Cinematic Adventures

So, knowing that we're likely to be very busy in the next few months, Nick and I decided to spend most of our weekend relaxing. Friday night I suffered through the hellish depths of my math class, and met Nick at Champp's for fries and dip. Saturday, we headed to blockbuster, intending to rent a game for the Wii, but ended up buying three movies instead. We'd never seen any of the movies before.

The first selection was Tenacious D: Pick of Destiny. I liked it quite a bit. I admit to being quite the snob and not normally enjoying "stupid humour" movies. I haven't been interested in a lot of comedies lately, because I don't like 1. Ben Stiller 2. Will Ferrell or 3. Vince Vaughn. Pretty much these days if you want to see a comedy, chances are it's going to have one of these three in it. Tenacious D is no different, as Ben Stiller makes an appearance. His role is minor, however. The plot of this movie is pretty awful, but it's worth seeing, because it's funny. It's just funny. It's not genious, it's not winning any awards, but it's just funny. I may be biased by my somewhat unnatural love of Jack Black, but it's funny.


Selection number two was Casino Royale. I'm not a huge Bond fan, I'd never seen any Bond movies until recently, when Nick made me watch GoldenEye. I wasn't against seeing the movies, I'd just never had the opportunity. Am I the only one who thinks Eva Green is one of the most beautiful women ever to walk the planet? I'm not big on girl crushes and stuff like that, but wow, that woman is gorgeous. As for the movie, I liked it. The action scenes didn't overpopulate the movie, allowing for some character development, which doesn't usually happen for me in mega-action flicks. I liked that you could see how new Bond was, the little slips he would make again and again. The recklessness.

The last title we picked up was Marie Antionette. Maybe my expectations were too high after reading Carly's excitement, and then her rave review and then her very first guest poster applaud it, maybe I expected too much. I loved the costumes, and the music, but the movie just moved toooo slowly for me. Maybe I shouldn't have watched on a Sunday night? (I didn't make Nick watch it with me, just Theresa). I'm wondering if I have to give the movie another chance. The beginning hour moved slower than, well, something super slow. I checked the clock thinking there had to be about a half hour left, and the movie wasn't even half over. I love Kirsten Dunst, I thought maybe that would carry me through, but I was just redy for it to end. By the time the movie picked up and started moving, there was little to no time left in the movie to enjoy the good parts. and the ending. Oy vey, very disappointed in the ending.