This week, my kids were gone and for some reason I ended up seeing a bunch of movies. Here’s a rundown of the flicks:
Lars and the Real Girl: My brother recommended this to me, so Pam and I watched it on pay-per-view. This is the one where Ryan Gosling is a socially-stunted guy who shuns relationships. So he orders a doll off of an adult website and treats her as his fiance. Because of his high moral standards, he has his brother and sister-in-law keep her at their house. The small town loves Lars and embraces his fiance as a real person. Through their love and commitment to him, Lars learns to love the people around him and breaks free from his fantasy world. The movie is extremely slow but if you’re in the right mood with time to kill, this one has a lot of content to chew on.
The Happening: Pam and I caught this one at the theater in San Marcos that shows 50 cent movies on Tuesday night. And it was still a complete waste of money. There was absolutely no mystery to it, as you see exactly what’s “happening” in the first minute of the movie. If M. Night Shyamalan wants to induce people to kill themselves in cruel ways, he only needs to make more movies like this one. Marky Mark did a pretty good job carrying this otherwise ridiculous story. I want my money back!
Get Smart: Pam and I saw this one with the White’s at the Alamo Drafthouse. I thought this one was going to be just a watchable movie that was semi-entertaining. Instead, I couldn’t stop laughing. I loved the action and all the guest stars. This is one of the best comedies that I’ve seen in a long time.
The Dark Knight: Even though I never liked any of the Batman movies, Batman Begins changed all that. I loved that one and was so pumped about the new one. A friend of ours got Zak and I tickets for the premiere showing on Thursday night at midnight. This just might be the best movie I’ve ever seen. Yes, it’s dark. But it explores so many facets of human nature that it kept me hooked the entire 2 and a half hours. I’m looking forward to God On Film this Sunday where we’re talking about some of the themes in the movie.
Tomorrow night, I’m going to watch Journey to the Center of the Earth for Makenzie’s birthday. And that will be the official end of Movie week.