In the movie Ironman, the opening shot is of a tumbler filled with ice and scotch in the hands of Tony Stark – the CEO of Stark Industries and hedonistic arms merchant who, drunk on his success and debauched life style, almost dies as a result of his risk taking behavior. He “hits bottom” when he is captured by terrorists (using weapons produced and sold by none other than Stark Industries – talk about self destructive behavior), is imprisoned in a cave and, pretending to be doing the terrorist’s bidding, instead builds a suit of armor to protect him from attack during his hoped for escape attempt. It takes him 3 months to build his new self – one day at a time. In the suit he has a Higher Power – his Higher Power – and transformed, he emerges from the darkness, liberates himself from his cave prison and walks into the light. The last line of the movie is “I am Iron Man” – it could have been – “Hi, my name is Ironman and I am an alcoholic.”

Confundido en Tokio – that might be brain-numbingly descriptive enough.

Or even ‘Ciudad del amor perdido’ ?

Or less direct, maybe: ‘Lágrimas en mí whiskey’…?

Respuestas en un postal, por favor.

We went to Cancun to drop the MIL off at the airport today so we cruised to the mall there (the one we could find…). I asked hubby if he wanted to see a movie while we were there, too bad they just had a marquee where we could see. I need posters, people, posters. Like you said… the titles… oi vey!

I’m always really amazed how empty the theaters are on discount Wednesdays. There’s usually us and 2 or 3 other couples (I’ve never had kids in there with us, oddly enough). We just usually forget it’s there, but it’s a great cheap date (even with popcorn and those cool snack trays).

I DO! I DO!! This is the first year that I haven’t seen any of the nominees.

There Will Be Blood is a screen adaptation from the book ‘Oil’. Interesting that the Spanish version of it is ‘Bleeding Oil’.