Beating the Heat

To say it's hot here would be a bit of an understatement but that is par for the course in our little corner of Southern California known as the San Fernando Valley. The last couple of days have topped 100 and we won't have many days over the next 7 or 8 weeks that come in under that.

Yesterday the boys had Karate in the late afternoon so it wasn't a good day to take off for the beach so we decided to take in a movie and went to the local AMC to see "The Island". Imagine our surprise when the movie started and it wasn't the "The Island" but rather "The Great Raid", a movie that's not even out yet.

After a few minutes I observed people leaving to go inform someone the wrong film was showing and eventually they turned off "The Great Raid", made an announcement and then started "The Island". Everyone in the theater was given free passes for the inconvenience which I appreciated. I enjoyed "The Island", particulary the cinematography. It wasn't outstanding but it was an enjoyable way to pass a hot summer afternoon.

On the other hand after seeing the first 15 minutes or so of "The Great Raid" I definately won't bother to see that, not even as a DVD rental.

We're gonna pack the car up shortly and head down to the beach today to meet up with some friends--Yeah!