well I’ve not made it to the movies in a while, although I’m hoping to make it out to see StarLight with the kids shortly, but there’s not been much on that I was that worried about missing, and I seem to have ended up with a bit of a pile of new DVD’s to watch.

so last night I settled down with a couple of beers to watch a new dvd - Road Hogs

I’ve been looking forward to this movie, although I didn’t think it was worth going to the cinem to watch and I wasn’t expecting anything “high brow” or overly taxing, and I was right.

It was real easy and funr to watch, just sit back, switch off the brain and enjoy a good old fashioned, although somewhat lame at times, simple comedy.

It didn’t seem to have the edge that the earlier pixar movies did, but that may be because I’ve become used to Pixar delivering such impressive movies.

Both myself and the kids laughed quite a lot, although not always at the same spots, there weren’t as many adult “in jokes” as there have been in past pixar movies, but certainly enough to be enjoyable as an adult, and the kids walked out with a smile on their faces.

My son said afterwards that it seemed quite short, even though it was 111 minutes long, so I guess he was drawn in by the story.

The plot has not particular surprises, but is good simple fun, although it wasn’t tough to guess what was coming next.

Wow!

this is the most fun movie I have watched since Severence, it just rocks!

right from the start you know this movie is going to be a non stop ride of pure adrenalin and fun, with little to no brain activity required…

One of the bad guys in the opening scene is killed with a carrot, need I say more!

the plot is irrelvant, the acting is good enough and the action scenes are sometimes so over the top I couldn’t stop laughing. For a film that’s not a “comedy”, there was a heck of a lot of laughter going on in the theatre…

The corny one liners thrown out by both Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti serve as a constant reminder that this is a film that’s not to be taken seriously, at all.

One of the many advantages of having kids is that it’s a perfect excuse to watch kids movies now and then.

We’ve been having a lazy day today and watched Narnia and then The Incredibles, both of which I’ve seen before, but I’d forgotten just how good they are.

Kids movies seems to be better made than a lot of adult movies now, and the incredibles is an excellent example of a movie that’s obviously been deisgned to make the parents laugh and enjoy the movie, as well as the kids.

I actually find myself looking forward to the follow ups for these movies, assuming that they will do them of course…

It would seem like a “no brainer” for Narnia, as there are another 4 books to go from memory, I read them all when I was a kid, more than once as I remember.

Having thoroughly enjoyed the first two Bourne movies I’ve been looking forward to this one and it didn’t fail to please.

I did manage to persuade some mates to come along on this one and we were all of the same opinion when it was over, “wow, that went quick”, which is always a goos sign for a movie.

It literally grabs you by the scruff and zooms you through the whole thing with the fast paced action and typically brutal Bourne style fight scenes.

I’m not sure it would stand so well on it’s own, if you watched it without seeing the other two first, it probably wouldn’t work, but having seen the first two, you know what to expect and it delivers.

Friday Morning, 10 am and I’m sat in the Cinema with a bucket of popcorn watching Transformers all on my own, literally, the Cinema was empty!!

I’m going to have to assume that it was empty because it was so early on a Friday, so people were either at work or still at home, as the movie was pretty good.

I admit I was watching it on my own as none of my mates were keen on coming to see it, they claimed they were too busy working and couldn’t take time off, but I reckon it was more a case of not wanting to go watch a “kids” movie…

I managed to sneak out to see Shrek the 3rd last weekend under the guise of “taking my kids”…

I have to say that whilst I did enjoy it, and even laugh at a few bits, I found it dissapointing.

I guess it’sprobably because I’m used to the format and the characters, and even the jokes, from the first two.

For the third movie in a series it’s not bad, but there was nothing really fresh somehow, and my kids felt the same way.

Favorite bits: -

Pinochio trying not to lie

Puss trying to do his “big sad eyes” whilst in Donkey’s body

and Eric Idle as the Hippy Merlin the Wizard.

they’re going to have to do a lot better if the decide to make a fourth, otherswise it’s gonna kill the series…

Let us know what you think of the latest movies, the good, the bad and the downright ugly…