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.
