Don't get all excited. As parents of a 2 1/2 year old and no family or babysitter in the area, we don't see movies in the theatres anymore. Which is a shame, since we LOVE to go. So now we have Netflix. Supposedly it's cheaper than renting. And it would be... If we didn't keep movies for 2-3 months before watching them. I swear every few months, Netflix must think we die.
The worst part... keeping BAD movies! UG! We had Brothers Grimm for 3 months. Watched 15 minutes of it, and sent it back.
Walk the Line... 2 months... Now that was good! (of course, for the same $30, we could have bought it).
Weather Man: Now this movie... this one had potential. We're big Nicholas Cage fans, and like most of his work. But this one... the best way to describe the feeling is: We were waiting for it to go somewhere... and it never got there. There just didn't seem like a purpose to the movie. There was supposed to be. About him growing as a person, I think, but they ran out of time or something. Kinda wish it was as bad as Brothers Grimm so we wouldn't have wasted 2 hours.
A History of Violence: Some surprisingly graphic sex scenes (for a non-porn movie, but some just as pointless as the plot to a porn). The acting was pretty bad for a non-Keanu Reeves flick. And seriously, I didn't care if his kids got hurt. I was kinda rooting for Ed Harris. And... HELLO!!!! William Hurt as a mob boss?!?!?!??! I don't think so. And being a former high school nerd (I say former cause I'm no longer in high school!), no one CARED that much if you caught their pop-fly in GYM SOFTBALL! And who hits a pop-fly and just strolls around anyway. Stupid movie!
A NEW MOVIE!!!!
Yup, we finally did make it to a movie in the theaters... and yes... it was a kids movie. We took our daughter to her first movie experience, and it went surprisingly well.
Over the Hedge: I love "kids" movies anyway, so it wasn't a burden to see this. The wife and I were buying Disney (Pixar/DreamWorks, etc) DVD's when they were released before our daughter was even a thought. We probably would have seen this anyway. Steve Carell, as Hammy, STOLE the movie. He was perfect. When they first find the hedge. "Let's call it, Steve. Steve is a nice name." And when Hammy finally gets a "power" drink. Very funny! If you're into the animated movies. Definitely worth seeing, theatre or otherwise.
This next weekend we're going to see Cars. Surprisingly, my daughter is very excited about this. Then again, she eats Play-Dough.
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