Both of the movies we watched this weekend featured the "filming within a film" conceit. One was far more enjoyable than the other.
Last night, we watched Tropic Thunder. I was less than impressed. (Keep it to yourself, Dustin.) I had read such great things, but not so great that I felt like it would be impossible to live up to what the reviewers were saying. Frankly, I was bored. The fake previews were funny, and I liked Robert Downey, Jr. That's about it. Ben Stiller is like SNL. They both need to learn that just because something is funny for 5 seconds does not mean it will be funny for 5 minutes. I'd give it a 6.5 out of 10.
Today, we took the kids to see Bolt (aka The Truman Show with a dog). I liked it. The action sequences were crisp and fresh. The story line was a little predictable, but it is a kid movie. Unlike Ben Stiller, somebody knew just when to pull the plug on the silly supporting characters, like the pigeons and the hamster. They came in small, enjoyable doses. Some of the animation was a little awkward-- the humans often looked mechanical when walking and one looked exactly like the Barbie in Toy Story 2-- but for the most part it was well done. The boys and their friend Lydia loved it. This one gets an 8.
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You know, it'd probably be less cold in that house of yours if you stopped spinning the Movie Opinion Wheel, and accept that movies like Tropic Thunder and High Fidelity are GOOD and movies like Bolt and Armageddon are BAD (Keep it to yourself, Jeremey). I'm sure the idea of the "Simple Jack" movie had less humor and value to it than one of John Travolta's many complicated one-liners/life lessons/scientology propaganda that that movie was brimming with. I'm trying to find the "sacastic" font on this computer, but i'm not sure that exists yet. unbelievable.
hope you guys are well.
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