This year's solstice just happened to be the same day that I finally completed the main story of Ring Fit Adventure after a year of playing. Also, Connor was around long enough that we were able to watch The Batman (a movie that he has been bugging me to watch since it came out). We did so while roofers were repairing the damage this year's winter did to the roof of our house and our garage.
In regards to The Batman, it was not a bad movie; however, it wasn't that great either. More than anything, it put me in the mood to watch The Dark Knight (or perhaps the entire Nolan trilogy)--which is not just my favorite Batman movie, but one of my all time favorite movies, period. Unfortunately, it seems that the theatrical attempts for Batman since then have just had the one note: darker.
The Batman was a darker movie in its level of violence, but also just overall. I'm not joking when I say that Pitch Black (a movie that focuses on darkness) was no where near as difficult to see as this movie is. Thank goodness for subtitles, or there would be sections where I would think that my TV had just turned off. When there's enough light, the scenes are gorgeously shot, and the film clearly knows it because it spends a LOT of time just standing there, looking beautiful.
In the end, I was underwhelmed by the story and its resolution, Batman's physical and detective skills, and the Batmobile (no matter how sexy some people might find it, it is easily one of the most uninspiring Batmobiles for me).
On a completely different (and brighter note), I have enjoyed Ring Fit Adventure. I almost don't consider this exercise program a video game. However, without that video game aspect, I probably would not be exercising almost at all this past year. While the video game itself is pretty simple, I'm still impressed on how the programmers managed to gamify exercise in what is admittedly a pretty entertaining way.
Most of the exercises involve running in place, high knees, squats, and squeezing the ring-con. Still, they manage to get in a wide variety of exercises and switch things up enough so that I'm not just doing the same exercise over and over again and they certainly get my heartrate up. Meanwhile, the RPG elements are simple, but enough to keep me coming back for more.
The largest downsides are the uneven number of reps between some of the exercises (especially the number of squats), the overemphasis on the left side since that is the side that always starts for exercises that switch sides, and the sometimes finicky motion controls (especially for exercises, like planks, where you can't see the screen or for events that need perfect completion).
Even having "beaten" the main game, I plan on returning to the game as part of my exercise regimen.
In regards to The Batman, it was not a bad movie; however, it wasn't that great either. More than anything, it put me in the mood to watch The Dark Knight (or perhaps the entire Nolan trilogy)--which is not just my favorite Batman movie, but one of my all time favorite movies, period. Unfortunately, it seems that the theatrical attempts for Batman since then have just had the one note: darker.
The Batman was a darker movie in its level of violence, but also just overall. I'm not joking when I say that Pitch Black (a movie that focuses on darkness) was no where near as difficult to see as this movie is. Thank goodness for subtitles, or there would be sections where I would think that my TV had just turned off. When there's enough light, the scenes are gorgeously shot, and the film clearly knows it because it spends a LOT of time just standing there, looking beautiful.
In the end, I was underwhelmed by the story and its resolution, Batman's physical and detective skills, and the Batmobile (no matter how sexy some people might find it, it is easily one of the most uninspiring Batmobiles for me).
On a completely different (and brighter note), I have enjoyed Ring Fit Adventure. I almost don't consider this exercise program a video game. However, without that video game aspect, I probably would not be exercising almost at all this past year. While the video game itself is pretty simple, I'm still impressed on how the programmers managed to gamify exercise in what is admittedly a pretty entertaining way.
Most of the exercises involve running in place, high knees, squats, and squeezing the ring-con. Still, they manage to get in a wide variety of exercises and switch things up enough so that I'm not just doing the same exercise over and over again and they certainly get my heartrate up. Meanwhile, the RPG elements are simple, but enough to keep me coming back for more.
The largest downsides are the uneven number of reps between some of the exercises (especially the number of squats), the overemphasis on the left side since that is the side that always starts for exercises that switch sides, and the sometimes finicky motion controls (especially for exercises, like planks, where you can't see the screen or for events that need perfect completion).
Even having "beaten" the main game, I plan on returning to the game as part of my exercise regimen.
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