Movies October 2009

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Fun! Funny fun! The animation wasn't Disney/Pixar too, which I liked. I like to see different animation succeed.

Spaced, Disc 1
Early Simon Pegg is rough. Didn't like Spaced much.

Where the Wild Things Are
Jonez and Eggers made the movie a thing that the book isn't. Many people's responses to the story are based on that. The movie deals with child-like emotions, but not in a child-friendly way. I liked it, but I'm still unclear about whether I enjoyed it. The hard-edged jostling of children, the monstrous part of childhood, comes through. That was hard to live through the first time... I'm not keen on being reminded of it.

30 Rock, Season 2, Disc 1
More big laffs.

Come Drink With Me
What sounds like a moody European art flick is actually a moody Chinese kung fu flick. It was ok.

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
The training scenes were fantastic! They're going into my D&D game somewhere.