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The Dude on the Right
With Turkey Day being this coming Thursday, this is always a weird week to
actually try to accomplish anything as planned.  Most people either take
off the entire week, realizing nothing substantial will get accomplished, or go
to work because they have to only to worry most of the time about how this
Thanksgiving will turn out and if there will be any fights.  Me, my Turkey
Day week of trying to accomplish things but not sticking with my game-plan has
already started.

First off, this weekend, I actually had four movies I wanted
to see.  "Casino Royale," "Shut Up & Sing," "Happy Feet," and "Let’s Go to
Prison" were all on my list.  I even had the schedule planned.  I
would see the first showing of "Casino Royale" on Saturday, followed immediately
by "Happy Feet" and I would still be able to catch the end of the Ohio
State/Michigan football game.  Then there was a 10AM showing of "Let’s Go
to Prison" on Sunday morning, which would have worked perfectly to see the
Chicago Bears game, and I could go and see "Shut Up & Sing" after the Bears’
defeat of the New York Jets.  I also figured I could fit in cleaning my
bathroom and maybe even some exercising during the weekend.  And, oh yea, I
was going out Saturday night to top it all off.

Then I remembered I should
probably get the brakes on my car looked at, and my self-diagnosed OCD kicked in
at getting all of our IMDB
links fixed so I could re-design our

Movie Theater review archives (the re-design hasn’t happened as of this blog
typing).

With my plans now in flux, I go and see "Casino
Royale" on Saturday, just as planned.  Skipping "Happy Feet" I head to
the place I’ve always gone to when having my brakes looked at, only to find they
changed their hours on Saturday, closing at 1PM.  So I head to the local
Midas, only they are already filled for the day.  So much for my brakes. 
Those plans screwed, I went home to watch Ohio State beat Michigan, while
feverishly updated our IMDB links because I was heading out Saturday evening.

Then of course I stayed out too late.

Yup, oversleeping on Sunday morning blew
"Let’s Go to Prison" out of the movie viewing schedule, the Bears did beat the
Jets, but by that time I could see "Shut Up & Sing" or continue with my OCDing
of our IMDB links, especially since I was so close to being finished, so I opted
for my OCDing.

So, lets’ see.  This weekend I wanted to see four movies
and I saw one.  I wanted to clean my bathroom but at least I did do 
laundry. I wanted to exercise, but sadly only my fingers and mouse hand got any
exercise.  At least I did get all of our IMDB links finished, if only I
could catch up on some of my TV viewing right now instead of typing this blog
and watching the Dallas Cowboys play the Indianapolis Colts.

So much for
getting anything I really want to get done during Turkey Day week so far, and I
haven’t even brought up when I might get some time to set up my Christmas
display.

That’s it for this one!  I’m The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

For this movie review of “Casino Royale,” The Dude on the Right was surprised to find that he really liked a James Bond film without any totally wacky gadgets. He liked Daniel Craig in the role of James, wishes his accountant looked like Eva Green, but just thought most of the scenes dragged on just a little too long.

For this movie review of “Stranger than Fiction,” The Dude on the Right is getting tired of male nudity. That’s not saying anything bad about “Stranger than Fiction” because he did like the movie and doesn’t want to give the ending away – he thought it was pretty cool. He is just looking for some new female boob-age, but might have to wait until “Apocalypto,” but then it will probably be National Geographic boobs. In any case, The Dude says to go and see “Stranger than Fiction,” but for the funny and not for boobs.

The Dude on the Right see “Borat:, something, something, something about Kazakhstan” and wonder if you find it offensive or if will make you laugh. He like. He also like “Jackass Number Two,” and got video review finally done. It took too long, but he did stunt. Ooops.

For this movie review of “Running with Scissors” The Dude on the Right had two choices when seeing a movie, either “… Scissors” or “The Departed.” He opted for the movie with horrible pacing and a masturbation room.

For this podcast of “Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up,” Stu Gotz headed to The Sunshine State and the lovely city of Orlando to get a little frightened at Universal Studios. The Haunted Houses were scary, but not nearly as scary as the customer service he seemed to experience. Meanwhile, The Dude on the Right caught a couple of flicks, and traveled near and far for a new family member.

Two new movie reviews are posted this weekend, one being “Flags of Our Fathers,” the other being “The Prestige.” The Dude on the Right reviews them both. For the “Flags” movie, The Dude does admit that at times it gets a little confusing as the movie does flashbacks and flashforwards throughout, but thought it did a great job at telling the story of the dudes who raised the second flag at Iwo Jima. For “The Prestige” The Dude loves magic, but doesn’t like a movie that takes too long to tell how it is done, or how the story is done. He still liked the movie, though.

For this movie review of “The Marine,” The Dude on the Right found it hard to believe he would say something like “sometimes you can blow up too much stuff.” He did like “The Terminator” reference, though.

For this review of “Man of the Year,” The Dude on the Right loved the first half. The second half, not so much. He wonders, sometimes, why film folks can’t just seem to stick with what is working and instead they try to get serious.

For this movie review of “Employee of the Month,” The Dude on the Right thinks he should have opted for hanging out with Mother Nature for an hour and a half rather than seeing this movie. It’s better for a DVD or cable viewing on a snowy evening when you’re stuck in your pad. But he did laugh, and like Joe Simpson, does like Jessica’s boobs.