I rented a couple of movies from Red Box on Friday night, I'm loving Red Box and there is one right outside the Foods Co store that is near the little postal annex that I walk to most days, so it's really convenient and cheap and I don't even have to go inside the store.
So what did we watch?
2012. Which has some great special effects but other than that kind of stunk. I was getting bored with it towards the end and was rooting for the tsunami to just drown everybody already. Disaster movies always have to get all preachy and oh the humanity and can't we all just get along and the whole thing with the gate not closing and the one guy getting squished in the gears and the hero having to go unstick the gears and they are on a collision course with the mountain and if they don't close the gate everyone is going to die and I just didn't care anymore at that point.
It does kind of make you wonder with all these earthquakes recently, but if the world is going to end in 2012 there is not a whole heck of a lot we can do about it and if you're going to build yourself an ark you'd better get started now.
Law Abiding Citizen was much much better, a little on the gruesome side, but a good thriller that kept you guessing.
Watching movies was probably the most exciting part of our weekend. We are boring boring people.
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Lazy Sunday
This is what our tree looked like this morning:
The only reason it wasn't on the floor is because the chair broke its fall.
Today we decided to go to the movies. Keith wanted to see The Day The Earth Stood Still and I wanted to see Four Christmases so we compromised and went to see Four Christmases. We only made it through about an hour of that movie. Very predictable and kind of annoying and boring. So, instead of leaving the theatre we double dipped and went in to see The Earth Standing Still. We had to wait through about 20 minutes of movie commercials and previews and then sat through the entire thing. Keith is a fan of the original Earth Stood Still movie, which I'm sure I've seen but probably blocked from my memory. I'm sorry, but this movie was stupid and boring and I almost fell asleep. I kept hoping that the alien would just go ahead and destroy all the human life on the planet so we could go home. Hurry it up already! I got really tired of the preachiness of it, too, how many times did I have to hear 'but we can change'? No, we were destroying the earth in the original movie and now thirty or forty years later we're still destroying the earth so nope, we're not changing much. Don't bother with either of these movies. Well, maybe the Christmas movie if you don't go with your husband who really wanted to see the Earth movie and was just being nice by going to the Christmas movie with you.
After our day at the movies I remembered why we usually wait for the dvd to come out.
The only reason it wasn't on the floor is because the chair broke its fall.
Today we decided to go to the movies. Keith wanted to see The Day The Earth Stood Still and I wanted to see Four Christmases so we compromised and went to see Four Christmases. We only made it through about an hour of that movie. Very predictable and kind of annoying and boring. So, instead of leaving the theatre we double dipped and went in to see The Earth Standing Still. We had to wait through about 20 minutes of movie commercials and previews and then sat through the entire thing. Keith is a fan of the original Earth Stood Still movie, which I'm sure I've seen but probably blocked from my memory. I'm sorry, but this movie was stupid and boring and I almost fell asleep. I kept hoping that the alien would just go ahead and destroy all the human life on the planet so we could go home. Hurry it up already! I got really tired of the preachiness of it, too, how many times did I have to hear 'but we can change'? No, we were destroying the earth in the original movie and now thirty or forty years later we're still destroying the earth so nope, we're not changing much. Don't bother with either of these movies. Well, maybe the Christmas movie if you don't go with your husband who really wanted to see the Earth movie and was just being nice by going to the Christmas movie with you.
After our day at the movies I remembered why we usually wait for the dvd to come out.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Wanted
We went to see Wanted yesterday afternoon. Pretty good movie with lots of action and a fun time watching it. However, I really do need to think about those Depends again, I always have to go to the bathroom and miss part of the movie.
We were talking about all the special effects and how movies just keep having to get more and more out there with the car chases and the bullets smashing into each other and the train falling into the gorge-they didn't show how they got back out of the gorge and I kind of wondered about that. I know so much is all computer generated now, which kind of seems like cheating to me, but it's like the movie going public has seen it all and they have to wrack their brains to think of enough excitement to keep us in our seats and paying those high ticket prices.
Like the preview we saw for Jason Statham's new movie-Death Race or whatever. It looks like a remake of all the drive in type car chase movies from the sixties and seventies-in other words, totally stupid-but with much much better special effects and more bloodshed. Much as I like Jason Statham I don't think I'd pay to see this one.
The new mummy movie looks good, though, and again, they just have to keep adding more and more to these movies to get you to want to go see them. Thousands of skeleton warriors and arrows flying and big dragons coming to get you and low flying airplanes and huge battles between mummies and skeletons and real people in there somewhere too.
It takes a lot to get me to actually get out of the house and drive to the theatre and then fork over twenty bucks for us to see a movie when we could just wait a few months and rent it for 3.99, but with some movies you just have to see it on the big screen with that surround sound, although the big screen is more like the medium screen these days.
We were talking about all the special effects and how movies just keep having to get more and more out there with the car chases and the bullets smashing into each other and the train falling into the gorge-they didn't show how they got back out of the gorge and I kind of wondered about that. I know so much is all computer generated now, which kind of seems like cheating to me, but it's like the movie going public has seen it all and they have to wrack their brains to think of enough excitement to keep us in our seats and paying those high ticket prices.
Like the preview we saw for Jason Statham's new movie-Death Race or whatever. It looks like a remake of all the drive in type car chase movies from the sixties and seventies-in other words, totally stupid-but with much much better special effects and more bloodshed. Much as I like Jason Statham I don't think I'd pay to see this one.
The new mummy movie looks good, though, and again, they just have to keep adding more and more to these movies to get you to want to go see them. Thousands of skeleton warriors and arrows flying and big dragons coming to get you and low flying airplanes and huge battles between mummies and skeletons and real people in there somewhere too.
It takes a lot to get me to actually get out of the house and drive to the theatre and then fork over twenty bucks for us to see a movie when we could just wait a few months and rent it for 3.99, but with some movies you just have to see it on the big screen with that surround sound, although the big screen is more like the medium screen these days.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Sort of Quiet Fourth
Our 4th was not much to write home about. We decided to go see a movie, which we haven't done in I don't even remember the last time we were in a movie theatre. We decided on Hancock and went to the first showing of the day at 10 am thinking that it wouldn't be very crowded. HA! We had to sit in the very front where you end up with a crick in your neck and a feeling of nausea from being too close to the screen. There were a few seats up top but I refuse to try and crawl over people to get into a seat, mainly because I know I'll have to pee at least once during the movie and don't want to have to crawl back over said people. Hmm, maybe this is where those Depends might come in handy.
I couldn't believe the price of admission-it's up to $10.00 now for regular admission. No wonder we just wait until everything comes out on dvd!
The movie was entertaining and enjoyable even though I did have to get up to go pee and missed a few minutes. That's why I like watching them at home, you can pause for potty breaks.
So, after the movie we stopped for a sandwich and stopped at Target to get some bubble wrap and tape and stopped at Home Depot to get a shop vac for my studio so I'll quit sucking up things that should't be sucked up in the regular vacuum-like bits of metal and solder.
The rest of the day was uneventful-I messed around on the computer and packed some orders. Keith broke out the scotch and hacked up some trees in the back yard, then promptly fell asleep after dinner. The loud party and fireworks across the street didn't seem to bother his nap any. The cats were all like 'WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON OUT THERE!?!' Buddy hid in the garage a few times.
So, another 4th come and gone, now we've got the rest of the hot hot summer to look forward to.
I couldn't believe the price of admission-it's up to $10.00 now for regular admission. No wonder we just wait until everything comes out on dvd!
The movie was entertaining and enjoyable even though I did have to get up to go pee and missed a few minutes. That's why I like watching them at home, you can pause for potty breaks.
So, after the movie we stopped for a sandwich and stopped at Target to get some bubble wrap and tape and stopped at Home Depot to get a shop vac for my studio so I'll quit sucking up things that should't be sucked up in the regular vacuum-like bits of metal and solder.
The rest of the day was uneventful-I messed around on the computer and packed some orders. Keith broke out the scotch and hacked up some trees in the back yard, then promptly fell asleep after dinner. The loud party and fireworks across the street didn't seem to bother his nap any. The cats were all like 'WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON OUT THERE!?!' Buddy hid in the garage a few times.
So, another 4th come and gone, now we've got the rest of the hot hot summer to look forward to.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Movie Review Tuesday
We hardly ever rent movies and have decided to stop buying them after sending bags full of movies to the Goodwill-movies that we bought, watched once or twice and were just taking up space.
So, we went on a little movie renting kick and here's my take on some of the not so latest-like I said it's been a while since we rented any and aren't up on the latest releases.
Die Hard or Die Trying or Die Living or whatever it's called from Bruce Willis:
Funny stuff, full of action, not sure if it was meant to be a comedy, but Bruce does tongue in cheek very well.
The Queen:
I was disappointed in this one, it was billed as 'the best movie of the year'. Not, but seeing what life as the Queen of England might be like was somewhat interesting. Somewhat. The story line is the week after Diana was killed and the bad press that the royal family got for going off to Balmoral and hunting instead of grieving with the rest of the country.
Planet Terror:
An instant classic? Maybe, it was the best and bloodiest zombie movie I've ever seen, but not scary like Night of the Living Dead. I felt like I was at the Drive-In movies watching this from the comfort of my big sixties sedan. The aging effects were great, especially the part where the film melts and the 'missing reel' sign comes up on the screen. Silly silly movie but lots of fun! A little bit too long, they could have cut about 30 minutes from it and been fine. The extras on how they did the stunts and all that was actually pretty interesting, I don't usually watch any of that stuff.
American Gangster:
Excellent low key performances by Denzel Washington-does he ever give less than his best?-and what's his name-the Australian that likes to throw phones at people.
Good movie! I'd watch this one again.
And a few others that obviously were not very memorable since I've forgotten what they were.
And now, we have no toddlers in the house, why do we have toys all over the living room?
So, we went on a little movie renting kick and here's my take on some of the not so latest-like I said it's been a while since we rented any and aren't up on the latest releases.
Die Hard or Die Trying or Die Living or whatever it's called from Bruce Willis:
Funny stuff, full of action, not sure if it was meant to be a comedy, but Bruce does tongue in cheek very well.
The Queen:
I was disappointed in this one, it was billed as 'the best movie of the year'. Not, but seeing what life as the Queen of England might be like was somewhat interesting. Somewhat. The story line is the week after Diana was killed and the bad press that the royal family got for going off to Balmoral and hunting instead of grieving with the rest of the country.
Planet Terror:An instant classic? Maybe, it was the best and bloodiest zombie movie I've ever seen, but not scary like Night of the Living Dead. I felt like I was at the Drive-In movies watching this from the comfort of my big sixties sedan. The aging effects were great, especially the part where the film melts and the 'missing reel' sign comes up on the screen. Silly silly movie but lots of fun! A little bit too long, they could have cut about 30 minutes from it and been fine. The extras on how they did the stunts and all that was actually pretty interesting, I don't usually watch any of that stuff.
American Gangster:
Excellent low key performances by Denzel Washington-does he ever give less than his best?-and what's his name-the Australian that likes to throw phones at people.
Good movie! I'd watch this one again.
And a few others that obviously were not very memorable since I've forgotten what they were.
And now, we have no toddlers in the house, why do we have toys all over the living room?
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