Jozy Altidore and The Dark Knight?

I FINALLY saw The Dark Knight. Yes, it has taken me an inordinate amount of time to see it, but I work two jobs and there is no such thing as a weekend in my life. Anyway, in case you didn't know already, it was BRILLIANT!!

First, I must share with you what I saw when I first entered the IMAX in Fitchburg: a dude wearing the new USMNT home jersey with 'Altidore' on the back. Being as ardent of a supporter of the USMNT as I am, I was monumentally psyched by this. It is a fact that I have never seen a US kit on a person out and about doing normal things like going to see a movie. The only times I've seen them are on the players on the field or in the stands during a game. I've seen some teenagers running around the mall in Beckham kits (I've made an internal decision to give $10 to the first person I see randomly wearing an LA Galaxy kit with any name other than Beckham on it), Real Madrid, Brazil, Italy, an assortment of Mexican league kits, but never a USMNT kit. It was like spotting Big Foot.

Naturally, I had to speak with this man. So I went up to him and complimented him on his choice of shirt, to which he smiled and said thanks. I asked if he had watched the game earlier this morning (US-Netherlands in which Jozy scored) and he hadn't. That was a bit of a let down. He didn't even know Jozy had scored, but he did know there had been a game and the opponent. Maybe he had Tivo'd it and I ruined it. Oh well. But seriously, what else would he have been doing at 6:45 on a Sunday morning?

Is anyone else having serious WC 2002 flashbacks? I did especially on Thursday morning, waking my ass up at 4 am. At least the US won so it wasn't all in vain. They better do the same on Wednesday. I get really ornery when I'm tired.

So The Dark Knight. It was amazing. The action sequences were VERY well done (thank you, Christopher Nolan for abhorring CGI!) and the streets of Chi-town looked gorgeous as Gotham. Props to Christian Bale for having the balls to stand on top of the Sears Tower. No thanks.

Heath Ledger gave one of the best, if not the best, performances of anyone I have ever seen in any movie. That's why we go to movies, to see performances like that where you don't recognize the actor and all you see is the character. And Maggie Gyllenhaal was much better than Katie Holmes.