Last weekend sucked. Six unexceptional movies came out and butted heads with one another, none of them succeeding in drawing in much of an audience. This weekend is probably going to be a much easier choice. It all comes down to whether you feel like a kids movie, a thriller, or a comedy. Or, if you’re like me, a combination.
Blades of Glory – Will Ferrell has done soccer, race car driving and now is mocking the sport of figure skating. Jon Heder is right behind him with the baseball flick The Benchwarmers. What other sports comedies could this duo have in their futures? I hope something with yacht racing. This movie will most likely be amusing, but heavy on the gay jokes and slapstick. The big reason I would see it in theaters before it came to video? This:
Meet the Robinsons – I saw the trailer for this and felt really old. What the hell is it about? I think a kid goes to the future or something and tries to find his family? And there’s a dinosaur? When I first heard about it I thought it was the long awaited prequel to Swiss Family Robinson. We would learn of family Robinson’s pre-shipwreck, Swiss origin stories as they roamed the beautiful Swiss country side. Ah, la Suisse. Skip Meet the Robinsons and rent that again. You owe it to yourself. There are pirates! Avalanches! She rides a fucking ostrich!
The Lookout – This is definitely my pick of the week, although not everyone has as hefty a man crush on Joseph Gordon Levitt as I do. He got famous on Third Rock from the Sun, but then left (wise move) the show early to go to college. He has of late become an indie film hero, taking chances on first-time directors (like the director of this film, Scott Frank and Brick director Rian Johnson) and low budget films.
Otherwise, the new Paul Giamatti indie film The Hawk is Dying is starting tomorrow at Cinema Village East, and Live Free or Die is supposed to be starting, but they haven’t released its venues yet. This is not to be confused with the new Die Hard movie Live Free or Die Hard. What’s the difference? One stars this guy:
And the other stars this guy:
I’ve got a big head and little arms!
I’ll admit I laughed at that part.
But that still doesn’t explaing what the hell this movie is about.
I laughed at that part just reading the comments. Plainclothes… how many flicks can you get to in a weekend? Do you ever need suckers… I mean willing participants to flick with?
I usually partake in something called “Tragic Sundays” with my friend Nina. It consists of us being very hungover, hating life, and going to see a drama of some kind of Sunday afternoon/evening. We usually do one a weekend (and I usually see one on Saturdays) but every once in a while, we’ll pull a tragic double feature. She tends to be more of a drama fan than a comedy fan.
But yes, suckers are welcome. And judging by me once running into you at an aforementioned Jon Heder baseball movie, you, like myself, seem to have no shame.
No shame would be accurate. I like the movie experience and it doesn’t matter what’s on screen. I also like going to movies with other people.
While I don’t want to jump in on an established “thing,” I want to make myself available to see flicks that would be difficult to talk the average person into going to see. Is there anyway to plan (but not to over-plan you), based on certain releases (Blades of Glory), tentative “we-should-go-see-that” times? How do you normally get your krew (and Nina) together for a movie? Are you not a fan of midweek screenings?
Being a loser, I often like to go to things the weekend they come out (as if the world will end if I do not), although I am not completely against midweek screenings.
I was planning on possibly seeing Blades of Glory tomorrow afternoon at some point (if the sunny weather doesn’t make me feel guilty) and am always looking for new krewmembers. It’s always good to have someone who enjoys the movie experience for its face value no matter what’s playing on screen (where were you when European Gigolo came out, damnit?).