My God, Indy Is SO Not Worth It.

I had really low expectations for this film and it didn't meet even those. I can't say that the action scenes, where they make Shia LaBouf do all the real dare devil things, were that impressive. The story is flawed, the script weak, the concept ridiculous and I just felt pity when they would hit Indiana Jones because I'm not down with elderly abuse. The part with the aliens was less intriguing and more down right wrong. But let me say there were a few parts of the film were I found myself laughing were I was supposed to be laughing. And Shia LaBouf was the best actor in the entire movie, which isn't saying much but the man deserves some play for his contribution. This is the third week in a row that I have seen a bad movie and it is starting to build up a callus. Soon they won't even disappoint me. BUT before the movie they played the Twilight teaser and it was just as beautiful as I remembered it. Someone even clapped when it was over and it wasn't me. Well I was clapping but silently. Someone other than me was less inhibited. It put me in a pleasant mind frame for the bad movie.

Speaking of Twilight, Heather sent me a photo of the Breaking Dawn cover today. It's inside the dust jacket of the Special Edition Eclipse which goes on sale on 31 May. I must say that the quote at the bottom got me all hopeful. I like the image too. The queen with the pawn behind it could speak to so many scenarios. Belle sent me a bunch of spoilers about the chapter 1 too, and I am just overly excited about it. I can't begin to put into words how badly I want to read this book. And a part of me worries that it can't possibly live up to the expectations I have for it. I half think that in it's pages I will find the cure to cancer and the meaning of life. Edward of course will be the hand of God and in the final pages he will turn Bella and it will be perfection in literary form. AMEN! Oh and there was a new photo put up in the gallery on the website today and I have to post it here. I really like it. It was in the LA Times with the others but really small this is much better.

I am still reading The Host and for the first 100 or so pages, I just wasn't sure I liked it. It was rather boring and I wasn't into Wanderer at all. But then the setting changed and I started really getting into it. Today I didn't want to put it down when I had to get ready to go. I really like Jeb, Jamie and Ian. I still have a hard time with the character of Wanderer/Wanda because she has a colossal martyr complex and that gets so old so quickly but I like her more now. I am eager to read and see where the story goes. Especially because I left off today where she is in danger and I like her best then.