THE DAILY DIVERSION

Okay, so I try not to hype up too many things, mainly because I don't want people to have any preconceptions before they go in, but I'm going to break the rules this time. We went and watched "Superman Returns" last night. Adrianne said it was exactly what she thought it would be, and her Dad enjoyed it too. However, I felt completely different about it.

I LOVED IT!

I mean, I couldn't stop smiling from the second the lights dimmed. I tried not too get myself to worked up about it, but it didn't work. As soon as Adrianne told me we had our tickets to the 7:10 showing on the giant screen at the Peabody 22 I was antsy. We couldn't get through dinner and into our seats fast enough for me. By the way, we were the first people in the auditorium, and I got the exact seats I wanted. We sat dead center, with no one behind us (there was wheelchair accessible space behind us, but no seats). It was beautiful!

I guess I've always been a closet Superman freak. Hell, I still have my Superman blankey that I got when I was three years old (just happened to coincide with the release of the first Christopher Reeve edition, and it's one of the very few things that I have that links me to my childhood when my parents were still married, and it's still in good shape. Now the last part is the scariest!).

Anyway, we got through the stupid commercials (not the trailers, but commercials). Really, it's not like we're not bombarded with commercials for Sprite and Verizon Wireless in our everyday lives? Can't I get a little reprieve when I go to see a movie? I guess not! I love trailers though. I saw the trailer for Spiderman 3, and it looks stunning. I'm just trying to figure out who Topher Grace is portraying in the movie? Sandman maybe? Oh yeah, Venom is in there also. I know I'm looking forward to it!

That's the only trailer I can really remember, just because it stuck out in my mind, also, because it was Spiderman. When the movie started and I heard that familiar music again, I almost started shaking. I don't really remember seeing the first one in the theaters, but I did the second and third, and it's just something about "that" music that gets me excited.

Now, I'm not going to talk about everything that happened in the movie and ruin it for everyone, but, I will say this... Don't waste your time and go see something else this weekend. Go see Superman Returns. It's worth seven, eight, ten, or even fifteen dollars to see it for yourself. Well, at least to me anyway. This is how you know it gets my seal of approval... I would pay to go see it again, in a heartbeat. The last movie I said that about, and actually did it was V for Vendetta. Now I'm just waiting for that to come out on DVD so I can buy it.

So, all in all, I loved the new Superman movie. I think the new kid, Brandon Routh, did an excellent job. He didn't seem to be inexperienced in anyway, and actually paid great homage to all of the "supermen" that came before him. The director did a wonderful job of paying respect to the Superman 1 and 2, which is appreciated, without leaning solely on them for a story. I was iffy at first about Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, but he did an admirable job. The kid that played Jimmy Olsen played the part to a "T". I sincerely hope they can keep the cast together and make two or three more, just like this one. Hopefully they don't lose their way like their predecessors (who made 3 and 4, UGH!). They've built some very good story lines, and hopefully we won't have to wait upteen years for the next one.

In other news, Adrianne and I got her a new phone the other day (she accidentally broke her RAZR last week). We order her one of the new Slvr L6 (not the one with Itunes) unlocked, so she could still use it if we changed service providers. Well, the silly thing doesn't come pre-equipped as a quad band phone, and the only band it's missing is the one for Cingular. Is that the dumbest thing you've ever heard. They equip it for everywhere else but the US. Silliness, I say! So, I'm working on modifying the phone to open up the quad band for her, so it can be used. It's really a lot simpler than it sounds. It just took me a while to get the right tools I needed, but I got everything I needed just before we left for dinner last night. Now I just have to sit down and get it done so my Honey will have a working phone. Lucky for her I didn't listen to her (and throw away all my old phones and stuff, although I did throw away the charger for the Nokia) so she had a back-up phone. It's just not a pretty as her RAZR. However, being as beautiful as she is, she really doesn't need a "pretty" phone.

Okay, I'm done being a cheeseball for today. I've got to get some stuff done around here or I'm going to have some people very pissed at me. I'm still not really in the groove of working. I just can't get myself to really want to do anything while I'm here. Usually I just thinking about being at home with Adrianne, or back at the resort in Mexico. Yeah, I need a vacation!