Decided to see "Extraordinary Measures" on the way home from work last night. Dinner and a movie. All things considered, maybe we should have just gone home, ordered a pizza and watched Ghost Whisperer. We went to Chili's cuz we haven't been in quite awhile. Tried the chicken tacos off the new items menu - YUCK! May be another while before we go back again.
So then it was on to the movies. Encountered an unruly mob of 9 or 10-ish year old boys, about 12 of them at the concession counter - eeeewwwwwww.... but finally sat down to see the movie.
We had seen and heard so many promos for this movie on TV and radio, Ron and I were absolutely compelled to see it. It wasn't a bad movie - it just wasn't great. Brendan Fraser was the lead and he was just ok - something about his performance was insincere. Keri Russell was good but had very little screen time. Harrison Ford did a great job portraying Dr. Robert Stonehill, a great scientist and a huge ass. The best thing about this movie was that it gave me hope about the real advancements that are being made in medicine. I would like to imagine that there will be a cure for cancer, diabetes, MS and other diseases in my lifetime.
Maybe after dealing with the cold, wet weather, a crummy dinner and awful pre-teen boys I was not in the mood to see this movie. At any rate, here is my bottom line on the film - Wait til it comes out on DVD. I think you would find out as much or more about Pompe Disease by looking it up on the internet.
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