the motherload!

jimithingy and I were kicked out of the apartment this morning around 9am so they could start patching up the ceiling. The first place we hit was the Wal-Mart by Arundel Mills. They must have just re-stocked the Star Wars isle because I found ALL of the Galactic Heroes I needed, PLUS three Unleashed Battle Packs!!

I'm trying to decide if I should open the figures yet, since the apartment is still not finished. We got back a little after 4pm and the guys were gone but there are still a few holes in the ceiling.

To kill some time, we saw "The Number 23" at Muvico. It was okay. Not horrible but not fantastic. A little red flag went up when we saw that Joel "Batman Forever" Schumacer (sp!) was the director. I thought Jim Carrey did a good job though. It made me want to see him act in a noir-style detective movie...a GOOD noir style detective movie. He's really starting to look old. There's a couple flashback sequences in the film, and he's supposed to be his 23 year old self, but he's just too wrinkly to pull that off, it was sort of funny.

I made the mistake of taking a nap when we got home because I was so tired. And I slept for 2+ hours and now I can't shake that damn groggy feeling. Which is usually why I don't take naps, but this week has just been so frakkin' long!

I'm leaving work early tomorrow so I can go to the DCSWCC meeting. Finally getting my Republic Commando figures, and one other GH that someone picked up for me awhile ago. Aaaaand maybe some Buffy figures. Depends on if I can get a good deal...

okay, I'm going to try and wake up so I can go back to sleep in 4-5 hours. :P

"Espinazo del Diablo"

Just finished watching 'The Devil's Backbone', one of Guillermo Del Toro's earlier films. I was surprised by the themes that this movie shared with 'Pan's Labyrnth'. Spanish civil war, a child trying to survive in their own little world, adults doing their own thing, a bit of the supernatural...it was almost a test run for 'Pan'.

Little Carlos is brought to an orphanage for boys whose parents are out fighting the Spanish civil war. Being the new kid, he's immediately picked on by the local bully and set up to get into trouble with the adults. But when he is sent out to get water late one night, he runs into the ghost of one of the missing boys...

The movie was definately creepy, though a teensy bit predictable as far as who the killer was. If they had made the character of the killer nicer in the beginning (at least, to Carlos) I might not have suspected him right away. But, like 'Pan', the supernatural bit was really only a way to discuss deeper emotions. The movie starts out asking "what is a ghost?" There are many "ghosts" in this movie - the actual spooky dead kid walking around, the "ghost" of the bomb that sit in the front yard, the "phantom limb" of the woman who runs the orphanage, the "ghost" of her husband that keeps her from moving on, the "ghost" of all the boys parents who won't be coming back for them...

I don't want to say too much more, in case I give anything away. It's definately an enjoyable movie, and if you liked 'Pan', this would be a good rental to keep you occupied while we wait for the DVD release date. :)