie ... to some it might have looked like a cute little couple out on the town but in reality it was just a fag and his hag--fruit fly ... that's what you are, terri, but it doesn't rhyme with 'fag'.

so, we decided that we'd start off with the movie since it was 3 o'clock in the afternoon and neither of us was that hungry. now, to decide what movie to watch. we looked at 'balls of fury' and 'superbad' but finally, for some reason, decided to go see 'halloween," per the recommendation of a good friend of mine.

can i just tell you ... that night i had nightmares about that movie. no, no, no ... michael myers wasn't chasing me ... no, my nightmare involved me sitting through that fucking movie again. i'm not sure what i went into the theater expecting, but it sure as hell wasn't the piece of steaming crap i got. i loved the original with jamie lee-hermaphrodite-curtis and i thought perhaps this movie might be a nice little departure from the original ... same basic storyline, but with updated environment and fresh new faces. i was wrong. sure, the story focused more on the rise of michael myers, where he came from, that sort of thing. i did like that part of the movie and, honestly, the only good acting in the entire film was michael myers' hookerish-stripper mom and doctor loomis, played by malcolm mcdowel, but even he wasn't overly great. i think i liked him better in 'tank gil.' (note: if you haven't seen 'tank girl' i highly recommend it. i love lori petty and she's hilarious in that flick. lori petty, in case you don't know, is the younger sister in 'a league of their own,' which is another favorite movie of mine.)

so, we sat through the 2+ hours of this crap and at the end when the credits began to roll, terri and i both go, "no wonder," when we see rob zombie's name as the director. now, don't get me wrong. i loved 'house of 1000 corpses' and 'the devil's rejects,' but he really needs to stick with those types of fucked up movies instead of taking classics and trying to remake them. thumbs down to you, mr. zombie, for your feeble attempt.

before the credits even got into full swing, the theater began clearing out. the houselights hadn't even come on yet and people were making a mad dash for the exit to try and distance themselves from the disaster they'd just watched. i want my money back and 2+ hours of my life.

after the movie, terri and i went to duclaw and got ourselves a beer as we waited to order. we started off with a seared tuna appetizer, which was actually quite tasty. i had an arizona charbroiled burger, cooked to med. well and terri had a chicekn sandwich. it was all pretty good and our waiter was cute. we sat and shot the shit for a while before getting up and strolling over to dave & buster's, which i had never been to. it wasn't very exciting inside and i was bored so we left. we walked the mall for a few before stopping at starbuck's and then heading out.

we said our goodbyes and parted ways. i went home and promptly fell asleep.

the moral of this story: go see halloween. it was amazing! don't believe me? ... check the newspaper. it was the number one movie this weekend! just goes to show that americans are retarded.