Up! in THREE DEE

Up made me laugh, cry, and laugh until I cried. It was also in 3D, but once again I was a little disappointed that things don't pop out at me all crazy, like they do at the 3D shows in Walt Disney World, especially since they charge you $3 for freaking 3D glasses. Anyway, very good, more serious and sad than I expected. The dogs are the best part ;D

Also, I just realized I'm a total ass and never reviewed Star Trek! I agree with Lady Blogpants, though: SUPER AWESOME! I laugh and cheered and I want to see it again and again!

My summer movie going experiences are starting out with a bang. Hooray for Hollywood! da da da da da da da Hollywood!

STAR TREK YAY!

When I was younger, my second-favorite Saturday morning cartoon was Muppet Babies (First favorite: DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS!), so clearly I have a soft spot for this particular conceit, and I was very excited to see Star Trek.

AND I WAS RIGHT TO BE EXCITED IT'S THE BEST MOVIE EVER YAY!

Hollywood insider item! My brother's roommate saw New Kirk at their neighborhood bar the other night. He asked the bartender about him and the bartender said New Kirk and New Spock go there all the time BUT NEVER TOGETHER.

Wolverine

I approve of this X-men prequel thingy. Hugh Jackman (or as my mom likes to call him, Jack Hughman) does his thing as usual, and we get to see his ass. A+

Also Liev Schreiber is in it and I love him too. We don't get to see his ass. And he's not necessarily hot, what with crazy canines and claws, but I'm willing to look past these issues.

I was worried about how Gambit would turn out, but he was alright. My only complaint was that he had a generic southern accent rather than a Cajun accent. But he was pretty (and more baby faced than I expected) and his special effects were cool, so he passes.

My only other major complaint was that for some reason Wolverine's CGI metal claws LOOKED CGI. I can't remember having that issue with them in the other X-Men movies, so I dunno whats up here. I feel like the color/lighting on them was off somehow. I shouldn't be able to obviously tell things are CGI these days, you know?

I can't comment on the story because I wasn't ever into the comics (only the Saturday morning cartoon) so I don't know if its true to the comic or whatever. I'm sure my fellow nerds have something to say on that matter elsewhere.

Orange Skull Loves Lips Skull 4-Ever

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is not a very good movie, but if you must see it, please strive to seat yourselves in front of The Couple That's Never Seen a Movie Before, as we did. We are very familiar with The Lady Who's Never Seen a Movie Before, but the couple was new to us. Oh, the delight they took in every hackneyed line and predictable plot turn. I really wish I could see the world through the eyes of this couple--everything would be so new and entertaining. They even loved the commercials before the previews. During the movie, the male half of the duo enjoyed noting out loud whatever happened, sometimes two or three times:

"He grabbed her tit!"

"The cake fell down!"

"She farted and fell off the mountainside!"
(Okay, not really, but that guy totally would have loved this).

Anyway, yeah, this movie is your standard uncharming rom com. Boy grows up with girl, boy gets bad relationship advice from Michael Douglas, boy becomes dick, girl becomes doctor, dick digs up the corpse of Charles Dickens and skull-fucks it, doctor falls in love with dick, and everyone lives happily ever after. Speaking of skull-fucking, Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner are all cheekbones and chins, so when they kiss they look like two skulls clonking against each other like something out of the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland. It's gross.