Jul 20 2008
Which movies to choose?
Well, as always, this summer is full of choices where movies are concerned! But which seem the most intruiging to you?
-Wall-e: This is one I actually just caught, and thought it was extremely cute. I had been told it was better than Finding Nemo, which I don’t agree with- but it was certainly better than Cars. You instantly fall in love with the sweet and lonely robot, and with the dim witted ship captain. It does have a slightly depressing overarching “lesson learned”, but hopefully little kids will take it to heart and try to change the “fate of the earth”.
-Mamma Mia- This is one I haven’t seen, but seriously want to. I just watched a review where the guy said that Pierce Brosnan singing is as close as a human could get to sounding like a water buffalo! Ha, that’s enough to make me want to watch it. Plus, tons of big names and singing(but not necessarily singing talent) is always a winning combination.
-The Dark Knight- Now, let me first say that I love superheroes- sometimes (specifically Superman). Batman is not one I can really identify with. It’s so…anarchistic I just don’t understand it. However, I might see this movie- and it has certainly broken records left and right so far. I really want to see it for Heath Ledger’s last performance- everyone says that it’s eerie and “nothing like him” (which is the point of acting, right?).
-Hancock- You couldn’t pay me to see this movie. I love Will Smith, but seriously? This is actually making money?
-Journey to the Center of the Earth- this is really depressing to me because it’s one of my favorite classic books. Of course, this is going to be nothing like it! And it’s extremely obvious they paid a minimal amount of money on actors so they could spend more for 3D.
-The Happening- I definitely admit to a strong dislike of horror. This permiere was SO striking though…so I read the synopsis on wikipedia. What “the happening” is, is not worth seeing so many people kill themselves. That’s just disgusting.
-Space Chimps- I love Andy Samberg, but not sure how I feel about this movie. The 3D animation is never as good as pixar, so that almost takes away from the story of movies like this. Hmm, I’m still deciding how I feel about this.
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It’s too bad that you’re not giving some of these movies a chance. You might find something different that what you were expecting. For Journey to the Center of the Earth, I have to mention the cast wasn’t a bunch of two-bit hacks. Brendan Fraser is well-known and has yet another Mummy movie coming out next month. Josh Hutcherson has been in two great family films in the past year, Bridge to Terabithia and Firehouse Dog, both great films for kids, just like Journey. It presented a modern tale, yet still found a way to follow the same journey of the book, crediting Vernon the whole way. If you gave it a chance, you might actually see it differently than your presumptions.
True, however in a time of recession (and movie tickets costing $9.50 unless you go to a matinee- which I unfortunately am too busy to catch), it can be too big of a risk. It’s better left to the video store in a few months.