Mamma Mia!

Since I don't like musicals, Meryl Streep, or ABBA, I went into this movie with such low expectations that I halfway expected to be pleasantly surprised. I was not.

Despite the fact that it is a conglomeration of the aforementioned three things that I don't like, there were some fun and funny moments. These were completely overwhelmed by the astoundingly horrific thing that is Pierce Brosnan in a musical. It's hard to explain in words the pain of watching him lip sync his role. When you were little, did you ever walk in on your parents doin' it? Do you remember the burning in your eyes, the way your face wrinkled in revulsion, and the way your legs and arms churned like a cartoon character as they were unable to carry you away fast enough? That's what it was like.

Et tu, Colin Firth?

The Mamma Mia Curse

You know how Heath Ledger got SO DEEP into his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight that it KILLED him? I heard a similar thing about Mamma Mia. I heard Meryl Streep got so deep into her role as a horrible screaming flailing person with even more horrible screaming flailing eye-bugging friends and family that she killed everybody who saw this movie. She killed me. I'm sitting here writing this as a ghost.

Concession Confession: THE DARK KNIGHT

Good and Plenty:
~Christian Bale. Except, does he lisp? Sometimes it sounded like Batman had a lisp. That doesn't make me love him any less, but just sayin'.
~Okay, yes, Heath Ledger is awesome.
~Um...how creepy did Harvey Dent turn out to be? HOLY CRAP.
~On a similar vein, how creepy was his Two-Face make-up? HOLY CRAP.
~Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine are equal parts of awesome.
~I adore that Cillian Murphy had a brief appearance as the Scarecrow <3

Sour Patch Kids:
~There were at least three moments where I thought the movie was going to end and then it didn't. And then I was like, "Is this movie ever going to end??"
~SPOILER ALERT, they totally kill off Maggie Gyllenhaal's character. Which sucks, cause I like her way better than Katie Holmes.

Overall: A! I liked it quite a bit, except for the never ending ending.

Concession Confession: HANCOCK

Good and Plenty:
~The first half is fantasic.
~Jason Bateman. I sort of love him.

Sour Patch Kids:
~There is no explanation for where the superheroes are getting their powers.
~Charlize Theron annoyed me. I don't have a specific reason. Maybe she was trying to be too dramatic?
~All the good parts are in the trailer. You're welcome.

GRADE: C-. Eh. One of those movies that could have been (and should have been) awesome, but someone got lazy.

Concession Confession: WALL-E

Good and Plenty:
~Wall-E is SUPER CUTE.
~I was very happy that the humans weren't evil. Just really obese and lazy.
~The little short that played before this was AWESOME. Is there a place where you can buy all the little Pixar shorts? Cause they're rad.


Sour Patch Kids:
~I felt kind awkward watching the part where Eve is all frozen up and Wall-E is taking her around with him everywhere. However, this apparently, this didn't ook HER out later when she watched it via her own security camera.
~I had the sense there was a blaring: TAKE CARE OF OUR PLANET message, which: OKAY ALREADY LAY OFF.

GRADE: B+ I liked Kung Fu Panda better, which is a lot coming from a Disney freak. This is really cute though ;)

Concession Confession: WANTED

So, Lady Blogpants and I spent this past weekend in the Land of Movies, aka Hollywood, aka Los Angeles, and boy, did we watch the hell out of some movies! I have to agree with LB's opinion about LA: "They take movies seriously there." Damn skippy. We saw some BEAUTIFUL theaters, and in every movie we saw the crowd was really into it, clapping, cheering, laughing. It was a great experience.

Moving along: WANTED (AKA: "Mr. Tumnus Bends Bullets" as per Lady Blogpants.)

Good and Plenty:
~Good action and special effects.
~Good humor at appropriate moments.
~Morgan Freeman.
~James McAvoy.
~Bullets that bend in midair!
~A fantastic scene where Mr. Tumnus is sucked into a car. ITS FABULOUS.
~I totally saw this movie in the best theater ever, which increased my adoration of it.

Sour Patch Kids:
~Angelina Jolie is too damn skinny. Well, in this movie anyway. Not right NOW, being all full of twins.
~James McAvoy did a pretty good job with an American accent, but I heard it slip a couple of times.
~"The Loom of Fate." I shit you not.
~While the idea behind this movie is new and interesting, they kind half-assed it near the end.

GRADE: A-. I was very entertained, and quite enjoyed myself.

WALL-E

WALL-E dies.