I am a terrible blogger.

it's a fact.
I haven't blogged in two months. I had plans to celebrate my one year anniversary of this blog by counting how many movies I've watched in a year, but obviously I didn't do that either.

1)Lion King
Disney did a great job with this. I forgot how much I loved the movie, the graphics and visuals were fantastic, and I'm so excited that they have decided to re-release more of the classics in 3D. Don't worry, I still wept like a child at certain points, so not that much changed.

2) Drive
Okay, I have a mild obsession with Ryan Gosling. I won't even lie about it. We all know he is dead sexy and a damn good actor, so really this shouldn't come as a surprise. Drive was an incredible movie, I really enjoyed it, and I think if you watched it more than once you would pick up on a lot more of the symbolism and deeper story. I really didn't know what to expect going in, and I was really interested in the way they told a pretty plain story. There were lots of intense silences, almost so that it made me uncomfortable. I would definitely recommend it.

3) The Debt
The conspiracy theorist inside me secretly loved this, but there were only about 10-15 minutes of real action and story telling. The rest of the time was devoted to reliving the scene, details, and a quick 6 minute action wrap-up at the end. So sad for Helen Mirren, the scripts she chooses are so hit and miss. This was a very close miss, but regardless, a miss. I liked the idea, but thought maybe it should have been a short film, or just a tv movie, or something. The good news is that I got to eat popcorn for two hours.

4) Puss N Boots
ohmygosh I loved this movie! It was so stinkin' cute! AND Zack Galifianakis is the voice of Humpty! WIN!! I loved the story, it was a mix of old and new, and basically it was geared towards adults the entire time. There were so many one-liners and innuendos, I almost died. It was a kid's movie that adults will definitely enjoy! I would sincerely recommend it, if you enjoy childish humor and clever adaptions of humans to cats.

A cat, in boots. so funny.

New Kids Movies (on the block)

Sometimes I even amaze myself with my wittiness and charm.

First Up...

Mr. Popper's Penguins
Okay, I really didn't want to see this movie. I'm not a very big fan of Jim Carrey, and I just in general thought this would be super dumb. I admit, I was wrong. It was actually super cute! I'm a little worried about Jim's personal life though; he seems to frequently play the negligent dad who's kids don't really like him that much, so he takes on something drastic in order to win his family back. Just Sayin. I loved the little penguins, they weren't nearly as computer generated as I expected, and his assistant Poppy was positively precious! I would go see it if you get a chance, and if not, add it to the list of movies for christmas or some such family gathering time.


Next,
Zookeeper

I guess I just have a melancholy outlook on life that I expect all of these movies to be terrible. It was, in fact, not terrible. The animals were super cute, and I seriously felt for Kevin James' character. Chubby, not well paid zookeeper looking for love in all the wrong places (adult spin-off possibly) and always falling for the money-hungry shallow lady. I loved that the monkey looked exactly like the monkey (probably the same one) from Hangover 2. Maya Rudolph's voice as the giraffe was awesome and all of the characters were really well done, and funny as zoo animals. I also loved that Griffin (James) takes Bernie the Gorilla to a TGIFridays. Hilarious. Go see it, you know you love talking animals.

KIDS MOVIESSSSSSS!!!

Since I'm being a nanny this summer, I have the divine privilege of seeing kids movies. This won't be long, but here goes:

1) Kung Fu Panda 2
Right, I had no idea what the original Kung Fu panda was about, so the sequel part of this was lost on me. I thought it was hilarious that a Panda just figured out a goose wasn't his birth father, and the way in which the panda were exterminated because of a turkey's premonition was a bit reminiscent of the moses story in the bible, but don't mind me screenwriters. Mehhh.....

2) Cars 2
SO CUTE! I liked it a lot, was a little scared by the "biofuel is the enemy" story line, but what a surprise, Disney probably owns all of the oil reserves anyways. The new spy cars were awesome, and there were some funny lines from Mater. The boys loved it, which says a lot, so I liked it too. GO for sure!

3) Rio
So freaking adorable! I loved little Rio! The music was awesome, and all the celeb voice appearances were great! It was a cute story, and I loved the thug gangsters! Definitely a precious classic with love all around! Loved it!

4) The Princess and the Frog
Thank goodness Disney brought back the old school animation! However, if I was from the state of Louisiana I would be insanely offended by this movie. The creole and cajun stereotypes were just ridiculous. It was a cute story, and one of the first with a positive mother figure from Disney. Regardless, I appreciate what they are trying to do with the racially diverse princess, but it seems almost like they created it in 1988, and just found the reel and decided to release it.