Sunday, November 26, 2006

In cinema news

There are too many movies out there and not enough time to see them. I need a week off to play catch-up.

I saw Flushed Away. If you have a kid or two and want to take them to it, make sure it is in the afternoon. That movie is so busy, busy, busy, it has to leave a kid totally wired, so no way anybody's going to bed after seeing it. I've seen better cartoons, but it was okay. Had a lot of atrocious puns, which I always like. Ian McKellen makes a great bad guy, even as a toad.

Today I saw Babel. A movie in which the bad things just keep on comin'. One bad thing after another after another after another. This film is not the feel-good movie of the year. That poor Japanese girl. The moral? Life is tragic and unfair.
On the bright side: Brad Pitt is getting wrinkles. Huzzah, he's just like the rest of us.

My list of movies I still have to see:
For your consideration
Borat
Fast food nation
Tenacious D (Yeah! They rock!)
The Fountain (It's weird, apparently)
Marie Antoinette
Little Children
and
last
but
not
least
Casino Royale.

I will make an effort to see Casino Royale.
sigh.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I loved Babel. Definately not a feel good movie, but one that makes you think afterwards...

Anonymous said...

And after you see CR, you will receive a formal invitation to the Thunderball weekend I am having in the Bahamas. Black turtleneck-only dress code.

Nanuk of the North, older but no wiser said...

Oh, I'll be there! Just call me Bahama Mama!