Ironman Thursday, May 8 2008 

comedy and drama and excellent and movie soulprncs2 2:45 am

I have never heard of Ironman.  I know the basic superheroes, like Spiderman, Batman, Superman.  I even use to watch the Justice League cartoons as a kid, but not a true die hard comic book fan.  You know, because it is reading.  We had seen the previews where I saw my husband’s eyes glaze over and hear Black Sabbath hummed for the rest of the week.  Sadly, it has started up, again.

I went into this movie with no expectations, but only one direction: STAY UNTIL THE END OF THE CREDITS and a wonderful wealth of information will be opened up to you.  Okay, okay, can I have my popcorn, please.  I had mentioned to a couple of people that I thought it was strange that Robert Downey, Jr. was an odd choice for a superhero, but I was assured that he was perfect for this part.  I will agree, he was so very perfect for this role.

I love, love, love this movie.  I am sure we will have it in our DVD collection as soon as it comes out along with the Christian Bale Batman and Spiderman.  I came to this movie with very limited knowledge and walked away wanting more.  I have even foamed at the mouth to talk to someone about it and hit my husband’s arm repeatly when we got to the end of the credits.  All I can tell you is that my favorite actor of all times shows up.

I was shocked to learn that Jon Favreau directed the movie.  Who knew?  And I was very pleased that it all looked real.  Anything computerized or done after production was so seamless that you never had a second thought that there was really an Ironman out there saving the civilians of the Middle East.  Robert Downey, Jr. seemed very comfortable in this role and played it so well.  I had a few problems with Gweyth Paltrow, but nothing major.  I understood that she was suppose to be stiff, but there was scenes where she could have let loose on the emotions a little bit more.  However, that is real nit-picky stuff.

Everything was kept true to my vision of what a comic book story should be.  I am sure there will be the purest out there that had problems with this or that, but overall this is a great movie.  I am surprised that it wasn’t released in the summer, but I guess Ironman is the new kid on the block.  Honestly, I could go see this movie again.  It was that good and that is coming from a bored housewife that likes trashy reality TV and fart jokes.

 

No Country for Old Men Thursday, May 8 2008 

drama and movie and what the? soulprncs2 2:32 am

I have one word to describe this movie, HUH? I heard the hype and was ready for a violent, but good movie.  What did I get?  Sure I got the violence, a little on the unnecessary side, but I didn’t get a movie.  I thought all movies should have a beginning, middle and end.  That is what a good story should have and isn’t a movie a story with pictures? 

So there was a drug bust gone bad and this regular Joe finds a bag of money.  At the same time there is this mean looking large man that goes around shooting people in the head with compressed air for no real reason at all.  Sure the cop had to die for him to escape but did the guy he pulled over to steal his car?  *shrugs*  And everyone mumbles which doesn’t help in the whole understanding thing.

The rest of the movie we are taken on a ride where the regular Joe sets out to get away from the large man, but retain the money and get back to his wife.  Then there are characters introduce, but not formally, so if someone walks in and asked who is that, you sit there with a dumb look on your face.  Oh, and there is Tommy Lee Jones.  He is the crotchety old sheriff that just doesn’t understand the killing these young people do.  Yeah, well join the club Mr. Jones.  Then the movie ends and you shoot up from your comfy position on the sofa and scream, “What the hell?”.  I swear I have never been so angry in all my life.

I am sure this movie has some deep meaning and makes all kinds of sense, but if the general public, meaning me, can’t get it what is the point.  This will be a movie that will haunt me to my death bed where I exclaim what was that movie about and then kill over.

 

Baby Mama Thursday, May 8 2008 

comedy and movie and okay soulprncs2 2:23 am

We saw this movie instead of going to the free Ironman showing.  My husband was a little miffed when I declared that I refused to fight for a seat from these die hard comic book fans.  And I might have thrown around the phrase, Freaks and Geeks, but only because it rhymes and makes me appear a bit cooler.  Instead, I got to see the movie I had been dying to see. 

What can I say?  I liked it; the characters were all likable and funny, the story was a bit on the same old, same old side, but put together enough to get through it and as a whole was enjoyable.  The downside can all be described as my expectations were not met.  I wanted to see a movie with immature humor about the weird, magical process that is pregnancy.  The movie focused more on the relationship between the 2 women, which is good, I guess, but haven’t we seen this before?  I just wanted more. 

I would recommend the film, especially if you like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, which I do.  And I will probably watch it over and over when it shows up on the movie channels and then on basic cable.  It just wasn’t what my mind had build it up to be and I guess like a baby, I will just have to live with it.