Movie Updates

We typically don't see movies at the theater. This is unfortunate for me because I have always loved movies. I find nothing more enjoyable than focusing on a story played out before me on a 30 ft by 70 ft screen.

We've stopped going to the theater within the last couple of years because we've found it impossible to enjoy the movie when you're surrounded by inconsiderate, rude people. Oddly, it's not just the teenagers that are inconsiderate of others. We've found them to be our age as well as our parents age. Then you have the little kids that should know better but don't because their parents let them run like wild animals (this is likely to happen anywhere in public).

As a society we've forgotten our fellow man and focus purely on ourselves. It's the downfall of American values. However, this is a different subject.

MEET THE ROBINSONS
This past weekend we actually went out to the theater and caught Meet The Robinsons during the matinée. Lucky for us there were very few people in the theater and we had no distractions. In 1953, Disney made a Stereographic 3-D animated cartoon called "Working For Peanuts" with Donald Duck and Chip and Dale which they shelfed until now. It was like watching a movie through a View-Master. I enjoyed it.
Meet The Robinsons was also in 3-D and was pretty good. It deals with orphans and being adopted. Throw in some time travel and a villain and you've got the makings of a fun family movie.


Recently we've been trying to catch up on movies that we wanted to see at the theater, but waited to get them on DVD and still never sat down to watch them.

Walk The Line
Walk The Line is a movie about Johnny Cash. I found this to be an enjoyable movie even though it had a lot of music. I learned a lot about Johnny that I didn't know before. For example, June Carter was not his first wife and he toured with Buddy Holly and Elvis. I'm not 100% sure how well this movie followed his life, but I thought it was good.


The Terminal
When we first saw the trailer for this Tom Hanks movie, we were intrigued. How is it that a person can be stuck in an airport terminal? Come to find out, he's Russian and lost his citizenship while in the air and therefore cannot be admitted into the U.S. He ends up living in the terminal for 9 months! Not exactly believable, but he finds love and follows his dream. I enjoyed this movie quite a bit.


Zoom
Although I like Tim Allen and think he is very funny, Zoom was horrible. It could be called a remake of Sky High with Kurt Russell except that it came out about the same time. So I'll tell you what they are both about. They gather a bunch of kids that have extraordinary powers and train them to use those powers. In Zoom they are rushing to become a team to defeat Zoom's (Tim Allen) brother Concussion who decimated the world before he was banished to another dimension. Zoom hasn't used his powers in 30 years but when his brother returns, he and his team come together to bring Concussion back to the good side. The small difference with Sky High is that they are all students whose parents are super heroes and a villain comes to the school. The group comes together and defeats the villain. If you haven't seen either of these movies, I recommend Sky High as worth the time.


And That's What I Think.