See a movie, of course!
Having seen none -- and I mean none -- of the Oscar nominated movies, we are going to see the critically acclaimed Million Dollar Baby, directed and starring Clint Eastwood. Despite the rave reviews, I have low expectations given that I really was underwhelmed by Eastwood's last movie, the critically acclaimed Mystic River [2003]. Despite really amazing performances by Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and the underrated Kevin Bacon, the story was lame. Now I understand that the movie was based on a book -- a book I have not read -- there were horrible plot holes in the movie that left me with all sorts of questions by the end. So, I'll report back on Million Dollar. Meanwhile, we can only hope that we can avoid last year's Super Bowl brouhaha. (As Frank Rich notes this morning, thank goodness Jackson didn't bare both breasts!)
Last year, we went over to our friend's Craig and Mary Beth's place for dinner. We ended up getting really drunk on very good wine and we totally missed the entire game. Oh well! Will this be the second year that I miss the game all together? We'll see.
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