Fry's Comes to Atlanta

I have been dreaming of this day for a very long time. Every geek I have ever talked to that lived within an hour of a Fry's couldn't stop talking about how cool it is.

So on my first visit I get caught up in the Grand Opening buying frenzy grabbing a Remo Williams DVD, Once Upon a Time in China 1, 2, and 3 DVD set, and a Garmin Etrex Legend GPS with case.

The GPS was $40 off which is a good deal, and the OUTC set for $19.99 is a decent deal (it is a poor transfer of each movie.)

So you tell a guy that you want to buy the GPS who then tells another guy and ten minutes later another guy shows up who can open the case. He hands you the box but when you start to head for the cashier he stops you saying that he has to take it for you. And by the way, you need to stand around here until a guy over there calls your name to pick up an invoice that you can take to the cashier. AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

So freaking stupid!

I do all that then get to the cashier, which there are more than 60 of only to find out they do not take American Express. What the hell are they thinking?

I left. Out to the car to write this garbage. Spit & Vinegar!

So now that I have been sitting in my car typing this for awhile listening to Bill Handel on the Law I thing I may go back in and put it on my debit card. I am such a sucker for gadgets like that.

How I Rate Things

Everything will be rated on a scale of one to ten. No decimals fractions or any other crap. That would make it a scale with twenty or more segments and I don't see the need for more than ten.

For there to be a ten there must be a one. Most things will fall between a four and a six. So a rating of five means that it was average. Not really a negative comment. In the sixty or seventy movies I see in the theatre and another fifty or so I watch on DVD there are maybe three that rate a ten and seven that rate a nine. Around seventy of them will be between a four and six.

Some things will require more detail than a single rating such as a movie may get a seven overall but a nine for action. I will try to give an overall rating that combines everything I feel in proportion to what I think is important.

I am going to write most of these entries on the spot, right after the experience, with an edit or two later on to tweak it or add more information.

If you disagree with my rating, start your own blog. I don't care to hear your opinion of my opinion. But if you write your own opinion of whatever I have rated, I may enjoy reading it.

The Last Supper

This was a terrible movie. I really don't have much else to say about it. Cameron Diaz was as pretty as ever, but everything about it was weak.

DVD: The Last Supper - 2 out of 10

Suspect Zero

Every moment of this film is obvious. Nothing subtle about it. That is a bad thing. The acting felt forced and everyone seemed to be perpetually bored.

It is worth watching if you are a fan of serial killer movies, it is better than Henry 2 but offers no insight into the criminal or legal mind.

Movie: Suspect Zero - 4 out of 10

HERO

Step away from the computer, get off your butt, and go see Hero in a movie theatre right now. Even if you have owned the DVD and watched it a hundred times at home, you owe it to yourself to see it on a big screen.

Zhang Ziyi, Maggie Cheung, Jet Li and everyone else do a fantastic job. The swordplay is as good as Swordsman II,the costumes remind me of Ashes of Time and the color palette of Fallen Angels.

Movie: Hero - 9 out of 10

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