So! I have seen some movies of late. (Not including the movies I’ve watched on TV, which is a whole other topic).
First, Gene and I saw Pineapple Express. Ehh. I enjoyed it but it was – as Cartman from South Park might say – hella violent. Very funny, but not as good as…
Next, we saw Tropic Thunder. Loved it. In fact, you should stop reading this post and go see it right now. It was hysterically funny. Additionally, I feel it has completely made the last 20 years of my life spent slavishly reading up on gossip and the entertainment industry all worth it. Thanks, Ben Stiller! Now, if only you could have saved…
Finally, I saw Mamma Mia today. I clearly have a black, black heart because it was awwwwful. Holy Crap. I am glad tickets were “only” $5. Does this movie take place in a world without DNA testing or something? Jesus. Jerry Springer could have solved the movie’s central dilemma (“Who’s the baby daddy?”) in less than an hour and it would have given us the larger benefit of a bare knuckle fist fight between Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan. Damn. And maybe I’ve just spent too much time and money seeing the Eagles reunion tours, but fuck – ABBA refused to reunite when they were offered a BILLION dollars? Really? Each of the four members (A, B, B and A) could have had $250 million dollars from that – think of how many IKEA meatballs that equals! – and they wouldn’t have to deal with the lasting legacy of the dreck I watched today.
Oh, and lately I’ve seen (on DVD or thanks to the DVR): Smart People (hated it – I admit that I fell asleep toward the end (?) but didn’t feel interested enough to rewind), Conversations with Other Women (really enjoyed it although it was filmed in split screen, which I bet was nausea inducing in the theaters) and The Pursuit of Happyness (loved it, loved it, loooved it, so perhaps my heart is not so cold as previously thought).