Relax. See a ‘good’ movie!
By The Parodist | March 19, 2007
I just came back from watching a movie at ATC. It caused me to wonder just how many movies I’ve watched and haven’t blogged about. Funny. Rico and I had to laugh at our *luck* when it comes to watching, er, “good” movies.
Casino Royale - First movie date. Seeing a Bond movie is always safe. Twas a fine film in my book.
Eragon - Gawd. Please don’t let me say anything about this movie. Twas bad enough that I had to waste good cinema just to watch it. Heh.
Babel - Intense. It’s a movie that will require 100% of your attention, ergo, it’s not a movie I’d recommend you watch if “relaxation” is your goal.
Apocalypto - Sigh. It’s heavily branded but I’ve got to hand it to the makers since it is a well-made me thinks. However, the goal is to R-E-L-A-X. Sigh.
300 - It’s a good movie, too. Loved it at face value. It certainly had that wow factor but not Oscar material, IMHO.
Dreamgirls - If you’ve seen the movie adaptation of the musical, RENT, you wouldn’t appreciate this movie like I did. But all throughout the movie, I keep thinking to myself, “Wow, Beyoncé is sooo beautiful in this movie.”
Pathfinder - Overstatement. I have the movie still fresh on my mind. And it’s like the flow of script didn’t agree with me somehow. I feel like kicking myself for choosing to watch this one over “The Pursuit of Happyness” like what we originally planned. Gah.
Movies I watched on DVD:
The Painted Veil - Great movie. It reminded me of the book, Love at the Time of Cholera (not that I read the book). It’s just that one of the major impressions left on me was they — more importantly, she — found love in the midst of a Cholera epidemic in China. Edward Norton and Naomi Watts starred in this film.
Night at the Museum - It’s one of the movies I had most fun watching. 
I missed a lot of films I had wanted to watch but did not have time to do so. I’m hoping that I won’t miss any of the ones I’ve got lined up. I hope our luck would change soon. And I have yet to drag a certain someone to one major chick flick just to see how he’d react to it. Muahahaha. 
Aw, come on. It’s not that bad, is it? Anyway, I’d appreciate recommendations!
Humour Me:
Topics: Films & Theatre, The Rambler |
March 19th, 2007 at 10:07 am
this is where we fight. this is where they die. on these shields boys!
March 19th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Yes, Night at the Museum is a great date movie.
Feel good, without being too cheesy for the guy (or girl!).
Next time, we’re sticking to what you really wanna watch!
March 19th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Ron: I gather you like the movie, eh?
I reckon we should! 
Rico:
March 20th, 2007 at 11:34 am
yeah. if someone talked crap about 300 i might have to cut his head off.
March 20th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Ron: Er, ok.. that seems a little harsh but I can’t help it if you feel that way.
March 21st, 2007 at 12:13 pm
I think the next time we watch a movie we should lower our expectations. That way, if the film blows, we won’t be as affected as we were after watching Pathfinder!
March 21st, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Rico: But I certainly can’t help that I’d expect something from the movie I’m going to watch esp when they market it in a certain way, i.e. trailers and movie posters. Heh.