I Suck At Tropic Thunder

today, i went to watch a movie that i had no intention of seeing.

apparently my bff (or former bff as she is currently angry with me... kerry) threw out the idea to my friend (jen) and karen to watch the sisterhood of the traveling pants 2 in the theaters today.

i believe (and i could be mistaken) the three of them had watched the first movie when they were vacationing together in florida a few years ago. i guessed the three of them enjoyed the movie very much. as it turns out, kerry even has the books that the movie (and its sequel) are based on. yay girl power...

i had previously never seen the sisterhood of the traveling pants, nor read any of the books. one day, when karen was flipping the channels on the television, we came upon the movie. karen got really excited to watch the sisterhood of the traveling pants again. and because i will basically watch any movie, i decided to watch it with her to make her happy.

during the movie, i kept thinking to myself... yay girl power! actually, the first thoughts that ran through my mind were: if the people i knew were in the movie... karen would be the lena character because she basically does what her parents tell her to do; jen would be the carmen character because she is basically the glue that holds the friends together; and kerry would be the tibby character because she is the tough character. i couldn't think of who would be the bridget character. i had thought that hot amy could be the bridget character because she scores with the guy, but then i realized that the bridget character is also athletic... and well... if you know hot amy, you'd know that hot amy doesn't like to sweat.

needless to say, i watched the sisterhood of the traveling pants movie with karen. so, i could only imagine her excitement for the sequel. well, today was going to be a busy day because the plan to meet hot amy's new man was also in the works for the day. eventually, karen took charge and ended up planning the movie theater and time.

the movie theater of choice: randolph. the time: 2:30pm. the early showing of the movie would still allow for the later dinner plans to meet hot amy's new guy. so, kerry met everyone at the theater.

meanwhile, my friend (bill) also wanted to watch a movie today. he wanted to watch tropic thunder. now, i suck at tropic thunder. i had absolutely no desire to watch the movie... not that i am a big supporter of retarded people or anything. i didn't even know the movie was offensive to retarded people until i saw the movie. the movie just looked outright... awful.

(below is a video of tropic thunder.)


as i was out and about anyway, i decided to watch tropic thunder with bill while karen, jen, and kerry watched the sisterhood of the traveling pants 2. and i must say... i was pleasantly surprised by the movie. tropic thunder was actually pretty funny in the zoolander sense. the movie even sported a bald and hairy tom cruise.

all in all, i must admit... i did enjoy tropic thunder. (and incidentally, when i was talking to karen, jen, and kerry after their movie, kerry informed all of us that she would prefer to not be the "bitter" tibby.)