all weekends should be this cool
I hope everyone's 4th of July weekend was funfilled and a blast. Mine started off great but ended on a much lower note. So Friday, the 1st was my bud, Twong's 20th bday and he had a party at his house. Ran a grille, grilled some burgers, played Catch phrase for a while and then played a huge game(s) of ultimate frisbee. I've learned that I can now run on my ankle, kind of... I spent lots of time catching up with some friends that I haven't seen in a long time and a few HS people that I haven't seen since HS graduation. It's great to chat with people you haven't seen in a long time and see what they've all been doing. I'm kinda looking forward to my HS reunions simply to see where some people have gotten and if I guessed right about em... Have you guys ever thought about your own reunions and people who you'd never think you've seen again and what they turned out like? (a huge mouthful)
Saturday was low key for the most part. Had lunch with my maternal grandma and aunt from NY who both happen to be here on a trip now. Then went home and chilled until around 4, which is when I went to go see Batman Begins. Then for dinner, we ate with my cousin Jen's family at the Shanghai Garden in chinatown. On Sunday, hung out with the extended family again, had lunch at the seattle Sushiland, which was really good. They have a lot more variety there I've found. Later we went shopping in downtown and I got some clothes from the massive sales that seem to be everywhere now. That night we had yet another family dinner at Purple Dot, a restaurant I had previously vowed never to go back again after have terrible experiences a few years back. Fortunately it isn't as bad now and the food is really cheap...Hrmm is this gonna change my opinion of it? Anyone have any input on this restaurant?
Finally we get to monday, which unfortunately was the low of the weekend. Not much happened today. I really wanted to go to Gasworks with my friends but that didn't work out. So I got stuck at home, but at least I managed to burn some fireworks with my other cousin Fred, his gf, and his other UW friend. He had a huge amount of bottle rocket type fireworks and even though we tried to be as creative as we possibly could, we couldn't light all of em =/ We tried tieing them together, sticking them in other fireworks, and other random stuff i don't remember. Hrmm, I'm gonna make it a goal next year to see the fireworks from gasworks because I've heard that's the best place to see em every year. I'm getting tired of lighting my own fireworks every year. Change is good!!
So I guess to make this post a little longer and more interesting, I'll give my review of Batman Begins. WARNING: THERE WILL BE SOME SPOILERS HERE SO BE WARY OF THAT FACT. Christian Bale stars as the latest Bruce Wayne/Batman hero in this tale that tells of the cultivation of Batman as the Dark Knight we know that kicks all the bad guys' asses. I like Bale as Batman, but I personally don't quite buy into him as Bruce Wayne. I imagine Bruce Wayne as more of a business tychoon kinda guy. Bale works as a the playboy he's portrayed in the movie, but it's not quite the same Bruce Wayne I'm used to. Batman's suit has no weird nipples or flashy emblems that plagued the other batman's so it won't distract the audience from what is great, the fact that he's a badass and you can't stop him. I thought the story was developed very well, albeit very quickly. The beginning felt very rushed to me and I think the movie could have been a bit longer (maybe closer to 2hrs?) and do a less rushed job. The movie does, however, do what it sets out to do very well. And that is to tell us how and why Bruce Wayne becomes Batman. If you're not into comics/fiction it's obviously going to be a stretch for you, but for the rest of the world we can finally understand what goes through Batman's head sometimes. Overall I can say I liked the film. Use of effects was very cool in the hallucination scenes. Batman's gadgets, although very primitive in this movie, were still cool. I cannot say I liked the villains though. Both were underdevloped and VERY WEAK characters. Weak as in you didn't really feel threatened by them. Katie Holme's role didn't seem like much but it was fairly necessary to Bruce Wayne. Hrmm... Oh, and I didn't really like person who played comissioner Gordon because he was much to small. Sure he looks the part but he doesn't really command much respect like a commisioner should. I guess he wasn't commisioner yet in this movie. I feel like I'm being a bit on the picky side when reviewing this movie but I really thought it wasn't bad. I'll give it a 6.5/10 because there were some small things that bothered me, but overall it was a good watch.
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