let's go out to the movies

i went to see the day the earth stood still last night with a couple friends. in favor of lists at the present moment, i have decided to make one concerning the evening:

1. the movie theater was very comfortable, but i still think it is strange to assign seats. it is a german thing, and i'm ok with it, but if anyone would have asked me to move (i chose to sit in a different seat) i would have been annoyed, probably more because the theater was fairly empty, but still.
2. there were indeed a few too many advertisements, especially being that the movie cost 8�€. we were, however, apparently spared the ice cream lady, much like a peanut man i assume, only with ice cream and in a theater.
3. i was amused with the squeakiness of the curtain as it pulled back several times to show the feature presentation. cinestar should not grease the wheels, it is funnier that way.
   
4. the previews were pretty boss. terminator 4 (staring batman and robots), star trek (produced by jj abrams from LOST), liam neeson (whose name i spelled correctly on the first try) beating people up looking for his daughter (shannon from LOST) in paris, and something with meryle streep (whose name i did not spell correctly on the first try. merryle? what was i thinking). there was also one for a german comedy that looks pretty good.
5. the movie was also surprisingly boss. i liked it the whole way through, even when, or maybe especially when, the metal bugs ate everything.
6. i like keanu reeves, and don't understand why people are always doggin on him. he's cool. matrix was cool. i don't get why people gotta be doggin on him.
7. the german rap music dubbed over the normal credit music is strange, but i still liked it.
8. now thanks to wikipedia, i know what a best boy is. i have long since wondered.
9. after the movie, we saw some sort of accident, or rather the remnants there of, on the street. my mind immediately blamed aliens. i have since seen no evidence to lead me to another assumption, leading me to believe jena, germany, may in fact have been attacked by aliens. i later found out that a drunk guy was run over by the straßenbahn.
   
10. the sports bar socca is actually a decent place to hang out, and they are open every day until 4am. every day. until 4am. not bad.
11. even after staying out till 2.30, i was still able to stay awake during church (i also was translating for an african lady named bonnie, so that helped).

most importantly, and worthy of derailing this proper list i have assembled, i understood the movie. not just the main points, and what was going on, i understood what they were saying, and pretty much all of it. i bet if i went through again, i could find things i missed a bit, but probably not many. that was a great encouragement to me. i can speak german fairly well now, and that is good.

i also liked the movie, but that's not as important.

goodnight.

.jrs.