Madagascar 3

[ericadawn16]

I never saw the second one but I enjoyed this a lot more than the first one.

Dubois must be like Natasha's secret French half-sister...

I know I shouldn't have been expecting her but I still really, really, REALLY wanted Marlene to show up at some point because Marlene is AWESOME.

Also, we passed Avengers on the way out. We could hear Hulk grunting and my mom goes, "puny god."

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[girltype.livejournal.com]

your mom sounds awesome. the last time i saw a movie with my mom it was when inception came out,

[cruel-fortuna.livejournal.com]

I already used up my one free pass to get my mother to see a movie & I got her to see Avengers.

I asked her if she wanted to see Dark Knight Rises & she just laughed, ... it was sad. ;--;

( also my mom is weird in that she doesn't like Loki but we went & saw Frankenstein & she's even more in love with Benedict Cumberbatch now. Which is good but dammit, I'm determined that she give Tom another chance because he has more acting talent beyond Loki. I think I"ll make her watch 'The Deep Blue Sea' when it comes out on dvd. )

// also, is Madagascar 3 worth watching or ... should I wait for it to come out on dvd & go see Prometheus instead?

[ayaneva.livejournal.com]

I just finished War Horse, speaking of which. I think I'll watch Midnight In Paris next.

[cruel-fortuna.livejournal.com]

Midnight is Paris kind of irks me mostly because McAdams character is such a b***h.

[ayaneva.livejournal.com]

I only want to see it for Tom Hiddleston, tbh. I hate rom coms. I know it's a pretty small role, right? War Horse was pretty torturous but I sat through it (took me two days) so I figure I can make it through this one. XD

[cruel-fortuna.livejournal.com]

That's the reason I watched it too but Owen Wilson did a pretty good job in the movie as well.

I have a hit-miss relationship with rom-com films.
Some I love others, I hate.
Oh yeah, it's a small role.
I think he gets maybe 7 mins. if that of screen time.
But damn, he looks good with blonde hair, it's pretty damn cute & his American accent is to die for.

I loved War Horse but I was invested in the story & Tom as well as Benedict were just an added bonus.

[ayaneva.livejournal.com]

I do like Owen Wilson so this is good to know! Those 7 minutes will be the best 7 minutes of my life, I'm sure. Tom does such a flawless American accent, IMO. Like he could adopt that accent and talk to me and I'd never know he was British if I wasn't already aware of it. I'm looking forward to watching his little bit of the movie!

I thought I was gonna die of boredom through most of War Horse, ngl. I'm an action/sci-fi/adventure/fantasy/comedy kind of girl and War Horse is not at all a genre I usually watch. Sort of like rom com. I'll also be watching the Shakespeare productions for Tom when they come out and I hate Shakespeare. Gonna watch it anyway and perhaps gain some appreciation for it, I hope.

I don't do period pieces or dramas, really. However, the end of War Horse had me crying my eyes out. lol I somehow forgot that Benedict was in the movie so when he showed up it was a pleasant surprise! Loved him and Tom and there needed to be more of both of them. :(

My favorite part in that entire movie is when Joey is being sold and the Captain is like, "But's it's all I've got," in reference to the 30 guinea paid for the horse. The way the line is delivered just melts my heart. I've rewatched that bit like four times. LOL

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't call it a "romcom". It feels like it does disservice to Woody Allen. The Term "romcom" is associated with things like Runaway Bride, Serendipity, and Did You Hear about the Morgans?
Truly awful films that NO ONE should watch whereas Woody Allen is art.

Also, there really isn't even that much romance in it or comedy. There is humor, but it's not like a Judd Apatow film or something.

I'm also saddened by "torturous" and "War Horse" in the same sentence...

[ayaneva.livejournal.com]

Ah I see. Everyone has it listed as rom com, so I assumed it was. I don't consider all rom coms to be completely awful movies, though. I lump anything with relationships and humor into the category, even a few good movies.

Also, I honestly don't think I've watched a single Woody Allen movie before (or didn't know it if I did). I'm not much of a movie person. I see about one movie per year in the theater, although I might see that same movie multiple times if I like it (re: Avengers, Star Trek, Harry Potter). As far as seeing stuff on DVD, I've really got a very narrow range of interest and am likely to pass over anything not in that range unless the decision to watch it is not mine.

I'm more likely to watch a documentary from the Science Channel or something.

War Horse...not the worse movie I've watched by any means but I was bored to tears by it, tbh. The first 43 minutes were so unbelievably slow and the entire soundtrack overly dramatic and distracting. I wish they'd toned it down a bit. The pacing was slow in general and the story didn't grab me until the end. The acting was great though, on all counts. It's not the acting that's the problem. The story was just boring to me and many of the characters were killed off so quickly that I had no time to get invested in any of them or even remember their names.

Then again, I don't care for period dramas or war movies so this could be where the problem lies. lol It's not my genre and I'm not the movie's target audience. I knew that going on but watched it anyway, just as I will watch these other movies on my list know full well that I probably won't like them.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know!!!!!

I normally love characters played by Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen but in that film, I wanted them to go away together and leave everyone else alone...

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

I totally recommend Suburban Shootout because it's HILARIOUS!

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Hehe, oh no, my mom's the one that suggested the midnight showing for Avengers...

No, we're definitely seeing The Dark Knight Rises but she's very worried that Nolan might kill off Batman...

She doesn't ask me anymore who Benedict Cumberbatch is but I don't think she would recognize him on sight...I have been a fan of Martin Freeman long enough that she knows him...although she tends to call him "the one from Hitchhiker's...."

Yeah, my mom won't do Deep Blue Sea. I made the mistake of telling her how a friend called it "depressing". Really, I win over most people with his personal interviews of adorableness...

His best acting probably is Thor, Avengers or Deep Blue Sea. However, I think his Hal/Henry role will surpass this. Wallander is also really good and Archipelago. I'm not sure what her tastes are...or I'd try to suggest one near that.

You have probably already decided by now...
I did not see Prometheus. I have never seen any of the Alien movies except for bits and pieces especially with the Winona Ryder one because the script was rewritten at one point by Joss Whedon.
If you have liked the previous Alien movies, you would probably like Prometheus. If you only want the pretty and Michael Fassbender, I suppose that could work. Otherwise, it could be disappointing.

Madagascar doesn't have to be seen on the big screen to fully enjoy the plot and gags. However, it is very visually stunning so some of that will be lost. It also looked like it must be really pretty in 3D.

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

Argh I would have been like "BRB mom I need to see this *runs into theater to watch the end of Avengers*"

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

We looked at each other.
There was a moment...
but the theatre employee was RIGHT THERE!

so we couldn't...

However, last year after seeing Friends with Benefits, we snuck into the credits for Captain America just for the trailer for Avengers.

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

Heehee I would have too.

[ayaneva.livejournal.com]

omg Madagascar 2 is one of my favorite movies. Watch it if you can. The soundtrack is gorgeous with the Traveling Song running through each piece of music. My sister and I have watched it so many times. It's like 10 times better than the first one and I thoroughly enjoyed the first one.

I'm definitely planning on watching the 3rd movie. I might not be able to afford a theater viewing but definitely buying on DVD.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Okay, here's the problem...

Before the first Madagascar came out, we were so EXCITED! There was Chris Rock and Ben Stiller and PENGUINS! PENGUINS!

How we loved those Penguins so!

Then, we saw the movie and ended up hating everyone but the Penguins.
They had a subplot about one character wanting to EAT the other one! I realize that is probably realistic but it was really, REALLY DISTURBING!

Plus, the Penguins were like BARELY in it!

When the second came out, it was like, NO, not falling for that again. Also, they came out with the Penguins show, all the characters we liked and none of the ones we didn't.

So, there's our thing. You as you said "thoroughly enjoyed the first one" and we borderline hated it.

[ayaneva.livejournal.com]

The penguins were just a bonus for me, not my main reason for liking it. lol I like the main group of characters and how they interact. I honestly thought that penguins show was pretty terrible. D: Clearly our taste in movies is rather different! It's not as different as my oldest sister though- she refuses to watch any animated feature. Like she will leave if you try to play something that isn't live action. I don't quite understand that. She just hates animation for some reason.