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Rotten PAPAYAS
A Monstrous Snoozer
BY CHRIS MCKINNEY
A MINDFUL MOMENT
Alice Inoue
M Body Blah
any of us secretly wish we were big- ger, thinner, stronger, less wrinkled or somehow more attractive.
No matter how you feel about your looks and body, it’s the relationship you have with yourself that influences your experience of life. The judg- ments you have in regards to your appearance limit the depth to which you allow yourself to enjoy life’s experiences.
If this is you, practice something I call “Mirror Mindfulness.” When you look in the mirror for everything you notice you don’t like, praise some- thing you do like.
Open your awareness with intention. Life is for living, not for limiting.
alice@yourhappinessu.com
“Dr. Andrews, did you see that?”
“The hab- itat’s not gonna hold much
longer.”
“We need to start thinking
about off-site solutions.” “The island is the one thing that’s kept him isolated. If he leaves, Godzilla will come for him. There can’t be two alpha
million film.
Watching a giant gorilla
that stretches the confines of believability. Watchmen and Lovecraft Country do so bril- liantly. But Godzilla vs. Kong? I had a tough time. Perhaps the 8-year-old version of me would’ve enjoyed this film. As a kid, I watched stuff like Flash Gordon, Highlander and all the Jean-Claude Van Damme movies. The sound of lasers firing in a movie puts my wife to sleep. I’ve just discovered incessant roaring is what puts me to sleep. Godzilla vs. Kong is like cinematic Ambien for viewers of a certain age.
titans.”
These are the opening lines
duke it out with a giant aquatic stegosaurus with a small head over and over again is, well, it is what it is. Theaters are prob- ably happy. The film grossed $285 million worldwide on opening weekend — more than any other released in the last year. I find myself cheering for this film. I want theaters to succeed.
of Godzilla vs. Kong. I ap- preciate the absurdity of the dialogue right off the bat. It’s a tipoff that what I’m about to watch will be utterly ridiculous. Certainly, the title is the bigger indicator, but: “There can’t be two alpha titans.” Just. Wow. Actor Rebecca Hall deserves an Academy Award nomina- tion for saying that line with a straight face. (Also in this film is Millie Bobby Brown as Madison Russell.)
Millie Bobby Brown reprises her role as Madison Russell in Godzilla vs. Kong. PHOTO BY JORDAN STRAUSS/ INVISION/AP, FILE
“That’s robot Godzilla.”
Since watching the film, I can’t stop myself from repeat- ing it. I’ll burst into a room, eye my wife or one of my kids and yell: “There can’t be two alpha titans!” My entire family
I don’t have much else to say. The special effects, are, of course, impressive. It’s a $300
The neon, CGI lightshow is strangely soothing. I nodded off a couple of times. I woke and had to ask myself, wait, did Kong just retrieve his an- cient magic ax? Primates can’t blacksmith. I nodded off again and woke. Wait ... did Alexan- der Skarsgård just use a space- ship to defibrillate Kong?
Godzilla vs. Kong is cur- rently in theaters and can be streamed on HBOMax.
is sick of it and wishes I never watched the movie.
“No, that’s ... Mechagodzil- la.”
If you’re old like me and need a nap, watch this movie. If you’re a child, you might dig it.
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Synopsis: Kong sent to go magic underground. Godzilla beat up Kong on trip. Kong live and still go underground. Ro- bot Monster look like Godzilla wake up. Man cannot control Robot Monster he make. Robot Monster fight Godzilla. What Kong do?
The cheesy dialogue is im- pressively nonstop.
If you’re old like me and need a nap, watch this movie. If you’re a child, you might dig it. Maybe take your young ones to the theater to watch it. You can nap while they cheer this gorilla of a movie on.
I’ m all for entertainment
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Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from Bronze (easiest) to Silver to Gold (hardest). Answers are on page 11
RATING: BRONZE