“Mack” Xu played amateur basketball for 19 years in China while following the exploits of American NBA players on television. He even borrowed part of Michael Jordan’s name when deciding on an English name when all Chinese businessman started to need them. For half his life (which means about thirty years) he had a dream of going to an NBA game. Sunday his daughter made that happen. We went to the Clippers vs. Heat game. The Clippers almost pulled off the upset over Shaq and “D-Wade”, tying several times in the last few minutes – but couldn’t hold on and lost by four points.
The halftime entertainment was Duo Design. Despite the heat from the flames we were able to enjoy their athleticism and flexibility.
And then we watched a fat guy try to shovel $6,000 from one foul shot line to the other in 60 seconds….
That is Shaq under the net.
After the game we went back to Beverly’s apartment. We rented Pirates of the Caribbean part 3 and ordered pizza. I’m sure the unintelligible mess of a screenplay was no easier for us to understand than for Beverly’s father (who doesn’t speak English). “Pirates” has always been a remarkable piece of “make-it-up-as-we-go-along” screen writing.
So, Calypso’s way of getting revenge on the pirates for imprisoning her was to… turn into a bunch of crabs and jump into the sea? Why did the Chinese guy think the white girl was Calypso when every other pirate knew exactly who she was?And…when Calypso was a bunch of crabs and Davey Jones was a man…they were in love…so… a man was in love with…crabs? (are they saying Davey Jones has crabs?) What are boons? (other than a way to say “balls” in a PG-13 movie) Why did Will and the waify white girl who doesn’t belong in the movie get married? I thought they hated each other. Why does Jack keep seeing multiple instances of himself all the time? Why were there crabs on the salt lake (was that Calypso?)…and why did they sacrifice themselves to help Jack? Why did Keith Richards look healthier as a 100 year old pirate than as a 64 year old man? These questions and more will NOT be answered when you watch this movie.
