The Hulk and an apple "corpse"

[pandonkey]

Well, just got back from the Hulk, and I'm afraid I was mostly disappointed. The movie's not terrible, but it definitely doesn't live up to the standard set by the X-Men movies and Spiderman. The Hulk effects aren't quite as stupid-looking as they appeared in the trailer, but they still aren't fantastic. The dogs from the preview remain pretty ridiculous, though. The director employed an interesting style of cutting between scenes in blocks, occasionally doing split-screens and the like, with the obvious intention of mimicking a comic-book page. It worked sometimes, but not all of the time. All in all, not a terrible popcorn movie, but nothing to write home about. The ending was cheesy as all hell, though.

Funny anecdote from the weekend: Doug and I were at a mall in Durham, and Doug went to a ... I think it's called Rocky Mountain Candy or Chocolate or some such. The place specializes in interesting variants on caramel apples. As Doug was studying the display trying to decide on one, I noticed a placard nearby touting the store's "Apple Corps" (get it? har har har) card, one of those buy-nine-get-the-tenth-free sort of deals. That'd be murder on the teeth... but I digress. Anyway, Doug goes up to purchase his chosen apple, and the clerk asks him if he'd like to join the store's "Apple Corpse" club. Snrk.

My initial instinct was to correct her, buuuut... most people do not take kindly to that kind of thing, especially when they're on the job. So I just waited till I was outside of the store to snicker.

Comments

[shenryyr.livejournal.com]

if she's anything like the creepy peeps at electronics boutique, perhaps she was doing it knowingly just to make your day memorable!

[pandonkey.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was a great PA. I remember there was a very funny post by Gabe in the news for that strip... something about the dark and murky origins of general managers.

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