Three Movies, Three Reviews
My roommate took last week as an opportunity to head up to the cottage, so I took the opportunity to invite my youth group over to my place for swimming and movies. One of the girls in my youth group that lives nearby has a pool and a hot-tub, so we went there first. It turns out that only the girls showed up, so the swimming consisted of me and six girls in a pool, with all of them making fun of my farmer's tan, which is sadly actually a golfer's tan. Earlier, I had gone into Stratford to rent some movies for the night. I tried to choose a good spectrum of movies for them. With the help of a Blockbuster employee, I picked the three movies and came home. Of course with all girls, they chose the girliest of the three. Wanting to get my money's worth, I watched the other two before I returned them as well.

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen - This was the girliest of the movies, so was of course their first choice. I expected bad acting, predictable lines, annoyingly bad music, etc. and I was hoping that the charms of Lindsay Lohan would make it semi worth my time. The movie was cheesy, but I could embrace the cheesiness of it. I laughed, I ridiculed, and I laughed again. Certainly not worth watching the second time, but it was enjoyable the first time. The acting was good, the lines held their own, and the music was almost fun. Lindsay Lohan did great in her debut, but looked quite young.

50 First Dates - This was supposed to be my middle of the road movie, appealing to both guys and girls. I watched it alone, and really liked it. It was funny in an Adam Sandler way, and held its own as a romantic comedy. These movies are not designed to withstand intellectual critique, but when I find flaws, it can ruin the movie for me. In the movie, the girl has a condition where every morning her memory starts fresh, because her mind is incapable of converting short term memory into long term memory as she sleeps. For a while, her family hides it from her and plays along every day. It's Hawaii, so weather wouldn't alert her of changing seasons. However, there are other things that would clue her in that it wasn't the same day anymore, being a girl and all.

Second Hand Lions - This was supposed to be the guy movie, and came highly recommended by the Blockbuster girl, but I was thoroughly disappointed. The previews looked good, but it performed poorly at the box office, and I had kinda forgotten about it. The idea is that a boy is forced to move in with his uncles. I wasn't convinced by the acting, the weak action scenes, or by the overly sappy and predictable story line. I liked the idea of the story, but some parts of it were just so poorly done that I couldn't take it seriously.

At the time, I was disappointed that they chose the girly one, but the others wouldn't have been as enjoyable as that one.

   [ posted by William @ 11:27 AM ]