December 26th is Boxing Day, a national holiday in Canada that was created to box up the Christmas decoration inside and outside of your homes. Basically it is the government telling you, Christmas is over. But hey, it gives them another reason to have another day off. We should have one of these in the US but make it on the 27th because give us at least one more day to enjoy it and then we would get at least 2 more days off at work ... Because of the gap and you can't have a holiday, go back to work and then another holiday after all.
Weekly Update:
Not to much happened this past week. Worked, drove up to San Francisco for the holidays and that pretty much sums it up. The drive up was nice and it has been freezing weather all week no matter where I went. Not much planned either for the week coming up since I will still be in San Francisco ... so I will try and relax a little.
At the movies:Soft weekend at the box office for this time of year but order of things is both expected and shocking in a bad way. In at #1 is "Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol" with a one week gross of 58.9 million. Not a surprise it is #1 but just that low is kind of shocking. At #2 is "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" with another 17.8 mil as it quickly makes it's way to the 100 mil cume. At #3 is "Alvin and The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" with another 13.3 mil. New at #4 is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo brings in 21 million for its 6 day total, pretty low if you ask me. At #5 is The Adventures of Tintin only earns 17.2 mil for it's first 5 days, yet another overall low opening.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week that opened on Friday as the rest of the films this week opened earlier. The true story drama We Bought a Zoo chimes in at #6 with 7.8 mil for it's debut.
Quote of the week:
"Goodness is the only investment that never fails." - Henry David Thoreau
Other News:
Find a nice list to sort of end the year off ... The Best and Worst Movie Posters of 2011. Not sure who voted and it doesn't seem to have any kind of order but let's see if it compares to my thoughts. Best: "Fast Five" - Disagree, this poster was pretty boring to me. Worst: "Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star" - I agree, it was a pretty lame poster but I guess it fits the movie in that respect. Best: "The Ides of March" (pictured) - I agree, it was a very classy and interesting way to split two actor's faces with one being on a Time magazine cover. Worst: "Bad Teacher" - It was OK but nothing special. Best: "Jane Eyre" - Boring, looks like a book cover. Worst: "Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family" - Based on the "Black Swan" movie and disturbingly bad. Best: "Hobo with a Shotgun" - Never seen this one and not a fan of this style of artwork at all. Worst: "New Year's Eve" - Agree, very boring with a list of names. Best: "Muppets" - I thought this lacked a lot of imagination sadly. Worst: "Prom" - agree, a big mess if you ask me. Best: "Cat Run" - another one I have never heard of and it looks like a poor attempt at a High School photoshop project. Worst: "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1" - Agree, so overly photoshoped. Best: "Drive" - the title treatment is very misleading in that it looks like pretty and pink film. Worst: "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" - agree, boring. Best: "Winnie the Pooh" - looks like another kids book cover, so so. Worst: "The Smurfs" - Totally agree. Best: "The Girl with the Dragoon Tattoo" - I can take it or leave it so disagree. Worst: "X-Men: First Class" - The first version before Fox pulled it was horrendous! I am not sure how this made it past the first pass stage! Best: The Mechanic" - not very creative if you ask me. Worst: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" - yeah, not that impressive for a huge franchise to go out on.
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