Cats, The Movie

 At the end of 2019, my wife dragged me to Cats (the movie).  We rarely go to movies and I think this was the third movie of the year that we attended.  It was one of those rare events.

About fifteen minutes into the movie....I just started to think....why would anyone want to make some musical movie out of this?

About the 20th minute...I had consumed all of my 20-ounce Coke....thinking it would help to keep me awake.

About minute 33, I was nodding off...fighting it.  About minute 38, my wife poked me to remind me not to fall asleep during the movie.

About minute 45, I stepped out to go to the bathroom.....where I purchased a second 20-ounce Coke.

Around minute 105, I came to the realization that it was finally coming to an end.  Five minutes later....it ended.

The studio says they spent between 80 and 100 million to make/market the movie.  Box office return?  Presently around 75-million.....so yeah, it was a loss.

I've generally kept my mouth shut on the movie, but I have to say that it was really one of the most boring movies I've ever watched....yes, even worse than the 2014 'Noah' or the 2010 'Last Airbender'.   At some point with Noah, I kept thinking....Noah, you just need to pack a bag and head off to safe place.  

Someone needs to make a simulant for movies like this....to sell you at the door.  

The 7-Percent People

 There was a poll done, and the question regarded.....are you better off or worse off, or just about average....on your situation today.

Just 7-percent of people said they (in America) were better off today.  That's its. 

Thirty-three percent said they were worse off today.

This was a CBS poll, so I don't have any reason to think it was corrupted.

If you'd asked me personally....I wouldn't use the word 'better-off' or 'worse-off'.  I'd just say my frustration level is higher than at any point of the past forty years.  If you asked how many different things I'm frustrated on....it'd go way higher than a hundred.

I gazed at the 7-percent of people who said they were better off.  

Who makes up this group?  

I would guess a quarter of the group are 90 years old or older.....having lived through the 1930s depression era, and having the ability to eat ice cream every day (cheap ice cream) makes this era great.

Another quarter are probably meth-opioid-crack users, and as long as they have enough cash to pay for their habit....things are fine.

Another quarter are probably mentally unbalanced people (paranoid schizophrenic's) and they imagine themselves in the middle of a circus-atmosphere, dining with Jesus, or drinking pure tap water but believe it has the taste of a fine Kentucky whisky.  

Then the final quarter....these are people who smoke some fine and extra strong cannabis (weed) and they seem to grin even when they've stopped to tank up the car, or while chatting with the Piggly Wiggly bag-kid.  These are the same people who binge-watch past episodes of Adam-12, Petticoat Junction, and Green Acres.  

So I agree....these people exist, but in terms of their opinion mattering....I'd give it a zero.