What's up? How's everyone's spring break going? Or, if your not on spring break, how is everyone's week going? Hopefully good! Good is...good!
Well, it's my Monday on spring break, and today was good. Went to Hot Doug's with one of my roommates and another friend of mine. Hot Dougs is pretty awesome! I had only gone once before, and I really liked it, and decided to take my friends to check it out. It's off the Belmont stop and a little ways down on the bus (west to California) and you walk north a block or two and there it is! (on the corner of California and Roscoe). They have all kinds of hot dogs if your into good hot dogs. They are amazing, and the prices are REALLY good. It's a pretty small place, and there is always a line so be prepared but today the line was only twenty minutes or so, but it's been known to snake down for two blocks or so! Another cool thing is that the owner of the store, Doug, always takes your order and he is a really nice guy! You can even have a quick conversation with him, which I have about music the first time I was there. Great guy! This is a must if you live or are in Chicago! Be aware of the line though, and also that it is currently open 10:00am-4:00pm (check website for changed hours) and that it is cash only! But it's worth it! They have even had such things as alligator sausage and (currently) Caribbean Goat Sausage as the game of the week! This place is a must! Check out their website, I even have the link below!
Well, I also got to go check out about two movies since my last post.
Last night I was hanging out with a good friend of mine and we decided to check out a movie and ultimately went to go see Battle: Los Angeles, now in theatres, directed by Jonathan Liebesman and, in the movie, is Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Jim Parrack, Michael Pena and more! I had wanted to see this movie for awhile, as I remember first seeing the previews for it. One of those reasons is I like quite a few alien movies when done right (such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Paul, and such, I'm sure there is more that I'm forgetting or I haven't seen) and another is I do admittingly enjoy "apocolyptic" movies. So this sparked my interest, and it's nice to be able to have a big range in movies to watch, as I pretty much like all kinds of movies, so this was on my list. It actually turned out to be a pretty good movie! I didn't know Aaron Eckhart was in it before I saw it, so that was a nice little surprise, and Michelle Rodriguez is one of my favorite actresses (especially loved her in Lost), so I was excited to see her in it, and she did a great job! The performances that I thought were really good were Michael Pena's character, Joe Rincon, and Bryce Cass, who played his son, Hector. They don't come in into about the middle but their final scene is amazing! I won't say more. Anyway, in this movie, aliens take over LA, along with twenty other major cities around the world, but we stay in LA for our story. We follow a bunch of soldiers as they go in, help a small group of civilian "survivors" (such as Joe and Hector) and together, they try to escape while taking back as much of the city they can. Aaron Eckhart plays SSgt. Michael Nantz, one of the soldiers, and Jim Parrack plays LCpl. Peter Kerns. I didn't know he was in it until I saw it either, and that was nice to see! I love him in True Blood. So I definitely think this movie is worth the watch if you are into movies like these! It's really quite a ride! The one thing I might say, though, is that (at least for me) there was a tad bit too much shaky POV came in the first part of the movie, which got me a tad bit dizzy. That's just me, and mind you I was not feeling my best during my viewing of the movie, as I had wayyyy too much coffee before I saw it. But yeah, so watch out for that if you see it and you get dizzy from such things, as I guess I did. The only other movie that did that for me was Cloverfield, and I did see the whole thing, but I felt funky after I saw it haha! So yeah, worth a watch though.
The other movie I saw just tonight was the British film Sabotage AKA The Woman Alone (US title), released in 1936 and directed by none other than Alfred Hitchcock himself! It stars Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, Desmond Tester and John Loder. The film is about Detective Sergeant Ted Spencer (played by John Loder), who is assigned by Scotland Yard to go undercover and figure out as much as he can about various terrorist plots that are suppose to unfold in London by a terrorist group from an unknown country. Among them is Karl Verlock (played by Oscar Homolka), who owns a cinema. Verloc's wife (played by Sylvia Sidney) is alo thrown into all the mess, while trying to defend her husband as a good man, as he has been nice to her. Ultimately, after a series of events, she is thrown in too deep, and things get heated. I really enjoyed it. I love Hitchcock and he did a good job with this one. The sound editing is very interesting as well and has the classic old movie feel, which I did enjoy. I really enjoyed Detective Sergeant Ted Spencer's character as he goes undercover and tries to uncover the plots, and Verloc's wife is a very interesting character. Also, her brother, Stevie, is played by Desmond Tester and does a great job as his journey goes on in the movie. Definitely a classic to watch. I grew up on films like this, so I really appreciate old movies, as I'm sure many of you out there do! So check this one out! Believe it or not, I found the whole movie on Youtube in one video, so there ya go! Posted below!
Well, I'm going to save my Spring Break song list for the next post, as it is almost three in the morning and I'm getting a bit tired! So I hope everyone has had a cool Monday, there are links and trailers below, and I will catch ya'll later! PEACE!
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