Weekendy stuff

Friday night we went to go see the movie Hairspray.  In concordance with the paper reviews, I can say that yes, it is a fun movie.  John Travolta does a remarkable job of never letting the viewer forget that, well, that's John Travolta!, while at the same time doing a good portrayal of Edith.  Never having seen the musical, I'm just kind of assuming that it's a good movie adaptation.  That said, Hairspray wasn't as interesting a musical or movie as Dreamgirls was.  Here's hoping that the next movie musical on tap, Sweeney Todd, is good and that the actors can sing well enough to hold up the parts.

Sunday night we had a nice time at shoutingboy's birthday party.  Nice apt complex and pool, good food, good company!

We've been enjoying the Final Fantasy Retrospective video series over at gametrailers.com.  (Thanks, GWJ!) They have five parts posted of a planned thirteen, releasing one every week.  The ratio is generally more than one game per video, so they've gotten through Seven (and the various spinoffs of #7) at this point.  I'm impressed by how informative the series is.  There's commentary on the storylines (which so far is not tremendously spoiler-y), the graphics, and of course the gameplay in each iteration of the famous series.  Great watching if you're a fan.  Maybe we'll check out their Zelda Retrospective while waiting for their remaining episodes of the FF series.

( In the land of Zelda )