I went with Viv and his family to see a movie Christmas night, so I thought I’d give a review. We went to see Rumor Has It, with Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Costner. This movie isn’t worth a long review, so here is what you need to know: Don’t go, the movie was terrible. It was very slow, and the storyline just didn’t work out very well at all. Yes, there were some funny lines in there, and Shirley McClaine I thought gave a killer performance as the mean as hell grandmother, but that wasn’t enough to make up for the rest of the movie being terrible. I thought it might have just been a “chick flick” , but the 3 girls we went with also said they didn’t enjoy the movie. I think they could have pulled it off if they made it a comedy, but they tried to make it a serious romance, and it just fell apart. As a comedy the plot makes sense: 3 generations of girls sleep with Costner, the family is the family behind the movie/book The Graduate, is he my dad, is he not, is my family/life a lie, make me appreciate my real love yadda yadda yadda. Aniston and Costner did a good job acting, they just didn’t do a good job picking scripts.
Mena Suvari, who I usually enjoy, drove me crazy with her bouncing off the walls drama queen sister role. Verdict: stay home, save your money Aniston and Suvari are hot…yes…but not hot enough to get you your 3 hours or 9 bucks back.
Christmas 2005 Update
Christmas is such a strange time for me. In many ways, every single Christmas is a very stressful and busy week or so, and yet it’s also my favorite time of year. From last Wed’s, until Christmas just after midnight, I was going non stop. Christmas with Mom’s side of the family, Christmas with Dad’s side of the family, Christmas parties with the friends, Christmas with family who is only in town for short periods of time, cooking, cleaning, getting ready to host Christmas day at my place, taking care of Robs dogs….it seemed never ending. However I overcame! I survived. Yes, it is true that my grandmother set her house on fire during Christmas dinner, and yes Step Mom made a 90 year old lady in a wheel chair keep wheeling her butt out of Step Mom’s seat at church. It is also true that I belive the spinich dip Grandmother served was a Vintage 2001 or 2002 that has since been preserved in the freezer next to the 2004 loaf of Wonder Bread, and revived to make one last Christmas dinner …but we survived the night!
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