Movies

 I go to the movies an awful lot.

This is mostly because there is nothing else to do in my one-horse town.I literally see every movie that comes to theaters worth watching, as long as I'm home.

Here's the low down on the last few movies I've seen.

Water For Elephants

The title for this movie is kind of ironic, seeing as the poor elephant drinks more hooch than water.

It's mostly about romance conquering all, peppered with animal rights issues and Robert Pattinson getting his ass kicked (if you're not a Twilight fan, it is worth is just to see these scenes).

 Rio

This is a typical kids movie, brought to you by the makers of Ice Age. Personally I'm a die hard fan of Scrat, and much to my enjoyment they added a quick clip involving Scrat and Pangea. Ahhh <3

So it's about a flightless bird, brought to Rio to "save the species". Much about actual genetics is ignored and the fact that when a species gets down to two individuals the bottleneck effect due to inbreeding results in extinction anyways....... but something with a nice happy (dumbed down) ending.  

Scream 4 (SCRE4M?)

 Word to the wise: If you're going to see a sequel, see at LEAST the most recent movie before this. I've only seen the first Scream movie in the trilogy (now a guadrology?). The first movie came out in 1996. No. I didn't see it because I was a toddler! The only way I actually knew anything about Scream was from the parody in Scary Movie.

But really, it's been eleven years since the last Scream movie. They were already marketing it as a boxed set "trilogy". They knew that horse was dead, and yet they still propped it up and dressed it like a whore.

Not really a "horror" movie, but some awful gory scenes. The worst part was knowing that everyone was going to die, you just didn't know when.

HANNA

Spoiler alert! It begins and ends with this tacky red screen with annoying font. It reminds me of when my dad taught me an optical illusion. It you were to draw this out, then put your chin on the paper and squint, the letters would appear normal, instead of thin and elongated.

The movie was good, the ending was.... well I'm still not entirely sure it ended. In a way they HAD to flash that bright red screen to show you that the movie was over and you could leave your seats. For the quality of the movie (and it was GOOD) the ending was weak. Of all of the movies, I would recommend this one the most.         

This week's Reader of the Week is Jenna, who drunkenly confessed to REALLY REALLY wanting to be the reader of the week.

Also I saw one two these movies with her, any guesses which ones?