May 4, 2006

  • Well, it's May and we all know what that means, right?

    Okay, it could mean my sister, Jeanne's, birthday (which is on the 5th...happy birthday, Jeanne!) or my husband, Don's, birthday (on the 16th), but that's not what I'm thinking of.

    Or Mother's Day. Could mean Mother's Day (which is on the 14th this year, and I want dark chocolate covered cherries), but it doesn't.

    It could also theoretically mean the end of school, but that's not it, either.

    Could be a reference to the Colonial Golf Tournament, but like that's gonna happen. I don't think so.

    No, all of those are certainly worthy of attention, but they're not what I'm thinking about. What I'm thinking about is the start of the Summer Movie Season.

    Not that I normally go to any movies, you understand. What with having a BIG-screen television and a slick entertainment system, Don considers paying good money to sit with a bunch of strangers watching a movie you can't pause or rerun if you didn't understand something to be a sad waste of good money. Still, it's nice to know what will be coming to A Living Room Near Me sometime next fall or winter.

    One movie, BTW, that will NOT be coming into this house is the DaVinci Code. Movies telling lies about Christ are not welcome here.

    Don will no doubt be waiting for M.i.3 or whatever affected way it is Mission: Impossible 3 has been dubbed. I'll skip it, though. Didn't like the first one overmuch, and figure the sequels probably aren't an improvement. Not to mention which, Tom Cruise dumped Nicole Kidman, which was tacky, and is a fervent Scientologist, which is simply strange. Everyone else want to watch strange, tacky people, go right ahead, but I'll pass.

    The first one coming up I'm eager to see is Over the Hedge, which, along with looking like a crackerjack animation, has a darn cool website, complete with games.

    Well, actually, turns out there's one starting tomorrow that might be worth a looky-loo, which is Hoot. Some boys try to save an endangered owl down in Florida.  Probably not going to get any Oscar nominations, but also doesn't seem likely to contain a slew of unsuitable language, etc. and in any case, I'm right fond of owls.

    Another one that looks promising is A Prairie Home Companion: "look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's
    most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a
    country music siren (Streep), and a host of others hold court."  Mercy Maud, I haven't heard of Meryl Streep in donkey's years, seems like.  Tell you what, if nothing else, PHC has some serious talent taking part, from the aforementioned Streep to Tommy Lee Jones to Kevin Kline.

    Also, Cars by Disney/Pixar looks to be fun, with voices provided by Bonnie Hunt, Paul Newman, Michael Keaton, George Carlin, along with some other notables. 

    I liked Pirates of the Caribbean when we saw it in Moscow, so am rather looking forward to the sequel, PoC II: Dead Man's Chest.  Even more intriguing is Steven Spielberg's Monster House, an animated film that is, according to its web site, "an exciting and hilarious thrill-ride tale about three kids who must do battle with a mysterious house that threatens anyone who crosses its path."  The animation technology is the same as was used for Polar Express, so it should be right entertaining. 

    Based upon what I'm reading, my most eagerly-awaited movies aren't much of anyone else's most eagerly-awaited.  That's me...always out of step.

    In fact, my top contender for Most Anticipated May Movie - Over the Hedge - was totally out-classed in an online vote at Yahoo! Movies; the most eagerly awaited film is X-Men:  The Last Stand, believe it or not, scoring 52% of the votes.  DVC only got 23%, while Crazy Cruise's M.i.III could only scrounge up 10%.  When it comes to June offerings, Superman Returns is the most anticipated, with Cars at second place with 8% of the vote. 

Comments (10)

  • My husband's birthday is also tomorrow. I believe that Mother's Day is the day the husband leaves on a business trip, he'll miss Katherine's dance recital. May for me is looking like a legal mess which hopefully won't swallow the whole month and ruin it. We're not big movie goers, but the kids have requested seeing "Over The Hedge". When Bennett comes home I'll have to take him to the website (Thank you for putting the link here so handy like!). There will be no Mission Impossible watching here Tom Cruise is just down right creepy. Don't know that much about the DaVinci Code, I read part of the book but pretty much lost interest in it. Did like reading about the art gallery as I remember, don't have a desire to see the movie either.

    Are you going to post a picture of your new hair do?

  • "Tom Cruise dumped Nicole Kidman, which was tacky, and is a fervent Scientologist, which is simply strange."

    More proof that for the Southern woman, tackiness is the greatest sin. And I'm right there with you.

  • I saw that sneaked in!! Saw this movie in Moscow!! Hummpp. I've never been to Moscow and I'm your mom. So for Mother's day     ummmmm   no, actually I really don't want to go to Moscow. I don't recognize any movies and will wait till they show up on TV. for free. And TIVO.

  • I'm always on the alert to remind everyone what an international traveler I am.

    And you better believe "tacky" is The Worst. =8^o

  • While on vacation our friends had some movie CDs along, and we watched things like "Twelve Angry Men," and "A Place in the Sun."  It made me wonder - where are the movies today that have good, engrossing stories, no bad language, and leave the sex scenes to the imagination?   We used to have so many good movies.  Now I just view (literally) with alarm what our choices are.  Or am I just being a cranky old lady?   I hope some of the ones you're anticipting, Anne, prove to be good.  But I still long for the good old days.

  • They don't even have to be "good" movies for me to sigh and shake my head, regretting the films that have gone before.

    Heck, I'd be happy if the studios would simply churn out happy-clappy, feel-good bits of fluff such as Doris Day movies (I love Glass Bottom Boat), the Katharine Hepburn/Spencer Tracy films (Adam's Rib, Desk Set), John Wayne movies (McLintock, Hatari!), Jimmy Stewart (Harvey, Strategic Air Command)....oh, dozens of them!

    Those were the days, by golly. Those were the days.

  • Just remember that Tom dumped his first wife for Nicole. And Nicole had a hubby at the time, too.

    I just got hubby "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" for his birthday. (Stumbed across it at Walmart for $4.88 on DVD. YOWZA!) Now THERE's a movie for you. Not only were there no sex scenes, the love interest in the movie spent more time scolding John Wayne (when she was his girl) than she spent making nice with him. And when Jimmy finally wound up with her, he hadn't expressed one word of romance or any displays of physical affection whatsoever (though she had, a little bit.) They just sort of wound up married, somehow. Isn't it amazing how, in old movies, people could go through the business of life without it constantly revolving around the forming and consummation of physical relationships? Sorta, um, I dunno, like how life is?

    Netflix, that's what. I'm hoping we can work that into the budget before too much longer. (Although I do want to see PotC this summer as well. And Cars -- when's that coming out?)

  • [loftily] Two wrongs, Jane, do not make a right.

  • Of course two wrongs don't make a right. My point was that Tom's tackiness was not established by leaving Nicole, it was established by taking up with Nicole. Let's locate the tackiness at the correct source.

  • There's plenty of tackiness to go around. They're wading around in it with hip boots, so it's a mite difficult to pinpoint the source.

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