indiana jones meets national treasure meets the mummy meets russians that cant shoot well

so we saw a midnight showing of this on wednesday night/thursday morning. and it was only ok. and i dont just think it was ok because there was so much hype and time between this one and the last one that no movie could have lived up to the hype. it was ok because it was just an alright movie. which was sort of a bummer because it had a lot of potential. like when he first meets up with shiloah lebuff. i thought they were great together and there was an exciting scene with them. but, there were just a few random scenes here and there that i thought really hurt the movie. we know indiana is going to live and we know that he is going to do pretty crazy stuff in the meantime, but i felt they just went a little too far at some points. too much shooting and missing and too many times where a green screen was used which just makes it harder to fear that he wont survive because there is the added element of 'this is already fake as it is.' anyways, im not a movie critic and id discuss other things that were disappointing in the movie, but i dont want to give anything away, or destroy it for others.


one other unrelated thought. i was thinking the other day about the phrase, 'it is what it is.' ive used it many times. whenever nellie says it she attributes it to me as though its 'my phrase.' which it isnt, i just used it at interesting moment so she likes to bring it up. but i hear it all the time from everyone so i know im not the only one. first, is it a 'new' or newer phrase. i feel like it is. second, regardless of it being new, it has to be the worst way to describe something or just the dumbest phrase ever. i dont know where it started, but i know that i first started hearing it in reference to a baseball player, manny ramirez. people would say, 'thats just manny being manny.' he is such an odd person that there was no way for people to describe his behavior or make and sense or rhyme or reason to some of the stuff that he would do, so the best they could come up with is, thats just manny ramirez being who he is. you cant explain him or try and figure him out, so why bother. but the phrase is out of control and it bugs me a bit because its just a scapegoat. its an easy and cheap way to avoid having to use your brain and try and be creative and come up with an adjective to describe something. it usually occurs after a certain event and someone will say, 'well, it is what it is.' thanks genius. i know that. i lived through it too. are you wanting to describe it or liken it to something in your life and somehow contribute something meaningful to the conversation? or just remind us that i.e. a huntington beach party is what a huntington beach party is. have you ever thought about it? its a worthless statement in my opinion.

you: man, i hate driving in rush hour traffic, its such a pain.

me: yep. well, it is what it is.

or

yep, well, driving in l.a. traffic is what driving in l.a. traffic is.


i realize that its a way of agreeing with someone and the phrase usually follows when someone has just described something and the person is then remarking that thats just how something is, but i still think its a cheap way of adding to the conversation. you think l.a. traffic is a pain. i agree but telling you that thats just what comes with l.a. traffic, pain. instead of contributing to what i think of l.a. traffic at that moment. anyways, im no grammar person nor is this phrase a pet peeve of mine. i use it from time to time. i just noticed that its use is steadily growing with the masses and i just thought about it and realized that while there are many times when the phrase really fits (which is probably how it got started because it had limited situations where it was of good use), there are also many times where its just being overused and contributing nothing. i say this as though everything i say is a worthwhile contribution to a conversation, its not. i say lame stuff all the time that has no meaning. i cant help it. we all cant help it from time to time. you know, it is what it is.