Saturday was date night. We really needed to get out without Mom even if only for a couple of hours.
So, we went to see the movie “The Jungle Book“. I guess we are getting cheap in our old age. Jungle Book was available in iMax 3D, Regular 3D and old plain 2D. 2D was $7 a person for Seniors. iMax was $17. We did the old fashioned 2D. Characters were voiced by Bill Murray, Idris Elba, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Walken and many more fine actors and actresses.
The film is rated PG and rightly so. There are parts that are pretty violent and might be a bit scary for little kids. I wouldn’t take a kid to see it under the age of 8 or 9.
We loved it. We went to a 4:45 showing and there were a lot of families with kids in the theater. I particularly liked Baloo voiced by Bill Murray where he starts singing the “Bare Necessities”. We also liked the scenes with King Louie.
Here’s the Bill Murray version from Youtube. I will be playing this tune at Lodge in a couple of weeks.
When you compare this version with earlier versions you can readily see how far the animation technology has come. This film was filmed completely in Los Angeles.
I would give the film 8.5 stars out of 10. We loved it.
And by the way, you can download the Kindle version of the Rudyard Kipling Book from Amazon for $.99. What a deal.
Now for dinner part of date night. We had hoped to try the Hopsaint Brewery restaurant in Torrance. Saturday night was not a good time. We couldn’t even find a parking space. We’ll try another time when it might be less busy.
We came up with a plan B. We decided to go to the “San Franciscan” in Torrance. I was itching to have a good steak. We don’t have a barbeque grill at our place (forbidden my HOA). It was busy too, but at least we found a parking space. Had to wait 20 minutes for a table.
I had a 9 oz Filet Mignon. Paula had something called a “Drunken Sam”. The menu descrbes it as
“Filet mignon, pan fried in burgundy wine and brandy. Served atop fried eggplant and topped with an Ortega chile and jack cheese”
I had a taste. It was very good. Paula cleaned her plate. This is not fancy and the decor is rather plain but food is excellent. This is our place to go to when we have a hunger for steak.
calherewecome 