Movie Reviews

I am spending my day watching movies. Last night on NBC was The Incredibles, which I'd seen before. I recorded it because I really liked it the first time. Since it's PG, I recorded it and watched it today with no commercials (and no worries about good parts being edited). I thought it was great again, and I may have to put it in my list of all-time favorites. Seriously.

I am finishing The Good Shepherd. It's pretty good, I guess, but I'm not a huge fan of movies in which the story bounces around so much over long time frames.

There were no such issues with Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj. The original was good, and so was this one (but not as good as the first). One thing I liked about it was that it was set in England and all of the actors who played Europeans actually lived their roles. What I mean by that is that a real Irishman played the Irish guy, and English folks played the roles of the Englishmen. It's one of my pet peeves when Hollywood takes a foreigner to play an American (like that idiot Colin Farrell) or a hot chick to play an ugly one (like the enchanting Charlize Theron). Aren't there enough Americans and ugly women looking for acting work? Of course, as I write that Taj, who has an Indian accent, is played by Kal Penn, who has no accent and is from New Jersey. He's funny, so I can accept that.

Starting right now is Casino Royale, so I'll try to post about it later. After that is the European Beer Tour at Quenchers! I am so excited I almost shat myself.