Bad Magic

Ugh. We rented "The Prestige" Sunday night. We hadn't rented a good movie in a while and I was really looking forward to watching something really enjoyable. We almost got "The Departed" but neither of us were in the mood for that much death. I can' t remember the name of the other movie we wanted to get, but its the one with Will Ferrell and he hears Emma Thompson's voice as she writes his story. We should have picked either of those two over "The Prestige". It wasn't that good at all. I figured the entire movie out about a half an hour into it. It wasn't that hard. I'm trying to think of the last time a movie really threw me a curve that blew me away - that I couldn't see coming. Probably "Fght Club" or "Mmento" ? I love figuring out puzzles, but you don't want to figure out a movie that soon, then sit thru the rest of it while they unveil it to you. The acting was pretty bad as well. I can def say I have the hots for Wolverine, but as soon as Hugh Jackman takes off the scruffy beard, he loses all appeal. I do like Christian Bale and Michael Cain, but the script was just bad.

We did rent "The Illusionist" a few weeks ago and really enjoyed that. It kept you intrigued, the acting by Ed Norton was pretty good, and the way it was filmed helped add to the the interest of the film. Of the two magician movies it was much better.

I'm trying to think of the last few movies we've seen or rented, but can't think of any. We went and saw "Casino Royale" after Christmas, and we both thought it was great. I didn't like the Bond girl though, D did. But I honestly can't think of anything else we've rented or watched - so nothing has really made an impression. Oh wait - I saw "Happy Feet" if that counts.

Movies I'mlooking forward to: Pan's Labyrinth. Too cool to come to our local theater. Are you kidding - subtitles? No way anyone here would watch it. And by the same director - really psyched they've started filming "Hellboy 2" with the entire cast returning. Love that movie. We still need to rent "Babel" and "the Queen" when it comes out. That's one thing about my surgery - I''m going to make a list of movies I want to watch that D wouldn't be interested in to watch as I recover. (I'll probably end up watching reruns of CSI and Star Trek NG).