There are two different kinds of people that go to see movies. There's the kind that goes to have a good time, and there's the kind that goes there to criticize. The second type of people piss me off A LOT. I just got back from watching The Matrix: Reloaded. And it was an incredible movie. Everything about it was amazing. They actually managed to improve on everything that made the fist Matrix a great movie. And yet, when I walked out of the theater, what's the first word I hear? "The first one was soooo much better.", "That was dissappointing.", and "That wasn't nearly as good," among other things. Why do people have to be so freaking negative? Seriously. I am soooo sick of people looking for things to complain about. There are all these people out there who call themselves hardcore fans and then bash anything new that comes out of the thing they're a fan of. Like Final Fantasy fans. There are hundreds of people that write letters and post on forums complaining how the only good final fantasies were the early ones and all the new ones suck. And then there's the people that didn't like the FF movie because it was too different. People complain that the only good Star Trek was the first one. The first series of "insert tv show series here" was the only good one and it went downhill from there". So-andso's only good album was their first one. Yada yada yada. People are so freaking pessimistic and whiny and it pisses me off. Why can't they just enjoy something for it's own sake and look for the good qualities?
The second matrix movie was very good. It managed to improve upon everything that the first movie did well. It had better fight scenes, better effects, and a better, cooler, larger, and more complicated story. I don't want to give anything away, but trust me that it is what you all have been wating for. The only thing that it doesn't have that the first one did is surprise. The first one came out of nowhere and surprised everyone. It didn't have any hype to live up to for people to think its a great movie. Of course the second one doesn't have the shock value, and of course the hype just screams for pessimistic bastards to invent excuses to rip into it. The most readily example in The Matrix: Reloaded is the love scene between Neo and Trinity. Yes, it was more than 2 seconds. Yes, they were naked. But it was an important and vital scene to the movie, and it was tastefully done. It was not a "sex scene", it was not a "fucking scene". It was a "making love" scene. There was no grunting or thrusting or genitalia or boobies. Most of the shots were of Neo and Trinity tenderly kissing. The whole thing focused on the fact that they were sharing their love for one another, and it was vital to the movie for the audience to see how much they love eachother and what life for them is relly like when they have to sneak away to show affection. The sequence was to show that the people in this bleak future can actually live happy lives and have something to celebrate about inspite of all their hardships. It is about humanity surviving and thriving. That is one of the main themes of The Matrix, in my opinion, and that scene captures it beautifully. People need to think before they open their stupid mouths.
So, yeah, I have a headache. A pretty bad headache. I've been having them a lot recently. I'm not sure why. But I've found that I can dull the pain if I concentrate right. It's kind of odd. And it's difficult and requires a lot of constant concentration, but I can make the pain mostly go away. Interesting. But, trying to think, type, and converse with Steve doesn't leave a whole lot of concentration left to block out the pain . . . stupid headache . . . and I don't even have any tylenol left to make it go away. . . But I suppose that's my own fault . . .
I didn't go to Anatomy and Chem today. I just didn't want to. Scott called and I just went right back to bed. I'm not sure why I didn't want to, I just didn't. Part of me just didn't want to see Scott, but that's a really dumb reason for not going to class . . . I've been pissed at Scott all day today, and I'm not sure why. I thought we patched things up yesterday, but I guess they're still bothering me. I left to go to the movie without Scott and Katrina, and I tried my best to not let them find us and sit somewhere else. It didn't work, though. He sat right next to me. And when he got up to go get popcorn, I had Jason take his place. Scott noticed and asked me about it over MSN tonight, but I couldn't answer him because I still don't know . . . I'm really odd.
Steve decided to invite extra people along too. It was somewhat irritating as well, but I guess I didn't specifically invite him to come, I just told him he might want to get a ticket. And I don't even know these girls, so I didn't really talk to him much at the movie. Oh, and these girls were the ones complaining about the movie . . . grrrrr . . .
So, yeah, I have to have 8 hours of community service done ovver the course of three visits by monday. Now, that wouldn't be so bad if I could do these hours this weekend, but I can't. I can do them tomorrow, and friday . . . and that's it. So, I'm going to see if my teacher can let me have a small extension and let me have the hours done by the end of finals week. I hope so. She's a nice lady. Community service sucks though. It's time wasted that I could be using to work and actually earn money . . .
Speaking of money, there's a Kareoke competition at Dana tomorrow. I am soo entering because I think I have a good shot at winning and I desperately need the money. I'm going to sing You're Body is a Wonderland by John Mayer. That will totally kick ass because it is perfectly in my range, I know the song by heart already, and it will melt and female judge there. But I can't get cocky. Everytime I do, I lose. So, I'm going to practice my ass off tomorrow because I have to win something.
So my little message to Nick? He responded. He just said that he's really busy with work and doesn't really have much time because he closes at the amusement park and still has stuff to do when he gets home. I can understand that I guess. But it doesn't make it any less hard. I guess I should just forget about trying to talk to him and wait until I actually go see him in a little less than a month. It sounds kinda iffy, though. I really don't know what to do.
