We went to the cinema on Saturday, twice.
In the morning we went to see Star Trek. It's good. It's fun. There's even talk of us going to see it again - 'cos you've got to see it in the cinema. [True story: in the adverts for the film GI Joe, on the television, the effects look poor. On the big screen they look awesome.] I realise that there is a feeling of relief amongst the people who've seen it - relief that it wasn't as bad as it could have been. But the good news is that it is actually good. The jokes made me laugh out loud. The action scenes were good. The acting was good (Simon Pegg is a comedic genius). The story was a bit iffy (I hate time travel) but was plausible in all the correct places. A jolly good time was had by one and all.
In the afternoon we saw Wolverine. Not so good. maria liked it because it's got Hugh Jackman in it. We won't be gong to see that again. At the big emotional scene, the deciding moment for Wolverine, as he screams at the sky, I giggled. maria told me off. But there is only so many times you can watch someone scream/howl at the sky. And there were a couple of plot holes/continuity errors that just irritated me (and when I say continuity, I mean within the scenes not comic-book continuity). Plus, it can never be a good sign of the general acting in a film when you make the comment: "Will.I.Am wasn't as cringingly bad as I thought he'd be."
Sunday was Mother's Day so we had the kids for the afternoon. We ended up watching Pink Panther 1 and 2 (the Steve Martin remakes). I must admit that there was a lot of laughter in the room, and Nikos walked out after 20 minutes. Yep, we laughed. It was silly, it was stupid, it made us giggle.
I recommend Star Trek.
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