Summer movies

[klwilliams]

I've seen "The Dark Knight", "Hancock", "Kung Fu Panda", "Indiana Jones", "The Incredible Hulk", and "Iron Man" so far this summer, but tonight I've seen my favorite of the summer: "Mamma Mia". For one thing, it's the only movie of the summer that's about women, adult women having a great time with each other, who are not afraid to be silly, and who are willing to dance all over the place as dancing queens. I love the musical numbers, with lots of people dancing away (in particular the boys dancing in their swim flippers) happily. People are in love, but don't have to get married to be in love. What a happy, fun movie.

(There were a couple of cons: I did like the play better, and I don't think Pierce Brosnan can sing, but hey, he's Pierce Brosnan.)

Comments

[shutt3rg33k.livejournal.com]

What about WarGames??? Don't forget that one! It counts even if it is 25 years old.

Pierce can't sing

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

But oddly, that's one of the things I liked. It seemed like they were all taking a chance and enjoying it. I thought it was a lot like watching old friends put on a show. I'm glad you liked it too. I actually enjoyed this more than the play which I had seen in San Francisco a few years back. Somehow this seemed more personal. Perhaps because they DID sing offkey at times. (Maybe being up close with the camera helps too?)

Wasn't the Greek chorus a load of laughs?

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

I liked Ironman too, and Indiana Jones was fun. Have you seen either of the new Brendon Frazier films? I'm in the mood for another 'whoop and a holler' sort of movie. I gotta get to Hancock soon too.

I wish you guys weren't so far away, I'd love to join you and your godson at a film from time to time.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

I saw the trailer for the new Mummy film and that looked good, too. Not sure when it's out. It's on my list, though.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

I try and get to the movies on a weekly basis (the Orange Wednesday two-fers) with my ex-singing buddy, H. We have very similar tastes in movies (mostly SF-related) and seem to have seen most of the ones you've seen: Hancock, Indiana Jones, Hulk and Iron Man, plus Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Prince Caspian. Dark Knight only came out a couple of days ago and it's either DK on Mamma Mia next Wednesday. The queues for Mamma Mia were ridiculous when we were trying to get in to see Journey last Wednesday (see my review of Cineworld) so I doubt it's going to disappear from the movie houses any time soon. We plan to see it but maybe Dark Knight first and then Mamma Mia secondweek in August (H is away the first week).

The others on our B list of 'would like to see' movies are Wall-e, Forbidden Kingdom and Dave, but by the third week in August I suspect we'll have missed most of them.

I also have Star Wars: Clone Wars on my list of 'must-see' films, not because I think it will be good, but because it looks like an idea that they lifted from my mate Karen Traviss' Republic Commando (Star Wars) books. She makes the grunts in white armour from Star Wars the heroes of her stories and asks hard questions about cloning, human rights and self-determination. They are well worth reading (starting with 'Republic Commando - Hard Contact'). Unfortunately it seems Karen didn't have anything to do with the movie script, but it's still worth going to see as a curiosity piece, I think. (Incidentally Karen is an alumnus of Milford, too.) (And no, I don't generally read Star Wars francise fiction, but I like Karen's writing and she's had enormous success with her SW books as well as her independent ones.)

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

I saw Prince Caspian, and I just saw Journey to the Center of the Earth tonight. I still want to see Get Smart, Wall-e, and Hellboy II, plus the X-Files movie opened this weekend. Too bad we live so far away; we could be movie buddies. :-)

I don't plan to see Clone Wars, but I do like Karen Traviss. I hope they didn't steal from her.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

I don't know about stealing from her... she does regular SW books, not just the Republic Commando ones, so I guess you have to be prepared for someone to pick up on an idea once it's out there because everybpody's book is built on everybody else's. It's like a shared world thing, isn't it?

Yes pity we are so far apart, we could definitely be movie buddies.

[martianfencer.livejournal.com]

I think I need to get out and see some movies. (Perhaps I'm as "allergic to fun" as my niece's fiance.)

Thanks for the recommendation.

Go to the movies!

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

For the price of a couple of lattes you can travel the length and breadth of space and time, and have something to talk about on LJ! Heh heh!

I think I'll sneak out to the Journey to the Center of the Earth, or the Mummy movie the next seriously hot afternoon this week. Entertainment AND cool air!

[darcyjavanne.livejournal.com]

Gosh, I haven't gone to a movie theater in ages to see a film... Tempting... Tempting...