[meteorite-list] Meteorites in the Theater

From: MexicoDoug <MexicoDoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Aug 22 00:07:49 2006
Message-ID: <008801c6c591$e76dcb60$c4cc5ec8_at_0019110394>

(Warning! Very 'Rite related; Levity alert.)

Hello Listees:

Saturday night somehow ended up in the syndicated movie theater. It was a
craps shot: too late for anything with an interesting title.

There was this Uma Thurman flick "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" playing. Never
heard of it. Just crossed my fingers that it would net more of a hug than a
Kung-Fu energized sock in the nose - based on the possibly ominous or maybe
juvenile title.

The joke was on me in an big, irony way. This "romantic" spoofy-goofy
comedy from Hollywood is all about meteorites and sex.

As a movie, I'm sorry that can't recommend it (despite the latent acting
talents). But: If you happen to have a girl or guy interested, or who you
would like interested in your space rocks, take the 50's horror-flick
attitude and just do it. It's a movie about a geeky girl that was
influenced by a bolide she saw in 11th grade, a moment before consummating
her first encounter at lovers' point. I won't completely spoil the plot,
but you can expect this: A sophomoric view on women and sex, women get sweet
revenge; meteorites, super-heroines, dorks and nerds, belligerent bragging
buddies on the prowl - plus a delightful supervisor at work.

Meteorite scenes:
The meter high bolide causes a ruckus crashing to leave no noticeable
crater, but a mass of flaming pumice rock that explodes on Uma Thurman.
(It's later implied to be an iron meteorite so this is somewhat ignorable).
The bad guy experiments on the properties of meteorites - mostly with his
rock saw.
The bad guy keeps a big Campo(?) in the refrigerator next to the ham and
beer.
The male protagonist gets Uma Thurman back by offering meteorite - wrapped
up as a present and ribbon in a big box..
(which is about a foot and a half in diameter (45cm) but is probably carried
around under one arm with the roses.)
Everyone lunges to get a piece of the meteorite.
Guys generally loose in the meteorite frenzy and go have a beer while the
girls do their thing.
All you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about sex after touching a
meteorite ... I'll keep this PG. The movie is PG-13.

Who sold them the Campo in the 'fridge? Come on and fess up!

...and my girl now just won't stop rubbing in "I know why you're into
meteorites"... So maybe should've settled for a karate-chop-in-the-kisser
comedy!
(If you are looking for real romance see: "The Lake House" and skip this)

Best wishes, Doug
Received on Mon 21 Aug 2006 10:23:04 PM PDT