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We saw the movie Vantage Point last night. I have to give it a mixed review. The first forty-five minutes or so, were a little too contrived. Jon and I were almost bored, and we shouldn’t have been. It was a very strong opening, but the premise of going back and forth between view points just seemed unnecessary. It seemed like you could have gotten the different view points in a more linear fashion and it would have worked better. The end of the movie once they stopped being too cutesy with the view points was thrilling, and one of the most intense action sequences I’ve seen in awhile. Very cool.
I guess, don’t pay full price, go to a matinee, or wait for DVD.
The other thing that gets mixed a review is that Jon, and our friend Richard, and his girlfriend Jess, went to a sushi restaurant. Now, I was in California when sushi hit big, so I was at parties where really bad sushi was served. So, I’ve avoided it for years. Last night, I thought, what the heck, I’ll try again. It was very good. I had eel for the first time, and loved it. Then late in the dinner the eel decided it didn’t like me. I was trying for the bathroom, to help the eel and I to part company, and my husband is being all romantic. He blocked my way, and said, “Pay the toll,” it means a kiss so he’ll let me pass. It’s something that his parents do, and it’s very sweet that he’s borrowed something romantic from them. But in that moment I could not kiss him, not without risking the eel coming up at the table. I tried to get past, and he blocked my way again and said, “Pay the toll.” By that point I didn’t even dare open my mouth to explain, I just had to get to the bathroom. I finally got past my romantic husband, and fled to the bathroom.
It wasn’t horrible as bouts of that kind go, and once the eel was on it’s own again, I was fine. It made me wonder if it wasn’t the eel, but too much eel. I guess if you’re going to do something exotic you should take it easy the first time. I’m torn between never wanting to eat it again, and thinking that it tasted really good. Hmm, like I said a mixed review. The salmon sushi was good, and I would be willing to try other flavors of fish. So, sushi was good, but was the eel good, or not? I still can’t decide. They had barbecue eel on the menu, maybe I’ll try that next time. I mean, no harm in trying, right?