"... that important brain thing, in my head..."

[dreaminghope]

Saw Madagascar tonight with Russ: Not as good as Shrek or The Incredibles (tough competition, after all), but funny. Loved the lemurs, especially Mort (see new icon). Also, loved the penguins ("just smile and wave"). Oh, and there's dancing! ~I like to move it, move it...~

Saw The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with Mom yesterday: It definitely had its weaknesses (some of the acting was a little wooden and it was pretty choppy), but it would be an excellent rainy afternoon chick-flick. Lots of teary eyes, and there's Alexis Bledel (who tugs on the bottoms of her sleeves in this too - I wonder if it's a habit of the actress', or if it is just her way of playing "nervous").

And this completes my micro movie reviews!

Comments

[cinnamonsqueak.livejournal.com]

The book Is really good. I own it and cried when I read it. (sisters) You can borrow it if you like

[dreamhope.livejournal.com]

That'd be cool!

[boheme-knits.livejournal.com]

We're taking the kids to see Madagascar in the school holidays.. looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for the review :)

[braenor.livejournal.com]

Yep, Julie and I saw Madagascar yesterday afternoon too - really good concept, but the execution faltered a bit. I found the ending weak (yes, I know it's a kids cartoon, but it lacked a certain amount of cleverosity I've come to expect - spoiled by Shreks and Incredibles I guess). The penguins totally stole the show! The lemurs grew on me too. I was pleased to see the major voice actors creep a little bit away from their normal personas. Normally I don't particularly enjoy Ben Stiller, and David Schwimmer I could take or leave. They were still pretty much their charicature-selves, but they stretched it a bit, which made it enjoyable. It was little stuff, like Chris Rock's characteristic inflection was juuust a hair different than it is in everyothermoviehehaseverbeenin, enough for it to be Chris-Rock-playing-Marty rather than Chris-Rock-playing-Christ-Rock-playing-somebody. I loved all the references and homages to other movies - I giggled heartily at the Planet of the Apes bit. All in all, quite enjoyable.