Okay…I’m sure many of you know. What is Watchmen?!? This was a trailer that I saw when Christine and I went to see The Dark Knight.
What the emo super heroes, with their emo spaceship submarine…
…and Sin…
Christian Bale in a Terminator movie? Huh…
November 7 is SO far away, as I wait for the next Bond movie to show up…
The Dark Knight is an excellent movie and very much how Batman should be. I know, I grew up watching Batman and Robin defeat villains with giant inserted action dialog filling the screen with every punch and kick. Not how it was in the comics, but fun nonetheless.
My tastes went up when Michael Keaton showed up as Batman…then Batman faded as it got dumber with people like George Clooney.
Then Christopher Nolan decides his take on Batman, and I loved it.
This one was even better in every way…
…and it connected with me as it was two movies for me. It was Batman, the movie of the Batman. It was also Batman as a metaphor, representing the struggles, the warm victories and the screeching tragedies in life of people doing the right thing.
Specifically those who operate in the Warrior world.
There was plenty of that, kind of fused in an old schoolish way of morality thinking that was seen in shows and movies long ago. Have you noticed how, when looking at the movie as Batman being the metaphor, why is it that those that are rising and trying to do the right thing, not trying to be a hero… Why are we quiet, behind a mask, and more or less running from the weaker society?
I only see this through my eyes because that’s the way I am…and that’s the parallel dimensional story that I read from viewing the movie. Because of that and a lot of the masses are reading this with a totally different view, I’m not going to really amplify much more…but figured I’d have that out.
Good movie.
I also decided to give a try on that Five Guys Burgers again in the Galleria. I went there about a week ago on my own to give a try. All this hype and stuff.
They use peanut oil!
…so does Chick-Fil-A.
Their hamburger’s are never frozen!
…so does Lone Star Wings.
If this is the selling point… But I’m not hear for a challenge on their restaurant…I just want a good burger!
But just a cursory glance of the I Love Me articles on the wall and what Tony was telling me they were making their selling points, if this is what the rest of the country thinks is the bestest of burgers ever… I guess the United States doesn’t really know about good burgers.
The menu is pretty straightforward. There are no combo meals. You either get a normal burger (two patties), or a junior/small burger (one patty). They have various toppings you can add on and the toppings are free. While this is not legendary, their options and the whole add what you want vs take out what normally goes on, I find this a pleasant plus.
You can also have hot dogs of various styles, regular or large fries, regular or large drink. So I went for a bacon cheeseburger, grilled onions, grilled mushrooms and some A-1 sauce. In a slight vague semblance of Whataburgers A-1 Thick and Hearty, which I absolutely love.
I figured regular fries, didn’t really want many fries and I remember Tony talking about an abundance of fries. Then a regular drink…they have free refills, why pay extra?
Right off the bat, didn’t like the sweet tea. And it wasn’t like it wasn’t sweet enough, I can understand that. But it’s like it was “trying” to be sweet. It just had a weird flavor to it.
Then I got my order. A paper bag that was becoming spotted with grease. That was a good sign…then I wondered if that was the burger or the fries?
Sit down, open the bag and…
…it was the fries. All I saw below was fries, and some white styrofoam.
The styrofoam cup is about the size of styrofoam cups you find for picnics or what not. It’l like they placed my burger in the bag, placed the cup in the bag, grabbed a shovel, scooped up some fries and just poured it all in the bag, where it naturally filled the cup.
The fries…are okay. I don’t care what city and state they came from, what farm they came from and how they were cooked. But they were good enough.
On to the burger. The burger was very good. The strong point for me, aside from “building” it your way via the toppings, is the bacon. The bacon is cooked well at this place. While I would’ve liked smoked bacon, this was great as well.
My verdict is that Five Guys is a good burger place, definitely a place to go to eat every now and then with friends or by yourself. The best burger? No. I know a couple of local places here that have them beat.
So this time Christine tried it and I tried it again, same order for me.
Being smart, just ordered one cup of fries. Because two burgers were in the bag, it appears our fries weren’t as much…well that was good anyways. They were better than last time.
After trying to sip at the sweet tea, I gave up and poured me some Coke.
The burger was very good again. Though Christine’s burger had some onions in there and she doesn’t like them (meaning, she never asked for onions), and she also had A1 sauce though it was a light coating on her burger.
Generally, the verdict remains.
I did stack it up against my Thick and Hearty. So what do I think? I don’t think this burger beats Whataburger, nor do I think the other way around. Their both done in different ways and I like them for the strengths that they have.
That said, Five Guys is a pretty good hamburger place to go in Dallas, particularly after you’ve made an idiot of yourself in the ice rink, or you’re a lady bending over in the locker room and some guy with a camcorder is at the floor above video taping you…and proceeds to tape you, your child and your husband/new boyfriend as all three of you skate happily.
I figured if I post this now, it will jump start the other two posts that have been queued up that should’ve been posted by now, but was overtaken by events pertaining to some criminal events last week.
