25th
A Happy Accident in Dublin
Too lazy to read all the words in this post? Here’s the point: See The Boat That Rocked (imdb / trailer) as soon as possible. There. How often do people jump straight to the point to save your lazy ass a little reading? You owe me.
Last Thursday was my first day in Dublin (see 38 photos from my trip to Ireland here). I had arrived the night before and cousin Sean took me out to dinner. But during the day, I was on my own while he was at work, and though I tried to make the most of it, Thursday sucked a little bit.
It rained mercilessly. I rode one of those hop-on-hop-off double-decker tour buses all the way around its tour without stopping anywhere. I just huddled up top under the covered part eating peanut butter sandwiches and tried to stay warm. Wind was blowing in my face from nowhere. It was awful.
When I’d seen it all and had to get off (huh-huh), it was raining pretty hard and I started walking fast, my fists balled in my pockets and my features scrunched up in that “oh man I’m getting stabbed again” face everyone makes in the rain.
I ate a delicious Whopper in Burger King, which is among my favorite fast food and totally unavailable in France. The burger was made of 100% Irish Beef.
Then I came across a movie theater and realized that, with no appetite for food or museums, the best thing I could do to stay warm and dry was go to the movies. Even though I was on a rare trip intended for discovering the Emerald Isle, I went for it. Because I love going to the movies so. Much.
I was desperate enough to have sat through Dragonball Z. But I didn’t have to, because one poster caught my eye and I bought a ticket on a whim. It was a good whim.
See The Boat That Rocked (imdb / trailer) as soon as possible.
What’s funny is that only a week or so before, I had really been in the mood to see a Philip Seymour Hoffman movie. Not just any of his movies, but a new one. Because he’s in about 20 major motion pictures per year, you can go to the movies practically whenever you get the urge to watch him perform and see him in something totally new. THEN I go to see this flick more or less by chance and didn’t even recognize him on the poster. Imagine my excitement when I walked into the theater a minutes late and BAM THERE HE IS ON THE SCREEN LIKE A CHUNKY, SARDONIC ANGEL SENT TO ANSWER MY PRAYERS.
Great movie about pirate rock radio in the 1960’s U.K. Also features favorites Bill Nighy and Rhys Darby, who plays the band manager in Flight of the Concords. See it.
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