A Little off the Top, Please

So tonight I watched Sweeney Todd, the dark slasher musical that seems just right for Halloween...sort of. I was a little disappointed overall with it. The story really didn't get interesting until the end and entire story lines were left dangling and felt pointless and added on. What's worse with this being a musical, is that I feel that the actors were auditioned based on acting rather than singing. Most of the singing wasn't bad, but I just felt it could have been better, especially Johnny Depp. The last major gripe I had with the movie was with the mixing. I'm assuming the DVD was similar to the blu-ray. The vocals were mixed at such a horrible volume level. I could barely hear any of the people speaking, and any time there was music, it completely overshadowed the vocals. If I tried to turn it up, the rest of the movie became in general too loud, especially the music. Fairly mediocre, but I was expecting a little more.

Also today, I had the pleasure of telling off a political caller. After being called repeatedly all day at work (and me not picking up or them leaving a message), I finally was able to pick up and see what the heck they wanted. Calling from a Boston area code (why?), was someone doing some sort of "political study". (I was excited because I thought I might get my opinion in an actual poll) (Also, how do they get my number? It's a cell number which is illegal to do automated calls to...) They asked if I knew who I was going to vote for in the New York State Assembly race. I told them I was leaning on voting for Johnathan Smith. They then proceeded to tell me that he has been involved with many negative and questionable activities and make other false or unbased claims about him. I promptly told the person that I do not appreciate the negative campaigning that I was being subjected to and that I not be called again. She then replied with more negative "facts" about Mr. Smith. First off, pestering my phone all day is not a positive way to get my vote. Second, being independent, I don't like the negative ads and attacking of candidates, especially after telling someone who I plan on voting for. And lastly, this drastically differs from Johnathan Smith's call I got which was from a supporter, in a NY area code, who kindly offered his stance on issues in a positive way and in general was a very pleasant phone call. Let me say, if I was on the fence or had a sliver of doubt about not voting for Johnathan Smith, that is now gone. Being negative to me or through me loses my vote. It does not make me more likely to vote for you! It does quite the opposite! You just lost my vote or any chance I would vote for you, Joel Miller. Hope you waste more money (in Boston!! How can your campaign even say try and "create more jobs in the Hudson Valley" when you outsource to Boston!).