Movie Review: The Next Three Days

I realized that I'm not really good at providing plot summaries, so I'm going to stop. Instead, I'll find ones on the Internet and post them up!

"Plot Summary: Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a gruesome murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison. Refusing to be deterred by impossible odds or his own inexperience, John devises an elaborate escape plot and plunges into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, ultimately risking everything for the woman he loves."

Overall Rating: "A" - It was a slightly long movie at a little over two hours, but well worth it. The story was well written and thrilling. Every scene makes you think what's going to happen next, and makes you wonder if she really committed the murder.

Movie Review: The Mechanic

We wanted to watch The Mechanic when it came out in theatres but never got around to doing so. Luckily these days, movies come out to DVD pretty quick. We picked this up at Blockbuster (yes, we still rent movies) on the weekend as it just came out last week. We didn't hear too many good things about it, and we always check imdb.com for the rating it received by the viewers -- turns out, the reviews were right. The movie was a low end typical action movie. Some action movies get the credit of being an excellent movie, but this does not. It had all the right items for it to be action: guns, a nice car, a woman that had absolutely nothing to do with the movie, explosions, and a regular Joe who becomes an elite assassin in a span of a few days. You get my drift...

Overall Rating: C-

Movie Review: Black Swan

We watched Black Swan the other day. It was a pretty powerful movie, with high expectations from the beginning since the movie and Natalie Portman won the awards. It was a little weird and confusing at some points, but you can have different opinions about the movie and how it played out. It's definitely worth watching if you're up for a good drama.

Overall Rating: B+

Weekly Weather

Last week's weather during the work week was pretty nice, but then the weekend wasn't all that great, filled with clouds and rain.

This week's weather so far is filled with rain, and it appears the weekend (at least only Saturday) is will be nice.

I asked Devika yesterday which weather pattern she would prefer and we both agreed on having a nice work week and a so-so weekend. The nice weather during the week brightens up your day and since you're at work, it gives you that extra boost of happiness. When the weekend rolls around, it's alright if the weather isn't all that great since it's the weekend! The perfect combo would be nice weather all week :)

Style of Cut

I had my class last night; it starts at 600pm so I eat dinner at work before I go [the first class was alright, by the way...it was what it was, the first class, so it was more or less an intro to the class. the best part was when we finished an hour early and the instructor said "you guys get to go home early tonight!" which really means that we're paying her for that hour that she's not teaching. Anyways.] What was I talking about again?

Devika made two egg sandwiches for my dinner last night. I ate the first one, which I noticed was cut the way she always cuts her sandwiches; straight down the middle. I then had the second sandwich, which I noticed was cut the way I always cut my sandwiches; on a diagonal. I'm pretty sure she did this on purpose of cutting one the way she likes it and one the way I like it.

The big debate is which style of cut makes the sandwich tastes better, if at all.

I did a search on the Internet and surprisingly (not really surprised, actually since there's a gazillion topics on the net these days) found multiple sites with the same question. There were different responses, none of which are obviously proven to be true. Some were based on the person's mood. Others say the middle cut is usually for younger kids because it's easier to hold. The most common one was how you were raised, which is true in our situation; Devika's Mom used to cut her sandwiches in the middle, and my Mom used to cut mine in a diagonal. The question is now; when we have kids, how will we cut their sandwiches?

Back to School

Tomorrow is the first class of the next course I'm taking: Leadership in Business Analysis. From the description of the course, I don't think this will be as hard as the first one -- not that the first one was extremely hard or anything. This course will deal with more of the soft skills required to be a BA. The instructor of the first course made the class interesting and upbeat, so hopefully this instructor will be similar.

On another note; we finally made it to High Park on the weekend. I read a "tip" on the main website that on Sundays, the only entrance to the park is from Bloor Street, as opposed to the other two or three entrances. It literally took an hour to slowly inch into the park (via car) and find a parking spot. I later found out that the other entrances were open. Thanks, website.

I took an hour or so in the evening yesterday after dinner to walk around our area to take some pictures. Devika's co-worker was extremely nice and let her borrow one of his wide angle lenses, so I went on an excursion to test it out. The lens obviously captures a wider angle, but I didn't have much time so I couldn't use it to its full potential. I wandered around and was cutting through Exhibition Place when I ran into some cherry blossoms! It was a sight to see as all the flowers were in full bloom. The trees weren't the biggest, but since everything was in full bloom, it made it stand out.

- Dennis.

Blogs Blogs Blogs

Seems like I've overloaded myself with blogs, but I'm trying my best to keep up.

I recently created two more blogs:

http://th36ty5ive.tumblr.com

http://dennislo.tumblr.com

The 365 blog is for my Project 365, which is posting a new picture I take each day for an entire year. I created the other one because I wanted to keep the Project one separate with only pictures I post for the project. The other one will be for other posts. I guess I won't be posting any pics in this blog anymore. Which blog are we talking about again?

Here's a summary:

devikadennis2010 = blog of our lives and deep thoughts

th36ty5ive = project 365, solely for a picture a day

dennislo = other picture blog, for any extra pictures not included in the Project 365

Enjoy!