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Okay, so don't laugh, but with a 2 yo, we just don't get to see 'em as quick as we used to.  Movies seen this weekend:

Brother Bear.  Got this one for the little girl, and man, I was dis-a-pointed.  Phil Collins' musical score WAY overlapped Elton John in "The Lion King," and it was just too sugary for my taste.  Even my 2 yo was bored with it.

Paycheck.  Gotta say I'm not a Ben Affleck fan, but this one was not TOO bad.  The whole thing reminded me of when I first read "The Bourne Identity" over 20 years ago, with hints of "Total Recall" thrown in.  I had a hard time with this simple engineer dude turning into an expert in hand-to-hand, riding a motorcycle, shooting, etc etc etc.  Still and all, it was an okay, midly entertaining flick.

LotR: Fellowship of the Ring.  We REALLY wanted to see this at that big screen, but just could not swing it while it was out.  It was good.  My wife is a pretty big Tolkein fan, and she really enjoyed it.  We ALMOST went to get TT today.  :)


Get Shorty.  I liked it 'ok,' but my wife's word for it was 'lame' (she liked "Pulp Fiction" after several viewings).  Of course, she missed half of it  ;).   Anyway, though I chuckled a few times, I spend most of the movie wondering why it was classified 'comedy.'  I'd say the Travolta as gangster is played out now.

Touching the Void.  True story documentary (with reenactments) of a 1985 alpine climb in Peru of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates in which Simpson was left for dead and endured a 4 day epic struggle to survive.  Having some climbing experience and being a big fan of climbing movies, I really dug this one.  I actually was not expecting it to be a documentary, however.  If you're into adventure flicks, especially true ones, this one is pretty good, and the climbing is authentic, not shot with tilted cameras on a sound stage.


Side note:  in an earlier thread, I mentioned that the Blockbuster at which we rent movies had a very small, VERY small, horror section.  Well, now they have no horror section.  All the horror is in "Action." Interesting.  Having discovered this, I noticed there is a respectable selection.  So, I can soon get back to watching  some low budget horror flicks.

Tangent off of side note: Ever notice that in video stores without the special porn section, there's somewhat pornographic stuff mixed in with other types of movies, usually drama? I've think I've run across "2069: A Sexual Oddessy" in both the comedy and sci-fi sections of the same store. Probably more dignified just to have the curtain with XXX over it or whatever.

The mom and pop video store I used to go to had porn movies when it first opened, then when it changed owners they hid them then apparently got rid of most of them. When then still had a few, about three, stashed on a shelf in the farthest tiny corner of the store, "2069" was one of them. Seemed strange they ditched the porn but kept the "Faces of Death", "Shocking Asia", other mondo films, and lots of giallo and graphic horror considering the owner and the manager were both fairly religious and enforced the parental restrictions cutsomers put on their kids strictly.

"Get Shorty" had more punch when it first came out before Travolta went into another cycle of bad films and annoyed everyone he had won over with his comeback in "Pulp Fiction". I'd say it definitely is a comedy, a mean-spirited one that spoofs organized crime and Hollywood. It fits with the tone of Elmore Leonard's books, usually a mix of laid back humor and violence. There is a sequel book "Be Cool", and there's supposed to be a film version coming out at some point.