The Princess and the Frog

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG - Kawai's Xmas gift pick. Disney affirmative action movie focusing on New Orleans instead of those lazy Hawaiians (LILO AND STITCH). Wasn't bad. Wasn't good either. At times, I felt like I was sitting and watching my Wifey play ball against all them Hickam Amazon sistahs, and all their husbands were cheering them on and speaking in a language unfamiliar to most non-Blacks. I felt like I was at a family barbecue...in POETIC JUSTICE. Hilarious stuff. Nah, in all seriousness, the movie was okay and had its moments, but I don't know how kids enjoyed it very much. Definitely, an original, more colorful (sorry) take on the original fairy tale story. Whatever you think this fairy tale should look like, just visualize it in a swamp with Lil' Wayne rapping, and you have this movie. Gotta give Disney credit for swinging for the fences on this one...

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL - Better than the above movie only because it made us laugh more. Felt like I've seen this before. Let me see...THREE STOOGES? No. Let me think...oh, I know. Reminds me of that one show where that bitchy blonde girl was left with 8 rugrats 'cause their Korean daddy needed to diddle the plastic surgeon's daughter. Aaden, Joel, and Collin. Yeah, that's it. What always amazes me is that no matter how irritating their voices are, the three-part harmony is perfect. My parents used to play the Chipmunks' Christmas album every year. Don't ask me why. I miss those days. This was Kahia's Xmas pick, so they both already used up their personalized Xmas coupons made by their hot, creative mommy. In the movie, they also introduced this new, all-girl chipmunk group called "Chippendales" or something like that. Trying to pile on the cutesy, I guess. Worked for Kahia. I think he was checking them out...


More movies coming. I know you can't wait...

A Perfect Getaway

IMAGINE THAT - Eddie Murphy at his Disney best. Funny how all the smart actors hit the family movies hard 'cause that's where the money is. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson seems to be doing it with a passion lately. Pu$$y. Just kidding. Imagine That was your basic cutesy, father-learns-to-spend-time-with-daughter movie that worked surprisingly well. The black girl was cute, so that helped. No, I'm not saying that black girls aren't cute. Stop being racist, you monkey! Eddie danced and sang his way through it and we got that usual Disney moral at the end of the story. Pretty good family movie. Clean, in fact. Can't believe he made RAW and DELIRIOUS...

EXTRACT - Dysfunctional comedy starring Ben Affleck, Mila Kunis, and Jason Bateman. Pretty amusing. We like this kinda offbeat movie, though. Mila Kunis is kinda growing on me. Or maybe something's just growing in my pants. I think the guy who did OFFICE SPACE did this, so however you felt about that is how you should judge this movie...

DISTRICT 9 - Holy $hit!! I usually don't like sci-fi movies like Deena's dad, but this one was the $hit! In fact, that might've been the most entertaining, well-made, original sci-fi movie I've ever seen! I can see why critics liked it. I can see why a lot of people flocked to watch it. Excellent movie. Thoughtful concept. We recommend it. Very, very interesting, to say the least. Definitely worth the time to watch it...

BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF - That Asianish IRON CHEF "Ala Cuisine!!" host was one of the main characters. That should have been a dead giveaway as to how good the movie was gonna be. The movie was quite long and in subtitles, so we were hoping for the best. Boy, were we disappointed. Payoff in the end was definitely not worth it. Kung Fu was weak. Special effects were ever worse. No food. The wolf seemed straight out of THE VILLAGE. Girl wasn't even cute. How dare they!! Don't know why it was rated so high by a lot of people. Maybe the French invaded all the reviews. Maybe Iron Chef has its influence everywhere...

A PERFECT GETAWAY - If you're on that one-movie plan, rent this movie! Okay, maybe not. Too much responsibility, if it bombs. But it won't. Seriously, one of the better movies we've seen in awhile. Plus, it was in Hawaii. A perfect beach thriller with all the right suspense, just enough humor, and even a fitting less-than-two-hours time duration on it. The less I tell you the better. Want to get away? Rent this movie!! We highly recommend this one for all you thriller-lovers...


Breaks over. Lingle sucks butchy a$$. Happy New Year!!

Angels and Demons

ANGELS AND DEMONS - Maybe we're just suckers for conspiracy and the provocative, but we liked this movie. All this historical fiction stuff seems believable enough to us. How can somebody just make ALL of this stuff up? Not to be all blasphemous, but isn't his stuff just like religion itself where the believers believe and the non-believers don't? About as good or better than the first Dan Brown-adapted movie. Kept our attention. Intriguing. Entertaining. Reading his new book now...

FUNNY PEOPLE - I'm beginning to think that Adam Sandler is smarter than he is goofy. I always like his movies. Well, for the most part. I actually think that he's a better actor than people give him credit for. His acting ability and charisma is what separates him from, say, Chris Rock. I find Leslie Mann (Apatow's wife) to be somewhat attractive. Yeah, I have a thing for smart, funny, attractive women. Check my wife. Seth Rogen was in this. Hilarious and endearing, as usual. And slimmer. Eric Bana was there for his accent and eye candy for the women. He was surprisingly pretty funny, too. That funny, fat White guy with the afro was in it, too. He's been everywhere lately. All in all, the usual Apatow formula. Dysfunction, raunch, humor, and heart. We like that mix. Probably live that mix...

OBSERVE AND REPORT - Seth Rogen and Anna Faris and her big t!tt!es. Couldn't help but notice them. I was a bit offended. Okay, not really. She sounds and looks like someone who works at our school. Hmmm... This movie was a kinda sick, dark comedy. And so, of course, I liked it. It was like PAUL BLART: MALL COP on steroids. The kinda movie where you can't believe they actually said "this and that" there or beat the $hit outta this person in that scene or threw in an over-the-top raunchy moment right in the middle of this scene. Obviously, unpredictability is my cup of tea, so I enjoyed this one. If you don't drink tea and only like to teabag, (hrrr, hrrr, hrrr, hrrr!) you might wanna stay clear of this one, though...

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 - Sooooooo gooooooood that everyone fell asleep, except me. Interesting learning a little bit about history, but not as good as the first one. More known actors involved. I kinda like Amy Adams' acting. Some funny parts, but I can't see how this is a kids' movie. Probably why they fell asleep. Felt like I was watching TRANSFORMERS 2 where they busted out even more new characters to spice it up, but then the audience has too many people to keep track of, which actually waters down the movie a bit. Or maybe I'm just retarded. They sure could've used Megan Fox, though. Maybe as Cleopatra or Helen of Troy, the face that launched a thousand ships. Just dropping some knowledge on you. That's how I roll...

THE COVE - This was a documentary about them sneaky Nips who actually have a secret cove in a small, out-in-the-boonies town where they slaughter dolphins by the thousands (not exaggerating) to make money for their country. Crazy disturbing to the point where you're wondering how they get away with this $hit. This one Flipper dude has been trying for years to put a stop to this madness to no avail. Greed makes people turn the other way, I guess. One of the better documentaries I've seen in awhile. Those sneaky Nips. Better check your Genki Sushi...


Pretty good movies this time around. Gotta make use of my Furlough Fridays...