Date Night

Josh and I finally had a special date night this weekend. It has been a while since it has been a real date. Though we do tend to meet for lunch and spend us time together frequently, this was more. We went to a fancy pantsy restaurant on the river called Brave New Restaurant. The place had delectable food, a romantic atmosphere, and higher than average prices. Perfect for a dress-up date night. The place proved to be an interesting location, tucked indiscriminately on the second floor of a business complex away from downtown, but close enough to provide a gorgeous view of the skyline over the river. If a person was not looking for it, they wouldn't find it. And even if they were looking, it might be difficult. Thankfully, I had perused online reviews and learned of this oddity beforehand. After dinner, we saw a movie, The Hunger Games. We have both been reading the books and thought we would see what we thought of the movie. Not sure what the director was thinking, perhaps he was intoxicated for the movie's making, but that camera work felt as if an iphone camera was doing the shooting - constantly out of focus, jumpy, and not actually clued in on what the audience wanted to see. I was just thankful that it was right-side-up. Who knows with the artsy nonsense, the director could have gone even more ridiculous with the iphone camera phone filming and spliced it together sideways and upside down. The actual plot and characters did a very good job of portraying the book, and I hope the second and third films are not as plagued with overzealous camera work.