The company I work for gives me 20 days of leave, of which I rarely take. And so, at the end of the year, I do Leave Clearance to avoid it going to waste. That means Tuesdays and Thursdays off for the rest of the year! Yay, I get more time for geeks and chicks. And yeah, free movies.

In retrospect, I wish I could take Fridays off so I could hang out late on Thursday without worry, but the work comes on Friday. I cannot really take two days off in a row because the office would miss me too much, so I take alternate days. The worst part of taking alternate days is that everyday feels like a Monday, coming in after a leisurely day.

IMAX is so real, it’s like Boog really pounced on me.

Open Season has to be seen in IMAX 3D. You’d wanna reach out and pet the bear!

I then saw Robots on ASTRO, and I greatly regretted not catching it in IMAX 3D. The movie was made for IMAX, with all the action sequences.

How does IMAX work? The glasses are two polarizers, one 90 degrees from the other. Same goes for the two projectors; each is polarized differently. The left polarizer cuts out light from the right projector and vice versa. I tested this with my polarizer; turning it would fade between the two images being projected on screen at the moment.

On to more funnies.

Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby was alright; there were some great intellectual moments, but there were more slapstick moments. Still, Will Ferrell plays the arrogant uneducated buffoon best in Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy. The intellectual moments I love are classic Homer Simpson humor – “Heh Heh Heh! Lisa! Vampires are make believe, just like elves and gremlins and eskimos!”

Or, like “How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?” Teehee!

I didn’t expect too much from Talladega, from the trailer, knowing that I would always compare it to Anchorman. Same went for Nacho Libre, which had that pointless stoning at the camera brought by that director of Napoleon Dynamite. School Of Rock was what got me a fan of Jack Black.

I finally saw Saw on Halloween night. Wow.

John Tucker Must Die was good! John’s brother reminded me a bit too much of Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You, with the cynicism and long locks. If forced to make a choice, I’d pick the girl who played Carrie (Arielle Kebbel), though Ashanti was good. They made Jenny McCartney look real old though. 🙁

Also, this (and Talladega Nights) did not have that annoying bluish digital video tone. Colors were natural and vibrant.

I also managed to catch Frankenstein In Love and was entertained. (Go read the blog, that’s entertaining, too.) Once you stop trying to make sense of things, you get some pretty neat one-liners. I didn’t get how Mary George was a ghost and then a nurse… but then, this play had an excuse to be disjointed; after all, it was about Frankenstein and his mishmash of monsters. Some other plays were much less coherent. I didn’t recognize Ari Ratos, as he wasn’t playing a bumbling idiot! U-En Ng wielded yet another hammer, true to his style. Melissa Maureen also looked a lot smaller than I remember. I wanted to stay and apologize for mistaking her superstar friend as a supporting cast but my friend had to run.

I think I’m Doctor Frankenstein with digital cameras. Wait till I blog about it. (Or see a sneak preview off somebody’s blog.)