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where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Friday, June 8ht, 2012
show: 12:01 a.m. Midnight Show
costs: $14.00 Ticket + $4.50 20.0 oz VitaminWater Revive
auditorium: 14
seat: 5th row, 7th column
2nd time
where: AMC METREON 16 in San Francisco, CA
when: Sunday, June 17th, 2012
show: 4:00 p.m.
costs: $16.00 Ticket + $5.00 Curly Fries w/ Ranch Dressing Dip + $4.75 20.0 oz Powerade Mountain Berry Blast + $2.00 Cako Creamery Ube Ice Cream Sandwich & $3.25 single-scoop Vanilla Ice Cream w/ Chai Tea after the movie + $8.10 round-trip BART Train fare + $5.00 Carquinez Bridge Toll + $6.00 Regular Gas @ a Union 76 gas station in Vallejo, CA, before heading off to the El Cerrito Del Norte BART Train Station in El Cerrito, CA + $3.57 regular size Strawberry Milkshake @ A&W/Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant at the Lucky's Supermarket Shopping Center on the corner of Tuolumne and Redwood Streets here in Vallejo on my way home = $53.67
auditorium: 6, on the 3rd Floor
seat: 4th row, 5th column
synopsis/overview: Stuck in Europe because of the penguins, Alex, the lion, and his zoo friends join a circus in the hope that they'll get famous enough to end-up back in New York.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Elderly; 2.) Birthday present; 3.) Chimichanga; 4.) Port of Monte Carlo; 5.) Four phases; 6.) Disguise; 7.) Luxury assault recreational vehicle; 8.) Chase; 9.) Banana machine gun; 10.) Labor law; 11.) Circus train; 12.) "Let me finish"; 13.) Deed; 14.) College fund; 15.) Bear; 16.) Polka dot, Afro; 17.) Ducati motorcycle; 18.) "You call this laying low"; 19.) Fountain; 20.) Bad circus performance; 21.) Rings; 22.) New circus; 23.) Intensive care unit; 24.) Cliff; 25.) Tight rope; 26.) Trapeze; 27.) "Que grande problema"; 28.) "It was always impossible, Vitaly. That's why the people loved it"; 29.) Opening act; 30.) Contract; 31.) Incoming/outgoing; 32.) "My tears are real, you're not"; 33.) Home; 34.) Darts; 35.) "What really matters is that we smell together"; 36.) "That's Bolshevik"; 37.) "It was never about the money"; 38.) Afro Circus rescue; 39.) "We are doing Trapeze Americano"; 40.) "It is real"; 41.) Song and dance; and 42.) Bonus scenes during the Ending Credits.
favorite scenes: I liked the Banana Machine Gun scene.
I liked the Olive Oil scene.
I liked the London Circus Show scene.
I liked the Hair Conditioner scene.
I liked the Afro Circus Rescue scene.
And I liked the stupid Small Ring scene;
and the stupider Keyhole scene.
audience reaction: The audience liked it. But it didn't get a "Hands Clapper" ending.
2nd audience reaction: The audience gave it a "Hands Clapper" ending.
recommendation: I liked this movie a lot, especially when the circus performances got going. Go take your little brats to see this movie; they'll love the circus acts--and no brat will be scared of the clowns ( too bad! ). Splurge a little and see this in 3-D, it will be worth it!
spoiler alert! When they surfaced from underwater, how come their furs weren't soaking wet? I really hoped that Alex's personal "pain-in-the-balls", the little old lady, would be in this installment, but she wasn't. For some unknown and stupid reason, they substituted with something else the funny line: "You fool ... why did ... you let ... them get ... a-way?" How was the woman able to run through walls that easily? Didn't their radar pick-up an unknown aircraft flying through their sovereign air space? There were no police and news helicopters around. Vitaly, the tiger, was obviously good at throwing knives; so, why didn't he showcase his knife-throwing talent? So, they ran away to join the circus, a circus that travels by train; their zookeepers won't have a hard time tracking them down.
fyi: Katy Perry's song, Firework, is perfect--absolutely perfect!--for the London Circus Show scene.
I would love to see this movie a second time in 3-D--or in I-Max 3-D, if possible!
word of advice: Home is where the heart is.
tidbits: I'm like a little squirrel hoarding nuts when it comes to saving money: I've got coins and dollar bills "squirreled" away inside of my condo. At one time, I had about $1,000.oo in coins and more than $2,000.oo in dollar bills hidden all over my place. That's why I don't have visitors come over to my place, or their visit might turn into an unwelcome impromptu Treasure Hunt behind my back!
But, I figured that it was now a good time to put at least 2/3rds of my "Rainy Day Money" in one of my bank accounts. So, I rolled-up--professionally, I might add ( I figured-out the trick to doing it professionally: You fold the edge around 3 to 4 times, pinch/crimp it all around, and push the new edge down hard on a flat surface, twisting it as you do )--$210.oo worth of quarters for deposit in my USBank savings account here in Vallejo today, Thursday, June 7th, 2012.
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| This box contains 21 rolls of quarters. And it was one heavy box! Each roll holds $10.oo. |
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| This is the same box as above, but opened-up to show the 21 rolls of quarters. I put my white address labels on all of them. So, if there is a discrepancy in the count, the bank can contact me. I took these two pictures on the hood of my blue Hyundai Accent, by the way. |
I got into the habit of not spending new and shiny coins, especially the Commemorative State Quarters; and I also forced myself not to spend new and crispy dollar bills. That was how I ended-up saving so much money to "squirrel" around in my condo! But, lately, I decided to put most of it away in a savings account so that it will be safer since I live in a "less desirable" neighborhood.
Later, I went to Benicia, CA, to pick-up my paycheck, to make a deposit in my savings account at BofA ( Bank of America ), and to put some money in my checking account at Chase Bank.
Then, I went to Springs Road here in Vallejo to buy some Lecithin capsules and some Garlic capsules at the 99-Cent Only Store. I then went to the Selecta Pilipino Buffet next door to have lunch and to pop a Lecithin capsule and a Garlic capsule in my mouth after the meal. And I went back to the 99-Cent Only Store to buy some more stuff--but I didn't buy bananas this time ( I have to make the Banana Police happy once in a while )!
And I went to Goin' Postal to try my Postal Annex rental box key in my Goin' Postal rental box lock. It also works at this place; both keys are, indeed, interchangeable! I had two small packages in my box--quite a quick turn-around since I ordered the stuff on-line only just four days ago, on Sunday, June 3rd.
At 30 minutes before the midnight show, I swung by the Admiral Callaghan Lane Safeway to buy a booklet of stamps.
After the movie, I got $4.20 worth of gas ( a gallon's worth ) at the Chevron gas station on the corner of Mini Drive and Sonoma Boulevard.
Then, I drove to the Super Wal-Mart in American Canyon to buy a birthday present for someone. There was a police roadblock in front of the store on Sonoma Boulevard/Highway 29. It was around 2:00 a.m. when I got there.
I saw one of my co-workers there at the checkstand. He and a friend of his went to see the midnight show for the movie, PROMETHEUS, at the same theatre where I went to see this movie.
2nd tidbits: I've wanted to see this movie again. And I got to see it at the AMC METREON 16 in San Francisco, CA, a theatre that I've always wanted to visit for many years now and finally got around to doing so today!
While I was still on Fairgrounds Drive here in Vallejo, CA, on my way to the Union 76 gas station across the street from the Denny's Restaurant, two black idiots ( male and female ) in a couple of '80s American cars didn't like the way that I was driving at the posted speed limit of 30 mph, so they cut me off! What f-cking lowlifes!!!
I left my car at the El Cerrito Del Norte BART Station's parking garage, space # 412.
When the BART train stopped at the West Oakland BART Station, I noticed a beautiful Asian girl squatting down on the opposite platform waiting for her train. She wore a dress; and I caught a glimpse of her crotch with my quick "whiplash-neck" reflex! Sweet .... But I was not in a position to take a picture of it--had I sat 3 seats further back, I would have been in a perfect spot for a "sneak-click" with my camera. The Oriental girl who sat across from me and her white boyfriend knew this, as she smiled at us knowingly since we were both in no position to take advantage of the photo-op. ( Oh, Selective Photographic Memory of mine, please don't fail me now! L.O.L. )
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| I took this picture while I waited for the light to turn green. They're obviously doing some renovation work on the building's facade. |
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| This photo is of the marquee above the concession counter on the 3rd floor. And the dome-shaped "thingies" on the ceiling are security cameras. They have Curly French Fries, a welcome change from the usual Popcorn; and quite a generous portion, to boot! |
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| I took this photo of the outdoor dining area after the movie ended. A girl on the 4th floor was busy taking pictures, too. And she wore a short skirt. I was tempted to take an upskirt photo of her but there were guys standing next to her who probably noticed me on the 3rd floor using my camera and knew what I wanted to do with it! Great minds think alike. Darn .... |
It was cold in San Francisco today. It felt like wintertime. And I was glad that I went back to my car in the parking garage to get my sweater jacket before boarding a train. Or, maybe, it was because of the frozen desserts which I just ate!
Anyway ....
Outside of the theatre, I made a quick call to my friend, Hector, to wish him a "Happy Father's Day!" And I told him that I'm still waiting for the custom-embroidered gift that I'm having made for him. I was told by the shop's proprietor that it will be ready in a few days. The embroidery work is just the six letters of Hector's last name stitched onto the back of an official U.S. Border Patrol baseball cap--and it has been over a month and the embroidery shop is still not done with it yet! I had planned on gifting Hector with it two weeks ago on his birthday!!! Had I known it would take this long for some simple embroidery work to get done, I would have hand-stitched it myself.
Then, I called my sister in Michigan to wish her husband a "Happy Father's Day!" But nobody answered the 'phone. I guess that they were still at my sister's in-laws' place celebrating the occasion.
On the way home, I got on the BART train at the Powell Street BART Station. The train was packed. And I was forced to stand near someone who smelled like he or she just crawled out of a sewer. Really! the smell was that bad. I'm just glad that whoever it was got off at the next station, the Montgomery Street BART Station.
And speaking of off-putting smells today, a lot of people in San Francisco of the "itinerant crowd" seem to prefer using Sandalwood scent on their persons! Yuck, I can't stand the funky smell of it at all.
At the parking garage of the El Cerrito Del Norte BART Station, I deliberated on whether or not I should go to the AMC BAY STREET 16 in Emeryville, CA, to buy an advance ticket for the Pixar movie, BRAVE, coming out this Friday. But, in the end, to save on gas, I decided to just wait on it as I am sure that I will be going to Hector's place in Oakland, CA, in a few days and I will just swing by the theatre then to buy the ticket before heading on home.
Once I got back to Vallejo, I decided to go to the 99-Cent Only Store on Springs Road to buy some stuff. I spent $13.88 on my total purchase. ( So, all in all, I spent $67.55 today--I'm just glad that I didn't take anyone with me to the movies! )
And, driving back to my place, I got a sudden craving for some milkshake. So, I swung by the A&W/Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant on the corner of Tuolumne and Redwood streets for a Strawberry Milkshake, which was my dinner for the evening.
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