The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Summer, summer, summertime!! Yeah, booooeeeeeey!!! Now, we're gonna be watching all them summer blockbusters. NOT!! Too f@ckin' expensive. But I'm gonna hit up Netfilx like crazy, yo! Anyway, here's the latest:


THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Nope. Not feeling it. Try FORREST GUMP meets BIG FISH meets SIMON BIRCH. I don't know. Great movie and all, but we just didn't care for it much. Like Cate Blanchett. Love Brad Pitt's wife. Maybe it's the aging backwards thing that we couldn't get over. Oh, well...

THE READER - Man, that Kate Winslet is a nympho. Ooofing onscreen like crazy! For someone who got criticized for being too "womanly," she sure don't give a $hit. I like it. Oh, and she can obviously act, too. Takes on all those dysfunctional roles. Gotta love her. This movie, even for me though, was a little too much. Hey, but it promotes literacy. And some other f@cked up ideals. Can't be too picky. Critics loved this movie. Probably why I didn't...

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM - The long-awaited pairing of the Middle Kingdom's finest, Jet Li and Jackie Chan. As long as you don't expect this to be a serious flick, you'll be pleasantly surprised. We really liked it. So did the kids. It was more like an adventure/fantasy-type family movie complete with that Yuen Woo Ping wire-working kung fu. Lots of action and cool fighting scenes. Barely plausible story. Suspend your disbelief. But the fight choreography? Just beautiful. I recommend it...

PING PONG PLAYA - Now, this movie was the $hit!! Like breaking open a fortune cookie and finding...well...a hidden treasure...of a fortune... Anyway, you know what I mean. I don't know how the hell Joe-Joe "Brandon Lee" 1/2Man1/2Amazing found this movie, but it was damn good!! It's about a Chinese dude who acts Black and acts like he can ball, but somehow ends up taking over his parents' ping pong school. Trust me. It's hilarious. Like watching that one Yao Ming/Ron Artest interview. The wannabe hip-hop Chinaman lines in here were classic. We were rolling. It was so funny, I'll probably re-watch it again some time. ME LOVE THIS MOVIE LONG TIME!! I think Joe-Joe's an inside-out twinkie...or whatever the hell's white on the outside and yellow on the inside...

BABY MAMA - Tina Fey movie. With Amy Poehler and the rest of the SNL cast. We kinda liked this one. Kinda light. Kinda clever at times. Can't go wrong with Tina Fey. Blake liked her waaaaaay before the rest of the geeks. I think she's in his Top Five. Not saying it's the greatest comedy of all time, but if you want a movie quickie, this might be the one for you...


Alright. Have a good one. Nice and breezy today. Like sitting in AC in the theater. Yeah, right. Let the movie marathons begin!! It's SUMMERTIME!!!