No Hangover This Time Around

By now we've all read plenty of reviews of "The Hangover: Part II" saying it's a repeat of the first, so I don't need to mention the stars (Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms) and I don't need to include that it made over $100 million dollars in the domestic box office by Sunday ($137.4 million to be precise). It's still a great movie in its own right, and the characters are equally defined and hilarious in this installment.

What I will do instead is wonder aloud about the numerous Billy Joel references in the movie

1. Above Alan's bed is a giant poster of the cover art to Billy Joel's 1980 album "Glass Houses"
2. During one of the landscape montages, Billy Joel's 1989 song "The Downeaster Alexa" plays (the irony about this, is that I was watching it in a theater on Nantucket, one of the places in the song, but unfortunately no one else in the theater picked up on that)
3. Stu's song in this movie is "Alan Town" a clever play on Billy Joel's 1982 song "Allentown"

I'm sure there are more references that I didn't pick up on, but it's cool that Todd Phillips threw them in there. I'm sure I'll be watching it again, so I can pick up more of the references and I can actually try and hear all of the jokes over every laughing this time.

SPICYYYYYY

Super delicious awesome tasty awesomesauce sandwich from The Dancing Pickle for lunch today. I went back to an old favorite for me: the Chicken Finger Wrap. This sandwich has everything: boneless chicken strips, lettuce, tomato, bell peppers and chipotle mayo. I'd rather not dissect the sandwich too much, as I might ruin the magic behind it, but if you're on Nantucket this weekend for the Figawi Race, stop in and check it out.

Interestingly enough, for the second day in a row, I have had a spicy sandwich with chipotle mayo. It's delicious and I'm not 100% sure why I'm so into it this week, but this might have something to do with it.

Smoked Ham & Swiss

Pardon the lack of a catchy title for this little post, but I just finished the sandwich and I haven't had time to come up with one. Maybe I'll come back and change it when I think of it, but I highly doubt that will happen.

First, the sandwich. Smoked ham (obviously), swiss cheese (again, obviously), lettuce (less obvious), red onions, and chipotle mayo on portuguese bread. Fantastic combination from all the above, and it might have been a little too spicy if not for the lettuce. Accompanied by a cool "Big Cranberry" Nantucket Nectars, this tasty sandwich was worth every cent of the $8.75 I spent on it.

Secondly, and almost more importantly, the location. "Provisions" is a little sandwich shop tucked away on a wharf on Nantucket Island and is unfortunately overlooked by most people because of the Gazebo (a popular watering hole) that day trippers flock to and get schwastey at. But if you're not a drunken idiot you can appreciate it. "Provisions" makes up one third of "The Big Three" (my three favorite sandwich shops on Nantucket, stay tuned for the other two) and it was a perfect place to start my summer.

Captain Jack's Back!

"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" sailed into theaters this weekend to tumultuous applause from pirate fans and lukewarm reviews from critics. Personally, I loved it. And now that we're closing in on 24 hours from viewing time, I'm still of the opinion that it is as good or even better than the first.

Jack Sparrow is up to his old tricks and I'll save you all a plot summary, because if you're reading this now, you most definitely already know it. The only real differences we have between "On Stranger Tides" and "The Curse Of The Black Pearl" is instead of Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom we have Penelope Cruz and Ian McShane and instead of the beloved Black Pearl we have the terrifying Queen Anne's Revenge as our flagship.

The actors and director Rob Marshall have been claiming in all their press runs that they've done something new and fresh, which is rather debatable. But it's not a bad thing at all, because I for one just love watching Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow getting in and out of trouble and am perfectly content watching that for two hours. Like all the advertisements say it is "the perfect summer movie", it won't be winning awards but it's awesome good fun. I love it and I'm sure others will feel the same way after seeing it. Well, Michael Bolton will at least feel that way....

PBJT (Peanut Butter Jelly Time)

Well, it's certainly been a while since my last post. Blame it on the rain, college, some other stuff, but mostly me. Now I'm back and I promise that this little blog o' mine is going to be better than ever before.

It occurs to me that despite the title of this blog being "Movies and Sandwiches" I have yet to do a post on sandwiches. That ends now. For the past week, everyday I have had two (yes, two) peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with Lay's Potato Chips and a glass of Snapple Iced Tea. Most people think that PB&J is a super unoriginal sandwich, and they may be right. You can't add anything to it and it's always the same two ingredients, that's never going to change.

It may be unoriginal, but it is delicious and after a week of two a day, I'm still not bored. Which is why PB&J gets my vote for "Most Underrated Sandwich." Keep on the lookout and follow this blog to get more of my personal "Sandwich Awards."