Today we had the novelty of an empty house. It doesn't happen very often. Gemima was at her dad's and Sam and Aaron were staying at Jamie's. The house was very quiet. Don't get me wrong, we love living with everyone but from time to time it is just nice for it just to be Toni and I.
We took full advantage of the empty house and I will spare you all the details but a good time was had!
A decision was made that we should go out as we had some time to ourselves. Taking advantage of some Odeon points that I had amassed we booked seats to see Star Trek: Into Darkness. This essentially worked out as a two for one deal which was great. First stop was Nando's for a chicken dinner and then we stocked up on popcorn and chocolate ready or the main feature.
The experience was great, and not so great. Loved the film, great new vision of the Khan legacy and it was a great sci-fi epic. The way that all the actors have managed to closely match their styles to the legendary characters that they portray from Star Trek: The Original Series is fantastic. So now for my grumble.... Yup it's that old 3D bugbear. I just don't really like it and I think it was really badly used in this film. This was the last showing so we had no choice but to see it in 3D but I'd have much preferred the 2D version. As with other films, like Avatar, the fast paced action scenes just do not lend themselves to 3D. Some of the other 3D shots and effects were a bit naff really. That said, the film was so good that the 3D stuff didn't ruin it for me. If you like Star Trek and you enjoy 3D movies then go and see it in 3D. If you are less keen on the 3D then go and see the 2D version. Either way it is a fantastic movie and a big high for the Star Trek franchise. Now JJ Abrams, please don't go fucking up Star Wars!
We had seen the 22:50 showing of the film and came out of the cinema at 01:20. This gave us just enough time to race home and watch the Game 5 of the Boston Bruin v Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup Finals. This one started off with the series tied 2 - 2. Sadly Boston seemed to be off of their game for this one and struggled to keep up with a very determined Chicago. Going into the period it was 2 - 0 to Chicago and a glimmer of hope came when the Bruins made it 2 - 1. Sadly they couldn't get the equaliser and then Chicago added to insult to injury with an empty net goal in the last 15 seconds. Blackhawks won 3 - 1 and now lead the series 3 - 2. It's do or die for Boston on Monday night! They do have home ice advantage so fingers crossed they can tie things up again and take the final to game 7.
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