Da'ud Bob's Movie Review
for
November
2024
And now, a guest movie review by Anna Sue, published in July, 2005. I
thought it fitting, since Da'ud Bob's significant other, Anna Sue, known
more widely in the Society for Creative Anachronism as Anna Stitcher, and
my wife of 31 years, Jo Ann Appleton, passed away last month on October
15. As you read through her review, you will get a very good idea of her
sometimes wicked sense of humor, which is just one of the many things that
attracted me to her and which helped to keep us loving each other all
these years. She is gone now, and I will miss her terribly, but I still
have a few things, like this movie review, to keep her memory alive. I
hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
Since I didn’t want anyone going a month without a review while Da’ud Bob is
out of town, I decided I’d go down to the Steppeford Springs Cinema and see
La Femme Musketeer and tell you what I thought of it. Since’s
it’s not a movie Da’ud Bob would normally go see without me bribing him with
the giant economy bag of M&Ms, I thought it would be a treat for both of
us: you’d get an extra movie review and I’d get to see a period chick flick
without him being grumpy all the way through it.
Marti Jo decided to go with me and we left to go to the Cinema last
Wednesday night ... Marti Jo is my best friend and she lives in the trailer
that was just across from mine in Possum Acres Mobile Land Community, which
is where I lived before Da’ud Bob and I got hitched. Marti Jo’s got
the third trailer down on the left, the one with the big truck tire out
front. The tire is a planter – you know: flat on the ground, filled
with dirt. It came from one of those big truck rallies, off a truck
called Monster-Gila. During one of the demolition demonstrations, the
tire came off Monster-Gila and flew into the crowd and Marti Jo got to keep
it; kind of like keeping a baseball that was hit into the stands at a
baseball game. The gentleman who actually caught the tire (he was
sitting three seats down from where Marti Jo and Sparky were sitting)
allowed as how he didn’t really want it. The ambulance guys said it
looked like he only had three broken ribs and a fractured arm, and would
probably be out of the hospital in a week. Anyway, Marti Jo had Sparky
roll the tire to the parking lot and the brought it home in her
pickup. Sandi Lynn – she lives three trailers down from Marti Jo and
kinda catty-cornered from where I used to live – Sandi Lynn, being the
artsy-craftsy type, painted the tire all around white and then drew little
pastel-colored flowers around the edge. I think they planted pansies
in it. My trailer, by the way, has been rented to my cousin, Polly
Ann, who has moved to town to go to beautician school. Sparky is the
trailer park’s handyman. His real name is Bubba, but there was another
Bubba at the trade school Sparky attended so he changed his name to
something more fitting to his future occupation. He and the other
Bubba kept getting their stuff mixed up ... especially their hats, which was
a real problem since the other Bubba (not Sparky) had a real big head and
Sparky’s head is more normal-sized.
Anyway – Marti Jo and I left to go to the movies last Wednesday night ... at
least that was our intent when we got in the truck. Unfortunately, I
think I made an error in judgment when I agreed to let Marti Jo stop at the
Greater World of Fabric to return some samples (she’s redoing the trailer)
and someone had told her that distressed burlap was “in” and she had heard
that the Greater World of Fabric had received an entire line in mauve and
pickle green (she was particularly interested in the one called Gherkin
Delight). Then, realizing that by then we had missed the first showing
of the movie, I made another error in judgment and let Marti Jo talk me into
stopping at Joe Don’s Bar & Grill to celebrate her delight in finding
just the right shade of green. Well, wouldn’t you know it, she had way
too many beers and was gone ... She turned up again three days later in
Kansas City and called me for bus fare and bail, saying she would explain
later.
Well, I spent so much time looking for her that I missed both shows and had
to call Sparky to come and get me and take me home. So I guess I’ll
just drag Da’ud Bob down to the Cinema after he gets home – I’ll make it up
to him somehow – but I’m definitely making Marti Jo pay for the tickets (and
the M&Ms). In the meantime, Anna Sue says “Check out something of
your own” and Da’ud Bob’ll be back next month.
Upcoming
movies and miniseries to watch for!
Snow
White
March 21, 2025 |
Starring Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen, Rachel Zegler as Snow
White, Andrew Burnap, and Ansu Kabia, this Disney production is a
live-action "reinterpretation" of the 1937 animated film Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs. This movie has gone from an
early 2024 release to an early 2025 release.
|
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight
2025 |
A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two
unlikely heroes wandered Westeros... a young, naïve but courageous
knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set
in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and
the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living
memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits all
await these improbable and incomparable friends. A(nother) Game
of Thrones prequel. Streaming on Max. |
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