Today was baby's two-week checkup appointment at the pediatrician. Since my wife still isn't allowed to drive yet, we piled everyone in the van and headed over to the medical campus. Of course we couldn't all go in, so my wife took the baby while the rest of us did donuts in the parking lot. But we made a day of it and went for a Costco run afterward. Of course we couldn't all go into Costco, so, again, my wife went in to do some quick shopping while we did donuts in the parking lot. Actually, the parking lot was full, so the older kids played on their electronics in the back, while I took a nice car nap in the front seat with a baby on my chest. Eventually the 3yo followed suit and passed out too.
What I'm watching today
Da 5 Bloods (2020, Netflix streaming) - The reviews for this film have been off the charts to I had to give it a shot. I wish I had checked the runtime before starting it because it is a long two-and-a-half hours. Spike Lee constructed this film by combining elements of Black Lives Matter, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Vietnam War. The movie is timely, relevant, and powerful, but my question is whether it is done well--purely from a film-making perspective. There are a number of over-the-top monologues about betrayal, but at the same time, characters that don't seem to have any reaction at all to lifelong friends dying right in front of them. If you want to see a film about the effects of PTSD, then this could be a good film for you.
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