Movies We've Seen Lately
Dec. 21st, 2004 03:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
e_julianaZ & I finally signed up for Netflix (which rocks my world), so we've been slowly catching up on all of the movies we've meant to see over the past few years. The first four, with comments:
Shrek 2: Cute. Fun. Better than your average Disney flick, and it had us howling in places. I adore Puss In Boots, and think Fiona is prettier as an ogre.
The Bourne Supremacy: Despite being spoiled for events that take place in the first 10 minutes, I enjoyed the hell out of this movie. I love watching Matt Damon work (and run), in part because he makes it look effortless. I have no real attachment to the books, so I'm able to enjoy this franchise without any residual crankiness.
Spiderman 2: Meh. Z enjoyed this a lot more than I did. I spent the first 2/3 of the movie yelling at Peter to just tell Mary Jane, already. There were bits that I liked, particularly the reaction of everyone on the train to Spidey's unmasking.
Dodgeball: Oh. My. Stars. I haven't laughed so hard at a movie in a very very long time. I'm not a big fan of embarrassment comedy (I cringed all the way through Meet The Parents), but I do love the physical humor, and I can appreciate the fact that Ben Stiller absolutely commits himself to whatever role he is playing. AND it has Alan Tudyk as a pirate! For no apparent reason whatsoever, except that it's funny! How can you resist?
Next up: Ronin and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
(We've also watched Looking For Richard and Richard III lately, but those weren't from Netflix and they were for research, so I'm not counting those.)
Shrek 2: Cute. Fun. Better than your average Disney flick, and it had us howling in places. I adore Puss In Boots, and think Fiona is prettier as an ogre.
The Bourne Supremacy: Despite being spoiled for events that take place in the first 10 minutes, I enjoyed the hell out of this movie. I love watching Matt Damon work (and run), in part because he makes it look effortless. I have no real attachment to the books, so I'm able to enjoy this franchise without any residual crankiness.
Spiderman 2: Meh. Z enjoyed this a lot more than I did. I spent the first 2/3 of the movie yelling at Peter to just tell Mary Jane, already. There were bits that I liked, particularly the reaction of everyone on the train to Spidey's unmasking.
Dodgeball: Oh. My. Stars. I haven't laughed so hard at a movie in a very very long time. I'm not a big fan of embarrassment comedy (I cringed all the way through Meet The Parents), but I do love the physical humor, and I can appreciate the fact that Ben Stiller absolutely commits himself to whatever role he is playing. AND it has Alan Tudyk as a pirate! For no apparent reason whatsoever, except that it's funny! How can you resist?
Next up: Ronin and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
(We've also watched Looking For Richard and Richard III lately, but those weren't from Netflix and they were for research, so I'm not counting those.)
