Monday, September 13, 2021

Oogie Boogie BASH!

Did a little fun thing on Tuesday night, went to a special preview of Disney's Oogie Boogie Bash at Disney's California Adventure.  I was debating about going or not since it started from 10P to 1:30A and I had to work the next morning at 6A.  But, I went because the inaugural year pre-covid, I went and I didn't get do this special trail with lights and shadows, mist and music.  I believe it is called (this year at least) Villainous Trail and it was pretty cool!  You walk this wilderness trail and it is filled with little lights like the wisps from Brave, lot of fog machines to give it that eerie feel and of course music. There is also a lot of projections which are pretty dang good including seeing the hyena's from Lion King.  Walking through the trail was very visual with beams of light and at the end it's almost going towards the light that might symbolize death but then rebirth.  Not sure but it's very bright and mystical at the same time.  Highly recommend it if anyone is able to go!  The rest of the event was fine, nothing too special as all but one ride (Guardians) were closed for the evening.  The parade was fine, I did like the touch of grave-diggers and they were kind of dancing but would scrape and bang their shovels... not in a bad way but like in am choregraphed "Stomp" like fashion.

Weekly Update:
Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening!  This past Thursday night was interesting, had a roaming thunderstorm roll through and that never happens!  Like shows up, says hello and then leaves.  It did come with some rain but honestly it was very little!  Barely enough to cover the ground... I mean it did but just not a lot.  My scaredy-dog was a bit anxious but with the new calming treats I have, he wasn't shaking.  What he was doing was sitting up, barked at the window and jumped off the bed and back on.  But at least he wasn't doing that usual shiver.  And the thunder didn't seem to bother him (which most noises do) but the flashes of lightning did.  I heard off the coast the show of lights was pretty spectacular though (pictured).  But just in my area I could only see big flashes of light.

At the movies:
Keeping the #1 spot for it's 2nd weekend is "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings" earning a hefty 35.8 million.  Now has a 10-day total of 145.6 mil cume for domestic box office.  Still very good word-of-mouth and on a quick road to 200+ mil.  Rebounding up to #2 is "Free Guy" with another 5.8 mil and now just over 100 mil mark!  Not much further for this film but still hitting that milestone is great for this time of year and current movie-going climate.  New at #3 is "Malignant" with 5.6 mil and probably would have fared better opening a week earlier.  Dropping further down to #4 is "Candyman" with 4.9 mil and shy of 50 mil but will get that soon.  Rounding off the top 5 is "Jungle Cruise" with 2.4 mil as it comes to the end of it's trip.

New movies that did not make the top 5:
A few this week but most are limited releases.  In at #8 on only 580 screens is The Card Counter with 1.1 mil and counted out.  New at #9 with a wider release is Show Me the Father with only 700k and didn't show for much.  And lastly at #15 with only 250 runs is Small Engine Repair earning 73K and not sure what this was.

Quote of the week:
"Beware the fury of a patient man." - John Dryden

Facts & Tips:
Both green and black tea come from leaves of the same tree.

"Little does Hoagie know, I've been teaching a women's self-defense boot camp for six years." - Jeremy Renner as Jerry Pierce in "Tag."

posted by McDuck @ 01:24

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