Phillies over Rockies in 5
Cubs over Diamondbacks in 4
Red Sox over Angels in 4
Indians over Yankees in 5
2nd Round
Cubs over Phillies in 6
Red Sox over Indians in 7
World Series
Red Sox over Cubs in 7
I watched Heat last night. If you havent seen it, it is a movie directed by Michael Mann (who did the original Miami Vice show, Collateral and the Miami Vice movie). Basically, the story is about a career criminal (played by DeNiro) and his crew of superstar thieves (made up of Danny Trejo, Tom Sizemore and Val Kilmer). They are being chased by a cop played by Al Pacino who is alot more like De Niro's criminal character that either would admit. There is like a trillion other backstories involving DeNiro's character becoming attached to a woman, Pacino's character's marriage falling apart, his step daughter's emotional problems, some criminal who kills prostitutes, a parolee who works in a cafe and a banker whom DeNiro has made it his personal vendetta to kill. Oh also, Ashley Judd plays Kilmer's characters wife and there is a whole story there. I'm not kidding, that is why it is three hours long. Alot of stuff going on.
It was one of those movies everyone says you gotta see like Scarface. It was just ok. First off it was like 3 hours long. I felt like it was really predictable. Alot of the secondary characters (and there are like 100 secondary characters) are one dimensional and the minute they step onto the screen you know what their whole story is going to be from start to finish. I felt like also for a three hour movie, they half assed alot of secondary story lines. Finally, it was confusing. Alot of the time I was wondering what was going on. When you have three hours to tell a story, you should do a damn good job of explaining what was going on.
For what was good, first off the action and violence was insane and realistic. Secondly, the star power was out of this world. Pacino and DeNiro acting side by side is like Babe Ruth and ARod playing on the same team. It is beyond incredible. Surprisingly, Val Kilmer does the best acting job in the movie. It surprises me about how much he stood out even though he was a secondary character in a movie filled with tons of the best actors in the industry.
Overall, the movie I give a C to. It tries to prove a point and tell an epic story and the problem is that despite being given three hours, it falls frustratingly short of its goal. It is better than the "what the hell is up with this movie?" Miami Vice but nowhere near as good as Mann's best crime thriller in Collateral. That movie is amazing and one of my absolute favorites.
So I am going to Vegas tomorrow. I don't feel "emotionally" ready for the trip. I mean I have been looking forward to it for like 11 months but now it is here. Staying at Bally's for the trip. I love Bally's. It doesnt try to be cool by having a river in the lobby or anything. It is what it is, a fantastic casino.
Looks like the trip is going to go like this...
Tomorrow-Going to Rio for the night. It is off the strip but still a nice casino with a unique feel.
After that we are going to hit some other places and go to bed late *I HOPE*Friday-Hitting the South Strip during the day. At night we are going to see KA, a Cirque du Soliel show. After that we are going to Mandalay Bay.
Saturday-Going to hit some other mid strip locales and at night we are going to Freemont Street.
Sunday-Going to the Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dam. Coming back and going to Hard Rock and Margaritaville at the Flamingo.
Monday-Hitting the North Strip all day. Mirage at night
Tuesday-home
Quite a busy week. I will see most of you next week. Hopefully I win some money. It would certainly be nice-
Jake
PS-2 batters into the game and Zambrano sucks and is all worried and flustered. This may not be good.
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