Pirates 3 Movie May See Backlash Of Disappointed Fans Who Didn't Like Pirates 2...

So Will Spider-Man 3 Hang In At #3 At The Theaters This Weekend And Shrek 3 Give Pirates 3 A Real Run For The Money ??

( According to USA Today 05-24-07 ) 

Pirates 3 Movie Execs are now concerned that Movie Goers may not go this weekend to see the movie!  Appears that there were more people disappointed in Pirates 2 than originally talked about!

Strange how this is just coming out now, with the movie starting!  Almost the same type of news we hear each year about IRS audits catching non-payers just before April 15th tax deadline for filing!

We haven't seen Shrek 3 yet.... of course we have seen Spidey 3, and I am tempted to see Pirates 3 just for the special effects, which should be seen on the Big Screen!

Shrek 3 is said to be having staying power... that youngsters are wanting to see it a second time, which could have the ticket sales skewed a little for this weekend even with Pirates 3 coming out!

It is a great time for going to the theaters.... Anyone that has seen Pirates 3 please comment below.  The ratings for Pirates 3 are coming in at the low end of the star system from movie critics, and we would like to know what you think !

The 2007 Final Two !

The 2007 Final Twelve !

2007 Is Over !!!

 Results From American Idol Grand Finale

 TV Show  05-23-07   ' The Final 2 '

Well, It's Over.... "America" voted Jordin Sparks The 2007 American Idol last night!  

It was a looooong night before Ryan read the results, but a lot of different genres of music were presented before the night was over!

Tina and I  had mixed feelings on the music played last night:

We both liked the Top 6 Boys singing with Smokey Robinson.

We both were entertained by Doug E Fresh and Blake Lewis beat-boxing.

Gladys Knight and the Top 6 Girls were fun to watch.

It was strange seeing Blake and Jordin singing 'I Saw Her/Him Standing There' to open the show.

I liked Sanjaya rendition of the Kinks 'You Really Got Me!' along with Joe Perry of Aerosmith. Tina thought I was kidding....

Tina thought it was cool that 'Green Day' performed.  I didn't.

I enjoyed Taylor Hicks solo performance. It reminded me how much I enjoyed last season!

Just before the end of the night, Tina was in agony through the Beatles medley... "why why why are they doing this to us?"  Tina also thought Reuben singing 'Lucy In the Sky' was horrifying!

I thought that beginning a Beatles medley was fine, but it ended at 9:58 p.m. !!!  Although I did enjoy Chris Sligh starting 'With A Little Help From My Friends'!  The show was definitely going into overtime, ending at 10:08 our time!

A record 74 million votes the previous night, a new record for American Idol.  American Idol is to return January 2008 !

Please see our previous American Idol blog post 'OUR TAKE' on our thoughts of this past Tuesday night's performances, (all six songs).   

The following are our thoughts on the results:

Tina - said upon hearing Jordin was the new 'American Idol', "Big surprise", sarcastically.

Michael - I wasn't as pleased as I was at the end of last season when Taylor Hicks won.... I had been invested in him before the end... Neither Jordin or Blake were overwhelmingly my favorites during the season.  Tina still can't believe I voted for Blake the last two weeks, as I never listen to the kind of music he prefers to perform!

NEXT WEEK:  What NO NEXT WEEK???!! ..... Well then, it's time to say Thanks to ALL of YOU that have checked our blog posts this Season!  Special Thanks to YOU that took the time to post your comment(s) on our blog posts!  That is what makes it fun for us to continue blogging!

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 24 TV Show Update... 05-21-07

The Season Finale - All 2 Hours !

( Spoiler Warning ! )

OK, we had a teaser on Sunday Night, (click on Simpsons poster middle left for details), and now we had the Season Finale!

Here are a few notes, comments, and questions from the 2 episodes strung together for the Season Finale! 

04:26 a.m. - Why did Jack & Bill Buchannan NOT take arms from CTU's SUV before taking off ????

At end of first hour - Chloe drops in front of Morris.  Besides Jack, Chloe is the only sacred cow... so this was a major development!

First few minutes of last hour - If Chloe is so dehydrated... where's the IV ??

05:10 a.m. - Bill and Jack hijack a copter to go to oil platform to save Jack's nephew Josh, amazing the skills that everyone has.  A desk jockey can pilot a helicopter!

05:26 a.m. - Attack on oil platform takes this long??  F-18s still have 4 minutes 30 seconds before they are in attack range ???

Shortly after 05:26 a.m. Josh shoots his grandfather... interesting storyline... seems to run in the family!

Jack jumps for the helicopter's ladder... reminding me of a Jackie Chan movie!!  Just in time as F-18s shoot missles at platform!!

Russia calls off the impending attack on the American Base, full withdrawal...

05:36 a.m. - Jack jumps off helicopter's ladder, because as Bill tells Josh, Jack's not ready to go back yet...

05:40 a.m. - China recalls their submarine from picking up their agents and Phillip Bauer, as oil platform was destroyed.

Shortly afterwards, Tom gets Karen Hayes & Bill Buchannan off so they can 'resign'. Tom then gives his tape incriminating the VP to the VP.

Morris tells Chloe that he loves her, and Chloe tells him she's pregnant, which is why she dropped to the floor in the first place!

In the meantime, Jack goes to see Audrey, confronts her father Secretary Heller first. Jack blames him for not trying harder to extract him from China. Jack demands to see Audrey, so as to take her with him. He sees Audrey laying in bed, still not recovered from her brainwashing, and realizes that he is at a crossroads. He realizes that the the best way to protect Audrey is .... to let her go....

Jack goes outside of the mansion to the cliff overlooking the ocean... and.... (fade out)!

Tina thought this was a fine ending for the 24 hours we spent watching this season... whereas I didn't feel the excitement like I did at the end of last season, where Jack had been kidnapped by the Chinese and was on a slow boat to China!  Man I was looking forward to the next season!  

This could be a good stopping point for the series, but we understand that it is scheduled to return next year! And we are glad it is!

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05-22-07    THE FINAL 2    "Battle Of the Sexes" 

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But Spider-Man 3 Hangs In At #2 At The Theaters! !

( According to USA Today 05-21-07 ) 

Spider-Man 3 was still a top choice this past weekend with theater goers, coming in at #2 with $28.5 million estimated ticket sales dollars compared with Shrek 3's estimated ticket sales dollars at $122 million during it's debut weekend!

Shrek 3 has come in third in at all time debuts, compared to Spider-Man 3 at $151 million and Pirates of the Caribbean 2 at $135 million!

Spider-Man 3  has taken in $281.9 million in three weekends domestically and nearly $750 million worldwide!

This Friday another blockbuster enters the theater wars, Pirates of the Caribbean 3! We'll see how Spidey 3 and Shrek 3 fare this weekend, and we will report back to you then.... It is a great time to go the movies as we have a large choice of films that need to be seen on the BIG SCREEN to be appreciated!