On Saturday we saw the new Batman movie with my parents. It was long but it was very good. Unfortunately, the bad guy (Joker) was extremely tough. He’s the only guy that we’ve seen so far who can fistfight with Batman, one-on-one, and actually win. The Joker gets his head bashed many times but comes up with no bruises or blood. Check out the bank robbery scene; it’s really cool and imaginative. All the original actors appear except the female lead; this was a different actress. One thing that bothers me is that the bad guys in this film, the Joker and Two-Face, were the bad guys used by two previous Batman movies. Why didn't they pick different bad guy characters to use?
The theater had an unusual display of entertainment before the movie. There was a group of young people celebrating the engagement of two friends. On the screen was projected a picture of the groom-to-be with a ring with the message stating their perfect love had started in that theater and that the guy wanted "start the next scene" or something like that. It was a rather unusual proposal, but it worked because she said yes.
After the movie it was time for dinner so we went to a Japanese restaurant on Monroe Street. The food was very good. For dessert the waiter suggested a type of Japanese ice cream. My husband asked for a simple, non-exotic dish of common ice cream. What came to table was a large square plate with small, bon-bon like, green tea flavored ice cream that was a combination of cake and ice cream. The ice cream texture was “spongy”. I’ve never heard of spongy ice cream before.