Welcome to the cinema

An actual conversation with a customer at about 7:25 Friday night:

"Hey, wasn't Beverly Hills Chihuahua supposed to start at 7:15?"
"Yes... Is there a problem?"
"Well, it's not a movie. It's just all commercials. Like. For upcoming movies and stuff."
"Um... Those are previews. That's what happens before a movie. .. Always."
"So... ... ... ... ... The movie will come on?"
"... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...Yes. It's. Yes."


Ignoring the obvious issue that this man has clearly not seen a moving picture since 1942, I would like to address the more disturbing point here: The film that was so incredibly irresistible, that was finally able to light a fire under his ass to make his way to a theater, was none other than BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA.

The numbers that turned out for this movie are a dismal comment on our society.


Recent movie reviews:

Ghost Town: Worth It.
Ricky Gervais is hilariously awkward. Confession- I am afraid I will turn into his character someday.

Miracle At St. Anna: Worth It.
It was definitely a little scatterbrained. John Leguizamo was on the screen for about a minute and a half in the beginning, and his character was never referenced again- confusing in a film of no-name actors. Maybe not Spike Lee's greatest. That said, it was still a moving story. True, it's a bit long (at 2 hours and 50 minutes), but it never feels like it's dragging. Look at it this way: you'll actually get your money's worth for once.

Blindness: Time-Killer.
There was a neat concept behind this movie, but they could have done more with it. It tried to address issues such as anarchy and how people fall in and out of love when they can't see (as an old black man with an eye patch and a beautiful young Hispanic woman fall for each other), but it didn't explore these or the disease itself enough. Toward the end it really had the feeling of a story that was running too long and had been edited down to time, losing important details in the process. Gael Garcia Bernal, though a memorable prick, was not enough to save this film.

The Duchess: Worth It.
I think we've all had about enough of Keira Knightley in period films, but this film was still interesting and enjoyable. It was a refreshing dose of reality in a world where love tends to overcome all by the end of the story.