DEPRESSED? LET'S GO to the MOVIES...

Lately, I have been trying to find things to do while waiting for Aria to finish each day from her show at the Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre. I have been driving around seeing alot of businesses close around the Woodbridge area Just days ago, the Exxon on the corner of Jefferson Davis Highway and 123 closed. Pumps gone and store boarded up ...How depressing?! Woodbridge can be compared to the life of a rusty nail within days.

So, I have been wasting time at the AMC Potomac Mills. Here's the movies I have seen thus far.

Since Beng and Aria hate horror movies, I decided to go indulge myself in some horror movies. I went to see the remake of "The Last House of the Left". This type of horror movie is all about revenge on the "Bad Guys". It's really strange cheering for the most gruesome death on the "Bad Guys". It kinda makes you a Sado-Masochist.

On the other hand, there is supernatural horror. I went to see "Haunting in Connecticut". It's based on a true story much like "The Amityville Horror". Tjhough the story has a conclusion probably dreamed up by Hollywood.

Then it was enough of that and into a different type of supernatural film..."Knowing" with Nicholas Cage. It was a good movie, but wait is up with movies lately and Aliens? Are movies being influeneced by Scientology?

Last night, I really was waiting to catch something new. I didn't think I was going to make it to see the teen comedy, "Adventureland", since I was already 15 minutes late, but I guess movies have alot of commericials these days cause I got there at the beginning of the movie.

This movie was far from a comedy, but more of a sadden love story.

The movie was hard to swallow at first due to these reasons:

1) It was suppose to be 1987 and it felt more like 1979

2) These were students going into grad school and it felt more like high school.

3) The art of the movie itself was edited much like that grainy 70's porn feel rather than an 80's porn feel. The difference of 70's porn is shot on film and hairy actors with feathered hair and 80's porn is shot on video and overly manicured actors with permed mullets. Thanks to my friends who supplied me with the AMC movie cards. Overall, I have been enjoying my escape to the movies.