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lazyTopic: Movies
Hans and I have managed to smash all of our superhero movie-going into one week. On Saturday, we saw Hellboy II; on Sunday, we saw Iron Man; and last night we saw The Hulk. I imagine we will round all of this out by seeing the Bat Man movie this weekend, even though I haven't seen the first Bat Man movie with Christian Bale.
We enjoyed Hellboy II (especially the Neil Diamond scene!--it needs the bouncing ball at the bottoms so the audience can sing along (lyrics aren't required, however, as everyone will know the words, even if they hate the song!)) mostly because we love Guillermo Del Toro and because our brother-in-law, Norman Cabrera (shameless name dropping alert!), sculpted the Angel of Death and we are huge fans of Norman and his artistic brilliance. Otherwise, I thought the movie said, "We've got the budget, let's spend it!" and it then went on to recreate scenes from Star Wars, Men in Black, Pan's Labyrinth, Lord of the Rings.... The first Hellboy movie was a smaller, sweeter story. This was blockbuster gone gangbusters for the 12 year old boys.
I enjoyed, truly enjoyed, the Hulk--right up to the end. Oh, no, that wasn't the end--it should have been, but they kept going and added on another ending. Oh, and then they kept going and added on another ending. Seriously. If they had ended with Mr. Blue lying, grinning, on the floor of his laboratory, awesome movie. I absolutely did not need the good-guy-with-gamma-poisoning vs. bad-guy-with-gamma-poisoning wild, wild west scene - again, a treat for the 12 year old boys.
But I have to say, so far, my favorite has been Iron Man. Yes, I AM a HUGE fan of Robert Downey, Jr. going way back, but I also just really loved the story and could suspend disbelief long enough to get over the test flight where he encounters the icing problem. (And I am just as crazy about Edward Norton, btw, so lead actor was not the determining factor.) This movie was just plain fun with pretty people to look at--including a super thin, what the hell happened? Jon Favreau--and technology that is not all that far-fetched.
Not a bad way to spend a week I'll have to say!
Now, we're getting ready to watch the last season of the X-Files on DVD in preparation for the next big event!! (Speaking of pretty people, how can David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson look hotter now than they did when the series was on television?)
