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Apr. 2nd, 2010 11:05 pmI took JJB to see the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie today. He's a big fan of the books. I read a bit of the first one. I might've been into them if they were around when I was younger because it's pretty fresh and clever, but JJB went through a stage where he quoted it CONSTANTLY and WITHOUT END.
It was well done, and cute and amusing. The main kid (Zachary Gordon) was really good. Like, in hindsight it's almost weird. He carried the movie so well. He played the character exactly as it should be played: a smart kid. Not cute, not slick, not preternaturally mature, not precocious. Just a smart kid. That is so damn rare. And fun fact! He played young!Bloom in the beginning of the Brothers Bloom. He was pretty adorable there, too. The kid who played Rowley was also good, as was the know-it-all girl with the braids. Actually the kids were all solid. The only actors that were noticeably mediocre were the teenagers. The way they integrated the book and comics was cool. Overall the whole thing wasn't terribly cohesive but it was entertaining throughout. I kinda wish they gave the parents more stuff because surprise Steve Zahn! He's so likeable. And I liked Angie. LOL she was reading Howl in the first scene.
Preeeeviewssssss
- the Karate Kid remake looks REALLY GOOD. I was against it on principle but the trailer makes it look cool and interesting. AND I LOVE JACKIE CHAN.
- there's this upcoming computer animated movie called Despicable Me. The cast is INSANE: Steve Carrell, Dave Foley, Will Arnett, Jemaine Clement, Miranda Cosgrove, Julie Andrews, Jack Macbrayer, Mindy Kaling, Ken Jeong, etc FOREVER. They listed all the names at the end of the preview in time with the music and I was like HOLY SHIT with each beat.
- they're making a movie of the Ramona books (Beverly Cleary). The girl playing Ramona looks fantastic for the part. The girl playing Beezus is Selena Gomez. Okay. Doesn't Beezus have short hair? I'm not usually that nitpicky but Selena Gomez's hair always seems ENORMOUS compared to her TINY TINY FACE. And she's so Disney-pretty-floofy. Actually Selena Gomez seems like good people but she's just associated with SO MANY TERRIBLE TERRIBLE THINGS, and it looks like she'll be a big part of the movie in a conditioned-hair sparkly-make-up-preteen millions-of-accessories first-boyfriend giant-subplot hyphen-hyphen kind of way and whiiiiiine I want Beezus to be cool!! Not a Disney Jo Bro/Miley Cyrus/"Demi Lovato"... person.
- there is also a Disney documentary called ~Oceans~ and I might watch it.
It was fun to go the movie theater with JJB. We got popcorn and I smuggled in other snacks and he was all anxious for the movie to start during those stupid fucking commericals before the previews (seriously, what the fuck?? the movie theater is not a fucking television, we shouldn't be watching fucking car commericals). I want to take him to more! He wanted to watch that Percy Jackson movie but it's not out anymore, I don't think. I hear the How to Train a Dragon movie or whatever it's called is good. But I don't have monies to burn and just two matinee movie tickets + popcorn = $20+. Ugh monies. :(
Movies are expensive. I talk in sentences. This post only exists because I wanted it to exist, not because I wanted to write it. Boop boop boop.
It was well done, and cute and amusing. The main kid (Zachary Gordon) was really good. Like, in hindsight it's almost weird. He carried the movie so well. He played the character exactly as it should be played: a smart kid. Not cute, not slick, not preternaturally mature, not precocious. Just a smart kid. That is so damn rare. And fun fact! He played young!Bloom in the beginning of the Brothers Bloom. He was pretty adorable there, too. The kid who played Rowley was also good, as was the know-it-all girl with the braids. Actually the kids were all solid. The only actors that were noticeably mediocre were the teenagers. The way they integrated the book and comics was cool. Overall the whole thing wasn't terribly cohesive but it was entertaining throughout. I kinda wish they gave the parents more stuff because surprise Steve Zahn! He's so likeable. And I liked Angie. LOL she was reading Howl in the first scene.
Preeeeviewssssss
- the Karate Kid remake looks REALLY GOOD. I was against it on principle but the trailer makes it look cool and interesting. AND I LOVE JACKIE CHAN.
- there's this upcoming computer animated movie called Despicable Me. The cast is INSANE: Steve Carrell, Dave Foley, Will Arnett, Jemaine Clement, Miranda Cosgrove, Julie Andrews, Jack Macbrayer, Mindy Kaling, Ken Jeong, etc FOREVER. They listed all the names at the end of the preview in time with the music and I was like HOLY SHIT with each beat.
- they're making a movie of the Ramona books (Beverly Cleary). The girl playing Ramona looks fantastic for the part. The girl playing Beezus is Selena Gomez. Okay. Doesn't Beezus have short hair? I'm not usually that nitpicky but Selena Gomez's hair always seems ENORMOUS compared to her TINY TINY FACE. And she's so Disney-pretty-floofy. Actually Selena Gomez seems like good people but she's just associated with SO MANY TERRIBLE TERRIBLE THINGS, and it looks like she'll be a big part of the movie in a conditioned-hair sparkly-make-up-preteen millions-of-accessories first-boyfriend giant-subplot hyphen-hyphen kind of way and whiiiiiine I want Beezus to be cool!! Not a Disney Jo Bro/Miley Cyrus/"Demi Lovato"... person.
- there is also a Disney documentary called ~Oceans~ and I might watch it.
It was fun to go the movie theater with JJB. We got popcorn and I smuggled in other snacks and he was all anxious for the movie to start during those stupid fucking commericals before the previews (seriously, what the fuck?? the movie theater is not a fucking television, we shouldn't be watching fucking car commericals). I want to take him to more! He wanted to watch that Percy Jackson movie but it's not out anymore, I don't think. I hear the How to Train a Dragon movie or whatever it's called is good. But I don't have monies to burn and just two matinee movie tickets + popcorn = $20+. Ugh monies. :(
Movies are expensive. I talk in sentences. This post only exists because I wanted it to exist, not because I wanted to write it. Boop boop boop.
