Movie Star Blog

Lots of people avoiding War of the Worlds due to Tom Cruise's recent rants. But this post brings up another reason movie tickets are off this year: cool home theaters.

We got back about an hour ago from Jesse’s graduation, which I’ll write about in a minute. Mm, maybe. It might take more thought and sentiment than I’m up to at the moment (see above paragraph) so I might have to do it later. Scott wants to see War of the Worlds tonight, but he was so tired he decided to catch a tiny little nap before we had to leave. Problem is, the theater’s about 40 minutes away, and when I thought to check the clock it was 3:30p, half an hour before the last matinee. I don’t have the heart to wake him. Maybe he’ll rise bright-eyed at 6p and we can go at 7p. I don’t really care; I’m not in much of a movie mood. I rarely am anymore. Movies used to be so much better than they are now. I get so bored and twitchy, and last weekend that stupid Bewitched just about did me in. Now that we have the big screen at home, and the killer sound system my stereo-obsessed hubs set up, why would I want to be anywhere else? I can take pee breaks, and wear my jammies, and laugh really really loud, and make snide remarks, and put my feet on the seats, and stand up and stretch, and keep my cell phone on, and the food is cheaper. Besides, as far as War of the Worlds goes, it’s going to be mostly of the action genre, which tends to make my eyes blur and hurts my head. Also, I am definitely off Tom Cruise for good, and he was never one of my favorites before, by any stretch.