I saw two movies in the last 24 hours. One, in my opinion, better than the other. But first we have reached a new stage in technological disruptions. For a while now there has been reminder about turning off your cell phone. But now a new reminder has been added to that: please do not text message during the movie because the light from your cellphone is distracting. I bring this up really because I completely did that. Not this weekend, but a month or so back during what was a particularly bad movie. I can't remember what it was, but I remember blogging about the fact that it was so bad I sent a text message during the movie. Neither of the movies I saw this weekend were that bad.
The first movie I saw was Mamma Mia. It should come as no surprise that I loved this movie. What I will say is that Pierce Brosnan is not a good singer and he comes off as really cheesy. Really CHEESY!!! But I loved the rest. It is campy and fun. I wish I had seen it in a better audience. Very few people were dancing and singing along. And only once did people break out into applause, and then it was a little half-hearted. It is just a fun movie. I saw the Broadway show a couple of times when it was touring. So I knew what I was getting into. And I was not disappointed. Meryl Streep is fantastic. And then two of my favorite actors are in it: Colin Firth and Christine Baranski. And Colin Firth takes off his shirt--now lets be clear he is not as hot now as he was when he played Mr. Darcy in the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice, but he is still hot. And come on Christine Baranski? How can you not love her. I would suggest going to see it with group of girlfriends or gayfriends. I'd definitely see it again. I'm guessing if you are straight guy you are not going to love this movie--I'm guessing you'll enjoy it as much as you enjoyed Sex and the City. But the next movie I saw is for you.
The Dark Knight, the latest Batman installment, is definitely dark. I mean dark. A little too dark for my taste. It just never lets up. The other thing is it is long. Two and a half hours long. And after the first hour and a half I was looking at my watch. Had it not been so long it is possible that I might have been able to stomach the darkness of it all. Heath Ledger is good as the joker, but I don't necessarily agree with the people who say go ahead and etch his name on the academy award. Unless he is just going to win it because he should have won an award for Brokeback Mountain, which the oscars have done that before, or because he died young. Which I have to say I think is probably the reason there is so much buzz about his performance to begin with. It is good and by that I mean really disturbing--think Hannibal Lecter meets Chuckie. I heard the comment the other day that he is the first joker who doesn't seem to actually be much of a joker, meaning he is a jokster. And that is true he doesn't really seem to be having much fun. In the end I just didn't like it.
So those are my reviews. Not really much more than my personal preferences. So you be the judge. And if you are going to see Mamma Mia make sure you go with a friend who will enjoy it as much as you do.
Peace out!
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