Movie rantings
Posted by jen November 26th, 2005 in Jen@TheMovies.The Perfect Man with Hilary Duff was our in-flight “entertainment” back from vegas. Let me just say I used my own headphones and still paid too much (nothing). I almost chewed my arm off in trying to supress my brain begging for the sweet release that only death can bring. Eventually the iPod whispered to us that it was charged up and wanted played with. Thank god.
One thing I learned in Mr man and I trying to challenge each other’s musical knowledge on the plane is that his musical 80’s knowledge doesn’t expand much past hair metal, heavy metal, Duran Duran - and Flock of Seagulls (WHAT DID I MARRY???). He can’t identify nearly anything else from the era. Nothing sparked his memory, not the Cure, not anything - and I played some mainstream stuff! So very sad. Not a single Cure song… I think that’s divorceable.
Other movies I’m pissed about:
RENT:
NO way in hell will I ever see this. You couldn’t pay me to even pretend seeing it. First it’s in NYC, who freaking cares about that anywhere but there, and Second, they are all too pretty and too fabulous, to self absorbed and I just couldn’t give less of a freaking damn if it was a musical about dogs wearing underwear. (I’d prolly see that one though…
HARRY POTTER:
I haven’t read it, not gonna. Not gonna see it either, can’t make me so shut the HELL UP ABOUT IT ALREADY. I’ll die first. Seriously. So there. All you fourty year olds without kids raving about it need to get lives and stop hyperventilating over it like it’s some magical mana from Micheal Jackson’s kiddie porn heaven. If you get so worked up reading a children’s book series and so into the movies like that - you really need therapy. Dude.
MADAGASCAR:
Is this any good? Seriously. The folks who made Shrek did it so that gets some street cred along with Pixar with me, but it seemed to do nothing at the box office and I heard no one raving about it until just now with all the dvd ads for it. Is it worth a rental? Is it a good animated movie (like Shrek, Nemo or ANY Pixar stuff) or just an “okay” kids movie? (I have no interest in a kids movie AT ALL). It has to be FUNNY to people who pay mortgages.
Okay, going to bed now, been running around for two days… pooped.
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Madagascar: just an okay kiddie movie. A few laughs thrown in for adults, but not enough to make it worth watching. I did see the penguin short that’s being bundled with it, and that was actually better than the movie. Might be worth netflixing - as filler between really good movies.
Madagascar was just okay. I took my three-year-old niece and seven-year-old nephew to see it. They laughed a lot. There were a few funny moments for me–mostly some offhanded pop culture references slipped into the movie for the grown-ups.
I saw Rent at the Aronoff and enjoyed it as it was very different from your typical Broadway musical at the time it came out. I’ll wait for the movie to come out on DVD and Netflix it.
Harry Potter IV - For what it is, the movies and the books are fun and entertaining. The plotline is maturing as the characters do. I found the movie enjoyable and a nice escape from reality for an hour and a half, but to each his own. I don’t believe in shoving my likes or dislikes down anyone’s throat.
Now I can’t wait to see Chronicles of Narnia in December. King Kong and Aeon Flux are also on my list.
This weekend I saw “Walk the Line”. It was a good flick though Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash are not nearly as attractive as Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.
That’s my two cents.