Christopher Nolan just loves to f#$k around with your Head

Yes, I've seen the only movie I was actually looking forward to this year, and Inception was really worth the wait. Nolan does his usual mind confusion stuff and there are some action scenes like the tumble/zero gravity fight that spank any other movie and, yes, I am looking right at you, Matrix.

The idea of the movie is not really that original, so I'm sure everyone is wondering how this all happened. Lucky you, I managed to make a succesful extraction from Nolan's mind a few days ago when we bumped into each other at the spa, so here goes:

[Nolan's house, Nolan meets friend John Warner]

-So, Chris, I was thinking we could do more of your mind stuff in an action movie.
-Yeah, I've had this great idea where we can plunge people in a non-real world, and
-Oh, something like the Matrix...
-[minor shrug]... yeah ... OK, but I'm going way beyond the Matrix, I'll do like the Matrix inside the Matrix and the
-Oh, you mean like in the 13th Floor...
-[shrug] ... yeah ... ook ... well, two levels, that's child play, I'll do 4 levels of Matrix inside the Matrix and there
-Oh, you mean like eXistenZ
-[big shrug] .... F#$k you, John .... throw me a beer ... nobody bothered to see "Existance"

Credits, Best ending ever ... in the movie I mean ... we were back from the memory, did I forget to say that ...

HA, you just got Nolaned. And I rule because I just reinvented googleing.

But I mean it ... the ending is Nolanizing.

Perfect Six

Yes, yes, I know I've been a lazy lazy blogger, but I'm back with this very interesting thing to say ... Did you know that Six is the smallest mathematical pefect number? Well, me neither, but this is true, ask the internetz if you don't believe me, and, yes, of course, this isn't quite what I wanted to say. Six proved to be quite the perfect number for Andreea and me today, because exactly today we celebrate another year of happy marriage together. And what better way to celebrate than a 1 ton loveboat of sushi and a sip of sake? Nope ... nothing better comes to mind...

It's been quite a ride until now for our loveboat, with ups and downs, sudden turns and loops, and I can't wait to see what's coming next for us, be it rain or sunshine.

Kisses and hearts... big hearts ... I'm sure Seven will be just as perfect

Chillout in Egypt

If you managed to read my previous post about Egypt, you are probably expecting stories of us jumping on alligators or something like this. I'm not going to lie ... during the second part of our trip, we finally did manage to chill out.

Except, of course, for our trip to Cairo, which was ... you know ... wake up at 2 am, travel one hundred hours ... that kind of stuff. But this was basically the main reason of the whole Egypt trip, at least from my point of view, as I've always been fascinated with the pyramids and have wanted to see them live. First contact was pretty darn impressive...

From within the city, you can see them far off in the distance ... reigning on the horizon over the landscape of what seems to be a far more primitive culture ... It is then, when placed against the crowded but crippled Cairo skyline, that you can truly understand how only GREAT things are meant to last.

We did take our share of beautiful photos with the pyramids, so here are a couple of my favourites.

We even entered the medium one. It was small, crowded, and claustrophobic.

Next up was the Sphinx, which was remarkably pretty as well. Some pretty photos followed ...

It was a tiresome day, but it was definitely worth it.

For the rest couple of days, there were no more one day long trips, no crazy hopping around on alligators ... It was just amazing food, great sun, delicious orange juice and a swimming pool ...

... and Andreea jumping around

... and a couple of crazy tuc-tucs

.... oh, and a crazy cat.

And then, as another journey ended, a new one began ...

Robin Who?

I saw this movie the other day with this guy called Robin Longstride which goes actually by the name of Robert Loxey and finally ends up by being called Robin Wood or something like that ... looks like it has something to do with that Robin Hood guy. In then end I was a bit confused and a bit bored.

I'm being more and more convinced that Hollywood works in strange but familiar ways. In fact, I started a little short script of my own. Here goes:

[Ridley Scott's House]
Mr RS walking around,  phone rings, RS picks up.
- Hi, Ridley, what's up?
- Russel? How's it going dude?
- Great, great ... you know ... Hey, remember that movie we did a while ago, where I had to do a lot of sword fighting and horseback riding? I really miss that...
- Well ... you know Russel ... we've had this discussion before ... it's hard to sequel that, you know ... you *cough* died in the end...
- Oh ... right ...
- How about a Robin Hood movie? I'm kinda looking into that for my next project...
- Hmmm ... Robin Hood ... that sounds OK, BUT ... from what I recall he runs around the forest and shoots arrows ... not really what I had in mind ...
- Hey, what if I let you have a couple of sword fights and you get to ride a big white beautiful horse?
- Thanks a lot, Rid. Knew I can count on you. Will you let me keep the lady this time around?
- We'll see ... drop by tomorrow.
- I'll grab some Whoopers on the way.
- Sounds great.
[click sound ... Scene ends]

... Hollywood here I come ...

Butt Kick

I have recently seen this movie called "Kick Ass" ... I was expecting it to kick ass really really hard ... and it does ... sometimes ... other times it's just a lame teenager movie.

It's quite surprising actually just how good some of the action scenes are, they kicked ass like nothing I've seen before. It has some of the best action scenes I've seen in quite some time. However, the rest of the movie doesn't really kick ass, as it is often plain old boring and the humor is not quite my cup of tea.

All in all it was pretty good fun, so I'd say it's worth about 2 hours of your time... if you don't have anything else which is very special to be done... and want to see something that kicks ass.

Oh, there was one thing which kicked ass pretty hard ... the Music.

Did I mention the title is Kick Ass?

"Chillout" in Egypt

Yes ... that's correct ... "chillout" with a big pair of quotes. Why the quotes? Well ... here we go...

Day 1

After a very stressful and vacationless time, we finally had the oportunity to just sit down for a change and enjoy the beauty of the place. So, naturally, for the first day we woke up at 7am and we

,and

By lunchtime I was

By afternoon we were

The rest of the day is a bit fuzzy but it involved about one tone of food ... so here comes ...

Day2

From the desert, to a splash in the sea ... and when I say splash I mean

suit up and jump in, boy

kind of splash... By lunchtime I was

By afternoon we were

Yeah, scuba rullez hard. And a ton of food later came...

Day3

What? Rest? Rest is for woosies ... how about a wake up call at 3am and a trip to Luxor?

It started with a couple of

But, too much bus travel can ... well ... by lunchtime, we were

By afternoon I was

Which takes us to ... another ton of food, and then to ... Day 4 ... but that's coming up in a short while ...

Two Iron Men

In the meantime ...

So, I've just returned from Iron Man 2, and I am happy to say it was not bad. It was actually pretty good ... I was expecting it to be a flop, full of cheezy scenes but it delivered ... except maybe for all those Scarlet Johanson scenese where she kicks guys around and looks cool while doing it, but even those were a little better than I expected...

I mean ... just look at her ... isn't she just gorgeous ... and did I mention she has JUST finished kicking around a whole bunch of bad guys?  .... if that's not cheezy I don't know what is ... but anyway ... as I said ... better than expected...

Ol' Mickey seen up there does a hell of a banged up job as the bad guy. This guy is really on a comeback. From a bad guy point of view, this movie is better than the first, no question about that. And the climactic battle in the end... that was pretty tight. I was expecting dozens of robots flying around and shooting to look pretty cheezy, but it ended up by being pretty good, and then when ... I think I should stop right there with the potential spoilers ...

War Machine is pretty tight, as well, and that Avengers movie lurking around the corner starts looking better and better.

And yeah ... Stan Lee rules, as usual...

Two iron men ... get it? I rule.

Egyp...

So here we were ... just landed in the land of the Sun! When we took off in Bucharest the kepn' announced 30 degrees Celsius ... when we landed he said 25 ... and when we FINALLY managed to get out of the airport it felt closer to 20 ... We started to have some doubts about choosing to come so early before summer, but hopefully in the end the temperature proved to be rather good, rising each day until the last day when we couldn't stay in the sun for too long.

The first impression, which carries on even now is that the country hasn't finished loading ... or something is not finished anyway. Nothing was close to being finished around the airport, including the parking lot. We had to climb a mountain of rubble to get to the bus which was going to take us to the hotel... or maybe it was just some rubble on the ground ... On the way, the "in progress" sensation continued. There were hundreds, yes HUNDREDS of buildings which were almost finished ... almost there but not quite. There were areas where you saw these as far as the eye can see ... or as far as I was able to see anyway. We didn't take photos, but here's a photo we took when going to Cairo which shows a very similar picture...

What was a little frightening was that amongst these construction sites and piles of rubble lied ... the resorts. But, fortunately, we were not going to a resort ... we were going to a place that is much more than a resort and impressed me much more than I was expecting to be impressed. It is actually a small town called El Gouna, and prepare yourselves for a mild jaw-drop when visiting the official site over here. The hotel where we stayed is called Sultan Bey, and it is a marvelous place.

..yeah ... every morning...

full of flower

power

and a small swiming pool perfect for chillin'

OK, so here we were... a relaxation OASIS in the midle of pure chaos... And relaxation was exactly what we came here for ... or so we thought ....

Find out next what we decided to do ... for relaxation ... in our first day on site ... next...

Crash and Burn of the Titans

But first ...

I went to see "Clash of the Titans" and I am compelled to write about it. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner on our hands. Yup, this one is gonna bring it home this year. And when I say "it" I am referring to my yearly "Worst Movie I've seen this Year" award.

This tiny Holywood pooh wasted too much of my life already, but I am compelled to warn others. This "movie" is definitely not worth paying for, not even worth spending download bandwidth to snatch from the Internetz. Just take a brief look at the pic above and you're good.

For the directing, the acting, the effects, even only for the most pathetic inspirational speech I have ever heard in my life this one is gonna bring it home ... mark my words ...

A couple of Crazy Weeks later ...

The last couple of weeks are hard to summarize ... what I can say is they were just like that pic above ... crazy...

First, an amazing trip to Egypt that exceeded our expectations, where we chased beduins through the desert, did the scuba diving and found Nemo, entered the Pyramids and saw king Tut himself. Afterwards, we rushed home for two easter days, where yes I ate once again as a pig. Then after a twentythree hours total drive that took two days, we arrived in Luxembourg, our new home. Throw a trip to Disneyland on our first Saturday here and you're starting to get the picture...

I know I'm a lazy blogger lately, but I wanna make up for that and post details about every part of the crazy ...

First up ... Egypt!

yeah ... I took that picture ... I rule