I Suck At Due Dates

Sunday was May 2nd, the original due date that our daughter (Briana) was supposed to be born on. Now, I suck at due dates. (And apparently, so does Briana because she was born prematurely on St. Patrick's Day.)

Nevertheless, happy pseudo-birthday, Briana!

In celebration of Briana's pseudo-birthday, Karen and I planned to spend the day as a family together. Unfortunately, I can not elaborate too much on what we did on Sunday as it involves Mother's Day preparations for next week.

I can tell you, however, that I ended up watching a few movies that were not so family friendly. Luckily, these movies were watched when it was not family time. For anyone curious, the movies I watched were Rambo, Day of the Dead, and Superhero Movie. I fear that I may have an addiction to the new Verizon FIOS movie package because I am now watching any and all movies. It's awful. And it's a good thing that these movies were relatively short.

(The video below is a trailer for "Rambo".)


(The video below is a trailer for "Day of the Dead".)


(The video below is a trailer for "Superhero Movie".)


Of the three movies, I enjoyed Day of the Dead the most.

Superhero Movie was just... plain dumb. Pamela Anderson was in the movie credits and she was not even in the movie that long. The movie was just not even funny.

Rambo was not much better. Perhaps I was hoping for too much because Julie Benz (Darla, of Angel fame) was in the movie. Sadly, not even a bright shiny blond could save that movie. By the way, Sylvester Stallone looked old as Rambo. I think what made me enjoy Rambo more than Superhero Movie was the gratuitous violence. Bodies were being blown apart with every gun shot. Rambo even does his best Patrick Swayze Roadhouse impersonation and kills a guy by ripping out his throat.

Needless to say, Day of the Dead was the best movie by default. In this movie, Mena Suvari (of American Beauty and American Pie fame) got to play the role as the bright shiny blond. The movie was also probably Nick Cannon's best work... unless you like Drumline. And in case you were curious, the movie also starred Ving Rhames... and AnnaLynne McCord before her 90210 (the next generation) days.

Sure, the plot of Day of the Dead is the same as all other zombie movies: zombies overrun an area; people are trapped in the area; people try to survive. But the movie was entertaining. Perhaps I am biased toward zombies thanks to the Resident Evil video games. But of the three movies that were watched, this movie was definitely the best.