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Mar. 20th, 2009 04:52 pmMy father in law took my kids up north for a couple of days, so today I indulged in a trip to the movies. Two, movies, actually, though the second wasn't really worth seeing.
First, Watchmen - I liked it, though it left me wishing that I knew more about the characters before I went into it. It was extremely violent with many characters without morals or any hint of conscience--there was sex, nudity, foul language and gore. If those aren't something you tolerate well, better give this movie a skip. It had a good plot, and I liked the characters though and it also had a lot of dark humor in the right places. I give it a grade of "B".
One bad thing about my experience was that a woman around my age saw fit to bring three SMALL CHILDREN with her to this show. Kids below the age of eight do NOT need to be exposed to this sort of thing, and I was pretty appalled that she didn't leave the theatre within the first five minutes so that her kids wouldn't have to. Alas, it was not to be--at least they sat as far away from me as was humanly possible.
The second movie I saw was Twilight. For those of you who liked it, read no further. I will say right now that I have NOT read the books, and this movie firmly quashed any teeny tiny pique of curiosity that might have led me to do so. I now understand why there were so many ten year old girls in the theatre when I went--it's basically aimed at their demographic, in my opinion. The characters were flat and unappealing, the scenes that were supposed to be romantic with the scenery were overkill and boring and the main characters were completely improbable. I was prepared to find it hokey and a little dumb, but it went beyond that to just plain stupid. D-
Anyway, that was my day in a nutshell, and now I am preparing to go to a wedding reception that I had forgotten all about until about an hour ago when my sister called to remind me. See ya later!
First, Watchmen - I liked it, though it left me wishing that I knew more about the characters before I went into it. It was extremely violent with many characters without morals or any hint of conscience--there was sex, nudity, foul language and gore. If those aren't something you tolerate well, better give this movie a skip. It had a good plot, and I liked the characters though and it also had a lot of dark humor in the right places. I give it a grade of "B".
One bad thing about my experience was that a woman around my age saw fit to bring three SMALL CHILDREN with her to this show. Kids below the age of eight do NOT need to be exposed to this sort of thing, and I was pretty appalled that she didn't leave the theatre within the first five minutes so that her kids wouldn't have to. Alas, it was not to be--at least they sat as far away from me as was humanly possible.
The second movie I saw was Twilight. For those of you who liked it, read no further. I will say right now that I have NOT read the books, and this movie firmly quashed any teeny tiny pique of curiosity that might have led me to do so. I now understand why there were so many ten year old girls in the theatre when I went--it's basically aimed at their demographic, in my opinion. The characters were flat and unappealing, the scenes that were supposed to be romantic with the scenery were overkill and boring and the main characters were completely improbable. I was prepared to find it hokey and a little dumb, but it went beyond that to just plain stupid. D-
Anyway, that was my day in a nutshell, and now I am preparing to go to a wedding reception that I had forgotten all about until about an hour ago when my sister called to remind me. See ya later!
