Salt was a movie where Angelina Jolie is a CIA spy who may or may not be a Soviet double agent. The movie moves quickly along through more and more insane stunts and bullshit until you arrive at the sort-of end. They clearly wanted this to be like a Bourne movie, but you just don't really give a damn throughout. Liev Schreiber is in it as well and does a solid job as always. I just don't buy a lot of the insane stunts and bullshit Jolie pulls off with ease. Why we love the Bourne movies is that they don't get Commando out of control with insanity. He does really cool shit, but you buy into the fact that it is possible. Jolie rolls through and kills 12 Russian super-agents herself. She's a woman, so fist-fights with men aren't going to go in her favor in real life, since any dude would just throw her into a wall until she stopped moving, she seriously weights like 130 pounds. It has entertaining parts, and actually the plot holds together pretty well, I just didn't buy into it.
Bottom line: 6.2 out of 10. If you want to see an action movie with a decent plot, give it a shot.
NBA playoffs- It is an absolute privilege to watch Chris Paul play right now. He is playing at a different level than everyone else on the court, including Kobe Bryant. He's simply unstoppable. The Lakers throw different looks at him, or double him, and he always finds the open man, or simply makes them pay for leaving him defended by a mere mortal man like Kobe Bryant. CP3 is shooting 57% and put up an insane triple-double of 35, 15 assists, 12 boards (I think, too lazy to fact-check). The Hornets don't have David West, that would be the dude who scores most of their points, but they are right with the Lakers. The Grizzlies are looking like beasts against the Spurs. I'm taking the Heat over the Celtics, and whoever wins that series will take it to the Bulls in the Eastern conference final. I would like to think whoever comes out of the Magic/Hawks series can beat the Bulls, but neither team is putting it together enough to beat the Bulls, and nobody on either team can guard Rose. The West is a lot more interesting anyway with upsets and close games everywhere. They are looking at war in every series out West. I'm really starting to think Nene would be a great pick-up for a real contender next year with another decent big man. He defends 4's and 5's, shoots 62%, can pass well, and hustles hard. He really needs a change of venue where he could be the #2 big man and a guaranteed mismatch every night (Get him Bucks, get him).
The Brewers pissed away a possible sweep of the Astros in fantastic fashion on Saturday with a complete lack of judgment by all baserunners in the 8th inning where they had 0 outs and men on 2nd and 3rd, but managed to shit the bed into a near triple-play. They pitch Kintzler entirely too much for such a young kid. It'll be nice to get Saito back, but they need to throw Mitre more in the short-term. Maybe Hawkins is still serviceable as well when he returns, but I think they can make a run at it even if he isn't. I keep holding out for a healthy Greinke, Hart, and Morgan to alleviate all our ills, but we will still have an enormous hole at shortstop and wherever Bettancourt hits. He has not impressed me at all and calling him a power-hitting shortstop is like calling Kyle Fransworth a finesse pitcher. At least he normally makes contact with the ball and puts it in play, but besides that I can't say many nice things about him. The real question will be how the Fielder situation heats up, because even if they are playing well the questions will only intensify as the season progresses. Re-signing Braun will go a long way in pushing Fielder to ink a deal, but with Boras as an agent, he's looking to cake up, not play for a small market team.
Side note: Angelina Jolie could never hide in disguise. She has WAYYYY too distinctive features for that bullshit. They dress her as a dude and it is utterly ridiculous.
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