Three Movies, One Day...

Yesterday, was a LONG DAY for Shane, as I watched THREE movies!!!

First up, my buddy Craig and I caught an afternoon showing of "Syrianna" at the NEW Keystone Arts Cinema that Jason manages. The theatre is NICE! I like it a lot, unfortunetly, the movie bored me, and I found myself napping at times. It wasn't that it was a BAD movie, because it wasn't. It was just very slow, very political, and very slow. Did I mention it being slow? Okay, it was SLOW. Slow = SLEEP for Shane.

Then, I came to work and built up "King Kong" and watched it around 8:00pm.
The movie was about 45 minutes TOO LONG.
The first hour of the film, could have been trimmed down by 15 minutes, there's just SO MUCH on the boat to the island that is not important.
Then, from the time Ann gets taken by Kong, until she's found, run roughly 1:30, it SHOULD have only been an hour. There's SO MUCH extra stuff that doesn't progress the story, it's just there to impress the viewers, and it bored me.
The third act was almost perfect. There's some SLOW moments on top of the Empire State Building, but aside from that the third act was the most enjoyable.

So, we did a midnight show of "King Kong" (I did NOT feel like watching this with the public, which is why I watched it early, alone...) so, since I was STUCK at work until 3:30am, I decided to make the best of it and watch "Just Friends", which I've wanted to see for a while, but never made the time to. I REALLY enjoyed "Just Friends", I found myself laughing at loud, alone in the theatre. It was a good time. There's some plot points that are OUT THERE, but it's not something that ruins the film, it's expected in this type of movie. It's worth watching, Ryan Reynolds is too funny.

So, I got home from work at 4:00am, then got a call from Preston at 8:00am, telling me that him and Craig had decided to go to Caesar's Casino today, after Preston does the recording, and wanted to know if I wanted to go. I told him to call me back when he was done with the recording, and I had every intention of saying "no" and going back to sleep. Then, I realized that I had a coupon for $63 bucks from them, and it expires next week. So, I figured: I should go and get this money, and play "for free" (technically) and have a good time before work tonight. So, when Preston called back, I agreed to go, if they cam and picked me up. I got ready, napped on the couch until they showed up, then slept most of the way down. I did okay, came home with a little extra cash, which should go towards a Christmas present, or two. Plus, I got to play a couple hours of cards, and it was a BLAST. I had some nice people at my table, and we talked sports (Pacers/Colts) the whole time.

After poker, Craig went up to play Caribbean Stud (which I'm going to try next time, it looks like A LOT of fun, and Craig doubled his $100 pretty easily). Now, if I was smart, I would have played $5 on Red 23, at the roulette table next to us. I RARELY EVER play roulette, and when I do, I only play ONE number: Red 23. Why? Michael Jordan. It's my lucky number. (Not really, since I've never won with it, but today would have been differently). With in 30 minutes, Red 23 hit FIVE TIMES on the roulette table. Which means, the first time, $5 would have become $175 (hitting the exact number in roulette pays 35:1). And if I would have continued with it for 30 minutes, FIVE times would have been $875. But, who knew? And after the third time I thought there was NO WAY it wouls ever hit again. Mabybe next time I'll try it... Craig ended up taking some of his Caribbean Stud winnings and did play roulette, putting some random amounts down on Black 4, Red 23, and Black 35 (the two numbers on each side of Red 23) And he hit on the Black 35, making $175. He gambled a little bit more away, and then we were out the door. GOOD DAY for Craig, and I had a lot of fun being the support after I stopped for the day. It's fun to go, even when I decide to stop gambling. So, I came home up a small amount, Craig come home up a good deal, and Preston broke even and QUIT for the day. Even though he kept going over to three card poker, he never sat down! What control! I HATE coming out even. I'd rather tell people I lost money, than broke even. But, that's just me.

Now, I'm at work. TIRED. Even though I slept half of the drive home. And if we sell for "King Kong" tonight, I'm here until 1:47am! Maybe I'll watch another film tonight.