Bernie Lean?

So at my first baseball game of the year and apparently I didn't fully process the crowds of fans doing a dance type thing. The previous year it was the Harvard baseball team so I guess it was relatively related to the game. The best part was my father-in-law trying to Shazam the song ignoring the fact that I told him the name of the artist and song six times during the course of the song.



So this year it was something made espcially for the Oakland A's. I didn't realize this at the time and only know now because I had to Google it.




I can't believe my pop culture knowledge is so extensive that just from the context of the song, I was able to figure out the reference. Bernie Lean? You're reaching into your pocket and singing a song that is referencing Weekend at Bernie's II? Full disclosure: I know that movie inside and out because not only did I watch it a lot when I was younger, when it was time to return it to Blockbuster, I recorded it onto a cassette tape so I could listen to it on my Walkman.

Now that I've successfully shown my age and pathetic taste in movies, I will leave stating that I hope this does amazing things to Terry Kiser's career. And for the record: This movie can be watched in it's entirety on Crackle. Enjoy (or something) while it's still free.

Summer Blockbuster Weekend

There is an explosion of movies every summer and I hope I do not sound like a hipster when I say this, I am only excited about a low budget one based on a play. I'm tired of loud action movies that are meant to be a feast for the corneas. Instead, I am looking forward to Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing.

His passion project that he filmed in his home, this movie looks great. It doesn't hurt that I enjoyed the 1993 version (despite a waxy Keanu Reeves attempting to cry). Yes, I am a Whedon fan and have seen every episode of his shows minus the finale of Dollhouse. (I'm saving that for a special time.) Yes, I am hoping this would be a chance to finally see the Wesley and Fred happy ending I crave so much.

Here's the rub, though. This is a JOSS WHEDON creation. He gives the audience what they need, not what they want. Buffy and Angel, Fred and Wesley, Giles and Jenny, the man destroyed so much. My concern is Shakespeare is in the public domain. He's able to do with it what he wants. Will he turn the fun and joy of this story and turn it upside down and make it on par with Macbeth and Hamlet? The asshole is capable. When he has the power, he can break so many hearts.

I considered traveling longer than the running time of the movie to go out and see it, but it turns out it opens wide June 21st. Even though this is my most anticipated movie of the summer, I'll hold off. I don't want to spend the car ride home fixated on how I got screwed again.