Summer movies

The list of summer movies is filled with a variety of choices. I've seen Star Trek twice and that's enough for me until the DVD comes out. But, if it has "legs" as I suspect it has, I might catch it once more before it leave the cinemas. It's first week Star Trek made an impressive 74 million or so, better than any TREK before it. In the second weekend, it came in a close 2nd to Angels and Demons, only dropping 42% from the previous week's take. That's very good for any film.

Star Trek stars previously "unknown" actors Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk, Zackary Pinto as Spock, Zoe Salada as Uhura and several others that play Scotty, Chekov and Sulu and my favorite from the film, Dr. McCoy. As someone that was not pleased that the director of Cloverfield was at the helm of this film, JJ Abrams has done a fantastic job of making an entertaining film while still staying true to the foundations of Star Trek lore.

Pine is a wonderful Capt. Kirk and his banter with the new McCoy is spot-on. If you haven't seen this and are not a fan, you will be pleasantly surprised. Many non-fans have truly enjoyed this film. As a long time Trekkie or Trekker (I prefer Trekkie), I loved it.

One film that seems to be falling under the radar is State of Play, a thriller that stars Russell Crowe. He plays an investigative newsman that is looking into the murder of an aide to a senator. The senator is played by Ben Affleck and he does a very good job in that role. This film has received good reviews and is worth seeing. I saw it opening weekend and will definitely get the DVD.

Duplicity was okay. 'Nuf said.

Angels and Demons was very good and glad my friend Ronda wanted to see it with me. I don't know if I would have gone to see it, as I have never seen all of The DaVinci Code and wasn't particularly interested in A & D. Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Stallan Stasgaard (if you remember him from the 2nd and 3rd Pirates of the Caribbean, you'll not recognize him here) and the rest of the supporting cast make this film better than it's predecessor.

Follow up

Since changing the routine, Jason has been happier. He's almost done with his pre-school year and goes into Kindergarten (full day) this Fall.

I took him to the pool today at our subdivision. He's remembering some of his swimming lessons two years ago! With a Boogie board, he can swim around in the swallow end and is now tall enough to stand with his head above the water line. I think that with regular pool visits he'll be more adept in a few short weeks.