Weekend films

[jack]

I successfully went swimming, even though it looked a bit overcast beforehand, and it turned out nice when i was there.

I took Mobbsy, Sonic and Mds to see Forbidden Kingdom. It was very pretty, with lovely characters. Although I think Mobbsy was right that to say it had very little plot -- I though tthe mythology was lovely, but nothing much happened during the film. Basically, if you liked the trailer, you should see it -- it was like you'd expect, but better, very well done (and not as silly as you might fear, seeing Jackie Chan and Jet Li wrangling). I don't know enough Chinese mythology -- a variety of things come from there, and I don't know if that would make it interesting or painful if you do know, but to me it was a very pleasing blend of Western-style and Chinese-style things.

I've been cleaning up and packing, with mixed success, but a lot more productive that I normally manage :)

Fishpi, his Rachel, and I went to see Wall-E. I didn't like it as much as everyone else did (not as much as the Incredibles), but I thought it was very good (one of the best other Pixar films). It's marvellously animated, Wall-E and Eve are tremendously expressive. It's sweet. And never annoying. And generally enjoyable. But it never made me laugh much, and there wasn't that much to the plot. I guess time will tell.

Comments

[angoel.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. But 'The Increadibles' is a flawless masterpiece. It would be unfair to expect anything to equal it, let alone better it.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

ROFL. Well, yes, that's about what I thought. But internet people really did compare it to the Incredibles (Either "best since" or "maybe even better than"), even intelligent people who I wouldn't normally have expected to succumb to recency illusions, so I was disappointed.