I went to the theatre with Emma this past Friday and saw the movie Wanted. First off, I’ve gotten so spoiled with my home theatre. No annoying people. No lines. No sub-par seating. The movie was great though. Great effects, lots of fun, great cast, etc.. I had a very good time.

If you like that sort of fun action movie escape, it’s a great one. Go see it.

Also: I think that anyone who laughs or smiles or whatever when someone is getting beaten up in a movie, and mean graphically seriously beaten, is either a psycho or has never actually had their face pounded on. Or both.

Having your nose broken sucks. It hurts, it bleeds, you choke on your own blood, you feel like your face has caved in, and the noise it makes shattering is like no other. Your face is really a collection of very fragile, irreplaceable, things. Teeth, eyes, your brain, ear drums, jaw bones, occipital bones, and more. Contrary to what you saw in Fight Club, a detached retina isn’t cool. Having your jaw wired shut isn’t fun. Brain damage from your brain being knocked into your skull repeatedly isn’t sexy. Loosing teeth isn’t awesome.

I’ve had my nose broken a few times. Once badly enough that I need surgery to glue all the pieces back together. I’m not a pacifist. I’m sure I’ll end up in a fight at least once more. But when someone gets their face driven into a concrete floor, you won’t find me cheering, I’ll be wincing, and remembering that sound your nose makes when it breaks.

I was watching Indiana Jones movies last night with Emma, preparing to watch the new Indiana Jones movie, and I noticed a couple of things.

First, at the beginning of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the nightclub that Indiana Jones and Willie Scott escape from is called “Club Obi Wan”, a clear reference to Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Second the noise one of the planes makes is identical to the noise the Millennium Falcon makes when it’s failing to start in one of the Star Wars movies.

Once I noticed that, I Googled it and discovered there are a number of links between the two (beyond Harrison Ford and the two things that I noticed).

Pretty neat:)