Things Impossible to Believe

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But they’re true.

1- I’ve seen THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) at least a dozen times, although never as an adult– and I’ve barely paid attention. When I was told my dog was the same breed as the one in the movie I said “I thought that was a lion?”. I don’t like musicals.

2- I recently watched THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (1963) with Alec Guiness, Christopher Plummer and Sophia Loren– I’d never given it a chance because it’s what I consider a lavish MGM Film– which goes all the way back to the 1930s– they are big on spectacle, short on characters and slow of pace. I had to track this film down, it was actually work.

It might have been the worst movie I’ve seen in a long time. It was SO Boring.

3- I’ve seen the first three STAR WARS movies in theaters from 1977, 1981 and 1983. The first one is an entertaining B-Movie– but Mark Hammill is a terrible actor and his character spends the whole movie whining. The second one starts out pretty good, more terrible acting, but falls apart about halfway through. The less said about the third one the better. I’ve not seen any of the others.

4- I’ve tried watching DOCTOR WHO I really have. It’s terrible. I don’t know how anyone can sit through it.

5- I’ve never seen one second of HARRY POTTER, LOST, GAME OF THRONES or any of the Star Trek Tv Series sequels other than one episode of Next Generation which caused me enough pain to vow never to watch any of the others.

6- I wish I never saw Peter Jackson’s KING KONG or his equally bloated LORD OF THE RINGS– of which I’ve seen about 90 mins of one, I got blue hue overload.

7- I don’t watch anything modern or “new”. Nothing. So if you corner me at a cocktail party and ask me what I’m watching you’re not going to be happy to hear “The Odd Couple” from 1973. I just don’t care enough about the new stuff to give it a shot.

8- I honest to god don’t understand craft beer. It’s a million calories, it doesn’t quench your thirst and it doesn’t even taste good, I have never gotten so much as a buzz from any kind of beer. Stop asking me to go to breweries!

9- See the above; one of my very best friends was having a surprise birthday party, like me he hates craft beer with a passion. His wife is very clever, she told him they just had to drop something off with a friend at the brewery, knowing full well he would never suspect she’d have his party there. UNfortunately he saw my car in the lot even though I did my best to hide it and knew right away what was happening because there’s no chance in hell I’m just up there catching up with a friend.

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