Since the last time I did one of these, I do have a few events to recap. First off, yesterday I had a new beverage from Coca-Cola named after EDM DJ Marshmello. His music is fine when it comes to the electronic dance genre, but he's still a Canadian dude who wears a giant helmet which looks like a marshmallow. The flavor isn't marshmallow (that's instead Coca-Cola Starlight); instead it's strawberry and watermelon which is... odd yet it isn't terrible.
Late last month I had to make a run to the airport so I decided to make the short jaunt to Daytona Beach; after a trip to Buc-ees I ate for only the second time ever at the unfortunately-named Rock Bottom restaurant chain. They do have tasty food. The only other restaurant to mention was when I was in The Villages one evening and I was part of a small group that went to Augustine's 1812 House; it was fine Italian food.
I saw a pair of movies on the big screen and talk about a contrast. For the first time in several years I went to the arthouse joint in the Orlando area known as the Enzian to view David Lynch's 1997 movie Lost Highway. The other Lynch movies I've seen I managed to enjoy but I was worried that this would be too bizarre for me. Thankfully it wasn't strange to the point of being incomprehensible or insufferable. There are a few explanations as to what happened which don't require too much thought; this late night journey was a good one for me.
A few days later I saw Nope; the one time Get Out was experienced, I did enjoy that... Us not so much. Nope was even worse for me: characters I couldn't stand, a movie that felt like 230 instead of 130 minutes, a laughably bad climax where me and some others scoffed at the same time, and a waste of what was from description a nice premise. The fact that I had to use Wikipedia to figure out why there was a subplot involving a killer chimpanzee and how that possibly related to the main story: not good. Why many people think Nope is great: beats me.
A few days ago I returned to Walt Disney World (Hollywood Studios in particular) and FINALLY after the ride having been opened back in December 2019, I was able to go on Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. It's quite the impressive technical achievement with all that the ride entails. Without going into spoilers, the first part requires you to stand and walk around for a bit, yet it is great immersive theming. After that is the now-common Disney ride trope of “the ride is in a vehicle that moves around a flat floor without being on a track” but it was still fun. No disappointment here after waiting all that time.
I will return by the end of August.
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