I finally saw Enchanted last night, and I was underwhelmed. Not disappointed, but definitely underwhelmed. Amy Adams was fantastic, as was (to my surprise) James Mardsen. But I thought the directing in the non-musical live action bits needed more punch, and I really do not get the appeal of Patrick Dempsey.

He did seem to think that "sleepwalking" was the acting choice to make in that movie, didn't he? The actors who succeeded were the ones that said the hell with it and completely committed to the absurdity of the plot.

I mean, if Susan Sarandon can put on an outfit that Cher would balk at and gleefully chew every bit of scenery in sight, he could maybe find more than one facial expression to use.

Scrappy, I enjoyed "The Bank Job" also. Beau and I had a good time at the movie. It was actually better than we were expecting.

I saw The Bank Job last night. I liked it--not just a caper movie, It is set int he 70s and is about the reasons for the bank job and how those reasons drive what happens afterwards which makes for a very cool ride. Plus Jason Statham gives a nicely nuanced performance and is just plain HAWT.

I saw it yesterday too. I vaguely remember the actual story from the 70s...must google for verification.

I love me some Jason in anything he's in. And, the supporting cast was fun. I'd have to say I enjoyed Lock, Stock and Snatch more, but this one was good too.

Points for most creative use of a sand blaster...ew...that must have been part of the real story because I've never seen THAT before .

He did seem to think that "sleepwalking" was the acting choice to make in that movie, didn't he?

Not that the writing was helping him out any, but yeah. I was really hoping she'd wind up single, since her two choices of love interest were the fun guy she couldn't end up with and the stick-in-the-mud she was for some reason supposed to be falling for.

I'm also not entirely down with the "Disney prinesses make better role models than Marie Curie" message overall, but that's a whole nother issue.

bonny -

to save you googling, there seem to be some big differences between the actual outcome of the heist (for the burglars) and what happened in the movie. whitefont:

those robbers who were caught served prison time, the authorities never did recover most of the $$

Thanks le n. I thought I remembered that bit...plus the object the gov't wanted to get back. Scanal!

I finally got around to watching Pan's Labyrinth. I've had it since February 25th, but I was pretty rabid on catching up with Torchwood, so I put it off. I also put it off because I knew it was going to be sad as hell and I wasn't sure if I could deal with it. I did, but, wow, was that sad. Such a contrast between Ofelia, who couldn't be obedient to authority and sacrifice the life of an innocent and the Capitain, who could not only sacrifice an innocent, but sacrifice his own humanity to do it within the rigid bounds of the party line. I like to think that Ofelia's soul returned to her rightful kingdom, but she's still dead, poor wee thing. Guillermo del Toro is a fricking genius.

I'm amused by Yahoo's use of "raunchy" in the headline.

Heh. Well, I'm glad! Because the red-band trailer for Forgetting Sarah Marshall is MUCH funnier than the green-band trailer.