After feeling sorry for myself most of the weekend, I pulled myself together enough to watch a couple of movies. Gothika was pretty good; although the surprise twist ending was not much of a twist and even less of a surprise, the debate over “is she crazy or is some of this really happening, if so which bits?” kept me pretty intrigued for the first 2/3 of the film. And I’m sorry, drug problems notwithstanding, Robert Downey Jr. is never a bad idea. I once waited in line with a guy who looked exactly like Robert Downey, Jr., and I mean EXACTLY, even down to the rumpled clothing, discolored circles and “I’ve been high for a week” look in his eyes, but I doubt it was really him because this was at the McDonald’s on Peachtree and International. If it was him, though, he likes Filet O’Fishes.

I also watched The Cat In The Hat, being a big fan of both Dr. Seuss and Mike Myers. I could write lots of definitive reasons why I did not like it, not one little bit, but what the heck:

Alec Baldwin was slimy, Mike Myers a cat
But this movie’s not funny, not one little snat.
How did Mike Myers make a movie so awful?
It reeked from the first to the very last pawful.
I can’t believe Austin Powers made something this rank
It wouldn’t be funny no matter how much I drank.
It stank and it stank and it stank stank stank stank
Don’t ever watch it, it’s me that you’ll thank.

Okay, it’s Monday morning and I can’t think of enough stuff that rhymes with “reek”, “stinky” and “terrible”. Even on a good day, I can't think of anything that rhymes with "atrocious". But trust me: I would not watch it in a box, I would not watch it with a fox, I would not watch it on a jet, I would not watch it on a bet.