Day: May 13, 2011

Three sentence movie reviews: Thor

The main problem with this movie, in my opinion, is that Thor looks like he came straight from the 1980s. The hair, the facial hair, the awful costume all point to evidence that Thor was James Hetfield’s younger brother who worked out a lot instead of playing the guitar.* There are nice effects to this movie and good acting (by people other than Thor) but ultimately, I couldn’t get over the fact that the hero of the movie had the look that so many guys I went to high school with were striving to obtain.

poster from: http://www.impawards.com/2011/thor_ver3.html

*see evidence below:

picture from: http://www.celebrityzine.net/name/james-hetfield#1slideshow-60-field_pictures
magazine cover from: http://www.allposters.com/-st/Metallica-Posters_c451_.htm

Flash Mob

A sunny day at Pioneer square with not much going on.

Except zombies.

Suddenly, children cluster and point at, what are they pointing at?

People in Pioneer square wonder what they are pointing at, as do the zombies.

The zombies try pointing at the children

Random passers-by record the scene.

More pointing, more confusion.

Suddenly the group of children break into spontaneous laughter.
Then they separate and drift away, leaving the zombies in a cluster.

Jo’s 4/5 class has been studying humor this spring and they planned a flash mob as part of their studies. The zombies weren’t part of the plan, they were a marketing effort by Ron Tonkin, who wants you to buy cars. It was a fun mob and I’m glad I got to chaperone.