On Saturday, Diane and I decided to hit up the local theater to take in a movie. We were faced with some pretty decent options in Wall-E, Hancock, Kung Fu Panda and Get Smart. We have a bunch of discount tickets we bought a year ago that make going to a movie reasonable in $ terms, so we decided to use those, and that automatically eliminates new movies, such as Wall-E and Hancock. I know I'll regret not celebrating the 4th with Will Smith, but he'll forgive me after I watch I, Robot for the 56th time and annoy Diane with talk about the pros and cons of a bionic arm (sure you can punch through walls and wail on some dopey robots, but can you get a manicure...this is more a con for Diane...I mean....).
So we decided to watch an overweight bear try to overcome flights of stairs and an evil Snow Leopard. I should interject that Snow Leopards are fairly rare, and only one attack has been captured on film, so I want to give a shout out to the boys at the Discovery Channel who caught it on tape in the killer series,
Planet Earth. Just a quick plug, as I am already WAY off track, ever thought to yourself "Self, life would be better if I could watch a 25 foot shark swallow a seal in one bite, in slow motion HD"...THANK YOU DISCOVERY CHANNEL!
I enjoyed the fat bear jokes. They never stopped, even after the bear becomes a kung fu master. I loved that part. I was worried the bear would become one with his zen or something and get in shape and the chubby jokes would cease, but kudos to DreamWorks for letting the good times roll! Jack Black was great for the voice. Did it hurt that he's a little rotund himself? No. Thank you Jack.
Sometimes I get a little annoyed with movies about animals. If animals somehow attained human-esque intellegence, I can only assume that the reason we don't see humans in these movies is we got the crud beat out of us by a bullet-proof vest wearing bear. But who knows? These movies never explain human absence. And I can't help but look at the talking animals and think how much they have sold out. I mean the snake is cool with hanging out with a monkey, a crane, a bug and a tiger? Sell out. I got a sweet kung fu move for you, BITE THEM, YOU'RE POISONOUS! Also, I get that the Monkey enjoys an almond cookie, but doesn't it get awkward when the Tiger enjoys some meat...
All in all, I enjoyed the movie. It was funny. I laughed out loud several times. It's one of those moments that I can imagine having my kids, and really enjoying myself (as opposed to when we were at the firework show on Friday and the 3 kids near us kept asking "is this the finale? How about now? Finale? Is it starting? Do you think the finale started now?" How the parent stopped himself from saying "FINALES DON'T START ONE MINUTE INTO THE SHOW...THEY ARE AT THE END!" Gold Star for that parent.).
2 comments:
Wait for Hancock on DVD. We saw it this weekend and there's way too much gratuitous violence and language. If they can edit it for commercials, they should use it in the movie. Some have mistakenly thought this was a superhero movie (along the lines of X-Men or Hulk) but it's not. It's an action flick plain and simple. :)
This is everything that I wish my movie reviews were. Bravo!
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