I have been a little busy lately. The good news is that I have still been walking and watching movies. The bad news is that I have eaten poorly. To steal a line from the incredible Kyle Kinane, I have eaten like Doc Brown fuels the Dolorian at the end of Back to the Future. My weight has held steady though so that is good. I did have one day in there where I did not walk at all. I had horrible valid excuses in both the morning and the night. It just made me feel worse though.
Over the past few days I have taken in quite a few movies.
Nebraska stars Will Forte and the amazing Bruce Dern as a son and father reconnecting on a trip to Lincoln Nebraska to collect the father's "winnings." At times hilarious, at times painfully slow, but overall a very enjoyable movie.
I then watched the third and final installment of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy. When it was originally in theaters our family went to watch. However we have a 6 year old who is not old enough to watch any Battle of Five Armies. So being the amazing dad that I am, I went and saw the new Annie movie with my 6 year old. (Annie was a piece of garbage by the way). However Hobbit was pretty good. The battle was magnificent and it made a nice conclusion to the trilogy while also serving as a fantastic setup for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which I want to watch again.
Goon is a 2011 hockey movie based around a true story. Sean Williams Scott (of American Pie fame) plays a hockey player whose main job is to fight the other team. Scott is surprisingly good in this role. Liev Schreiber is also very good as a legendary hockey player brute. Surprisingly bad is Jay Baruchel. He is the voice the the main character of How to Train Your Dragon, and played a big part in This is the End. In those movies I liked him a lot. However here he was mostly annoying. I actually found myself making comparing his character to Jar Jar Binks. I couldn't figure out if it was the writing or the acting or the directing. I just found that whenever his character was on screen, I wanted him off screen. However overall the Goon movie was surprisingly good and enjoyable.
The third and hopefully final trailer for Avengers Age of Ultron was released. So I again needed to watch a superhero movie. The animated Ultimate Avengers satisfied the craving. Based on Mark Millars Ultimate series, this is another version of the Avengers origin story. Interestingly it contains Ant-Man and Wasp. A nice preview of their upcoming movie as well!
Nebraska gets a 200 out of 296.
Hobbit gets a 250 out of 296.
Goon gets a 220 out of 297.
Ultimate Avengers gets a 225 out of 297.
Days: 38
Movies: 35
Minutes: 3362
Miles: 185.4
Pounds: 8
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