Simple Sundays

Well, my day hasn’t really been anything special – actually right now I’m feeling a bit bored and listless and just kind of at a loss of what to do.  I’m hoping a bit og blogging will improve my mood – if not I’m resorting to ice cream. ;)

sunshinecThe highlight of today for me is short and simple – the sun shining in all its warm and radiant glory.  I’ve gotten so tired of the gloomy weather, so sick of the cold and the rain, that I couldn’t help but smile as the sun streamed into our apartment early this morning.  I took a drive with my best friend, enjoying the warm breeze with the windows rolled down, and later kept pausing in the sunny spots around the living room to soak up the warmth.  So yeah, that’s my simple Sunday pleasure.

As I’m thinking about it, I’m realizing that most likely the only thing that’s dragging me down as the evening wears on is the fact that it’s the end of the weekend.   Then it’s back to the grindstone tomorrow.  At least the store is closed on Easter … I’m thankful for that!

REVIEW: Monsters vs. Aliens

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See More Monsters vs. Aliens Artwork at IGN.com

Thanks to a pair of free movie tickets that have been sitting around the apartment since we got married six months ago (thanks again, cousin!), my honey and I went to see Monsters vs. Aliens on Saturday night.  And not only did we get to a movie within the first two weeks of its release, we saw it in IMAX 3D … a first for me! :)

The movie itself, I loved.  Fabulous voice cast, family-friendly, plenty of quotable one-liners, great graphics (dude, it was IMAX), and a respectably unique storyline with a few forgiveably predictable plot twists.  Granted, it’s no award-winner, but it’s certainly a welcome 95 minutes of laughs.

Film ritics called “Monsters vs. Aliens” forgettable and repetitive … but what isn’t these days, when a dozen or so new films are released almost every weekend?  Personally, I enjoyed their ’50s sci-fi references (at least the ones I caught), and the amount of explosives and physical comedy definitely benefited from the 3D experience.

My short’n’schweet critique: It doesn’t quite live up to the hype, and it’ll never be a classic, but there’s enough kaboom, slapstick comedy, pop culture giggles and high-tech graphics in “Monsters vs. Aliens” to make just about anybody happy.   Except, of course, those nit-picky critics.