digger movie

 just after midday i went to see the movie 'digger', at Southdale mall in Edina. i got a hot dog and some bottled water as well as i was running a little late and didn't have lunch at home. john goodman was why i saw this one, who is in it as the president. there was some social commentary in it, most notably when tom cruise's character gives a speech to the assembly. early on i said his character was an 'inept, tone-deaf idiot'. later on, when it was revealed, there was a 'story within the story' more terms i had been using were heard in the movie- farce, and satire. this was a weird movie to say the least, but i kind of expected it to be when my research before heading to the venue said it was a 'black comedy'. it was called a 'flop' on the opening weekend so i knew i couldn't wait much longer to see it. i can think of two reasons why it was a flop. one, it was expensive to make, even before marketing costs. it is hard to understand why so many movies lately have exceeded $100M in production costs. this makes it harder to make a profit. two, people tend to prefer a 'feel-good' movie. a satire can do well, but not if the message or the jokes are hard to follow. after the movie i went to a grocery store inside the mall, Kowalski's. i knew i could eat a little more for lunch than what i had at the movie. i bought cheese curds, a slice of classic spam, and some pumpkin bars. then i went to another mall, Rosedale in Roseville, to use a coupon that was sent to me in the mail by JC Penney. i bought two Charlie Brown items, a star-shaped pillow and a 'claw clip', snoopy was on both. the latter i can use as a 'chip clip'. in the evening i watched some of the baseball playoffs, dodgers-brewers, game one of the league championship series. the brewers won it. i also watched a DVD, 'eight men out', about the black sox scandal, in the morning. the movie itself wasn't all that long, but i watched some of the special features and this led to me having virtually no time for lunch at home if i wanted to be on time for the movie in Edina.