We went to see Spider-Man 3 this weekend.  It was alright.  I mean, it certainly had action, special effects, and all the big summer block-buster components, but I thought it was kind of lack-luster.  A big deal with movies for me is expectations.  Regardless of how good or bad a movie is I have expectations about what I’m going to see before I walk in.  For this movie, I had none.  I knew it was a sequel to two movies I’d seen.  I knew that I liked the first two.  I also knew that more often than not sequels suck.  That made it kind of a wash.  So, starting out, I liked it.  It was going along fine, but when they tried to introduce the dark/possessed Peter Parker it just threw me.  It just didn’t work.  It makes me think of Jim Carrey in The Mask.  It was like a weird emo version of Peter Parker mixed in with The Mask.  It was almost comedic and in complete contrast to how well the rest of the film flowed.  So, if I ignore that big blunder, the rest of the film was fine.

The stone face is up now.  It looks like the siding and trim has been painted too.  Externally, it looks almost done.

The drywall is up!  It’s an amazing transition.  It’s one thing to see the walls as a frame and completely different when the drywall is up too.  I mean the difference is that dramatic.  Take a peek.

That’s probably not the proper nomenclature, but we’re “bricked up.” We missed seeing the house on Thursday due to rain (so they probably didn’t do it then anyway), but it up now. I didn’t see any piles of stone for the entry area, so there’s no telling when it will be going up. Maybe they have to have the front door panel in first. The builder said the frame was the incorrect depth, so they’ve got to get the right sized one in first. There was supposed to be a framing inspection (maybe electrical and plumbing too) on Friday. I hope they passed and can start the drywall this week. Here’s a peek: