The King of California

We found this little gem one night when we couldn't quite seem to fall asleep.  As Brian frequently refers to California as the "Promised Land" I thought it might be a hit.  Suprisingly it was, but not for the reasons you would think.

The begining is rather slow, but sit tight.  Soon enough the suttle gems of entertainment arise.  Imagine a young 16 year old girl who lives with her quite literally insane father.  They have no money.  She works at McDonalds to pay the bills.  Life is rough.  And now someone wants to take their home because it doesn't fit in with the surrounding new townhome development. 

As a solution to the problem the Dad remembers some research he'd done during his stint in the mental institution.  There's a burried treasure from a spanish conquest and he has a journal outlining the details on how to find it.  Where might they find the buried treasure?  Only 6 feet under the floor dead center in the middle of a Costco.

They hire on a team member who has skills in breaking security alarms.  Thank heavens for him as he adds to the undertoned humor.  During the planning of this adventure paths cross with a party of swingers, a run in with the cops, and a deep sea dive below Costco's floors.

The end is so classic I can't give it away.  Take a look and let me know what you think.  I gave this movie an 8 pm rating.  That's when you're bored enough to watch it, but still awake enough you won't fall asleep!

Here's a trailer from Rotton Tomatoes to give you a visual.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/king_of_california/trailers/10888405

Happy watching!

The joy of Netflix

I have come to the realization that I am terrible about blogging about my life!  I have a GREAT private journal that I don't miss a week in writing, so maybe I think my public writing is a double dose of extreme documentation of my life.

So I thought I would try something a little different.  Bri and I (in all our spare time between 2 jobs, teaching dance, remodeling our home, church callings, and social events) have found a delight in searching our instant view Netflix subscription for some hidden jems.  This all began with the realization that there is SO many activities to do in Houston.  We can go ..... eat or ...... watch movies..... or eat some more?  I think this is why we have an obesity problem!  There are no hills, lakes, or nearly anything to play on, in, or around.  Not to mention it is MUCH too hot to even sit oustide let alone move about frantically doing any type of physical activity.  Brian described it perfectly one day by saying that when he opened the door to go to work the heat litterally kicked him in the diaphram making him lose all his air and causing him to fall backward into the house gasping for air!  The air is thick here people....really thick.

Back to our new job.  Reviewing wierd unknown movies.  This happened when - after owning Netflix for an entire two years - we realized, they aren't adding anything new.  Unless of course it's something that was made before 1999 and is something no one has ever heard of before.  And since all I want to do during the summer here is crank the AC to 65 degrees and not move a muscle, this is the perfect new time waster.  I hope you might be inspired to watch some yourself (Warning...these movies are only any good if you already expect them to suck.....reeaaallllyyyy bad).

First hidden gem:  "The Thrid Wheel". Imagine wanting for 2 years to go on a date with someone and when you finally do how pressured you feel to make it be perfect.  Except within 2 minutes of havnig picked up your date you run over a homeless guy, who also seems slightly mentally challenged.  Not only do you feel like an idiot but you need to show your date how generous you are.  They go to the hospital to make sure he's okay.  You explain to the injured that this has to be the perfect date, and the soon to be 3rd wheel decides to take it upon himself to make this the best date ever. 

I was SO entertained by this movie.  I think one of the bigger suprises was the number of actors that appeared in this film!  Fun to try to remember all the shows they are all from. If you're a Netflix viewer and have run out of movies to watch, definately through this in your que.

Happy watching all!