Welcome back to the drill!! Hope you all had wonderful Thanksgiving Holidays! I was all set to publish an update last Wed. afternoon and it wouldnt upload. Oh well. I'll hit 3 consecutive updates someday. ;-) On with the show.
Monday Random Thoughts
-The Dodgers still dont have a manager. It used to be managing the Dodgers was like THE job to have in the NL. Now, almost everyone they have approached has ran for the hills. Could it be because of their incompetent, money grubbing owner?? hmmm
-So after losing 91 games last season, the Dodgers did what any other team would do in that situation. Get better players? Nope. Offer some sort of thanks to fans for sticking with the team? Nope. They raised ticket prices for the second straight year and the average price of a Dodgers ticket topped $20 for the first time ever. What is with this ownership? How about waiting a year before you raise prices again.
-It wouldnt be so bad if they were raising prices for, say paying for a better team. But by all accounts, owner Frank McCourt is trimming payroll to $75 million for next season. Far below the $100 million plus he guaranteed would be payroll as long as he was owner. The bad news just keeps coming for the faithful followers of the Blue. :-(
-Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, best known for his role as a martial arts sensei in "The Karate Kid" died over the Thanksgiving weekend. He was 73. Morita played the wise Kesuke Miyagi in four "The Karate Kid" movies and their sequels. The last one "The Next Karate Kid", was released in 1994 and featured a young Hilary Swank. Morita is survived by his wife and three daughters from a previous marraige. Sayonara sensei, you were one of a kind and you will forever live in the hearts of many other 80's kids that watched you teach Ralph Macchio how to whup some Cobra Kai ass. May you rest in peace.
-Went to Disneyland on Friday and all the horror stories of a overcrowded park are true! I'll have more of a Disneyland update tommorrow, but just know that the days of "slow" time @ Disneyland are LONG gone.
Weekend Box Office Report
1) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, $54.7 million: The Goblet is still overflowin! OK, sorry for that. Seriously, this movie continues to outpace estimates. Its already on track to be the highest grossing Harry Potter film to date. In its 10 days of release the movie has taken in an amazing $201 million in the US alone. As the critics continue to praise it, the people keep flocking to the theatre to see it. With only "Aeon Flux" opening this weekend, this film should continue to rake in the cash for another week.
2) Walk the Line, $19.2 million: Holding steady at number 2 for the second week in a row, the Johnny Cash bio-pic is getting some great word of mouth. Should help its Oscar hopes and make it into a blockbuster soon enough.
3) Yours, Mine and Ours, $17.4 million: One of the weekends new films, did respectable considering the competition. This is a remake of an old Lucille Ball movie and its opening was pretty much in line with studio estimates. Lets see how big the drop off is in week 2.
4) Chicken Little, $12.5 million: Still holding strong, now almost a month later. "Chicken Little" has become Disney's first real animated hit since "Lilo and Stitch". I was able to catch this film in 3D over the weekend and it was great. If you havent seen it already, check it out. If you have seen it, but only in regular theatres, I highly recommend the 3D version. Disney did a great job with the format and I hope they continue to release films using this technology.
5) Rent, $10.0 million: Based on the hit musical of the same name. This movie opened far below what studio insiders were hoping. I'm guessing fans of the musicaldont want their version ruined by a movie. There's people out there that swear "Rent" is like the greatest thing ever and will tear you a new one should u dare talk about it. I'm guessing the movie makers were hoping some of those diehards would come in and give the movie a try. So far, it hasnt panned out that way.
Well, a quick update today. Hope you enjoyed. Remember that all feedback is appreciated. Hit the comment box below or email me @ DougE825@aol.com. Til the next time
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