I've been meaning to write about my two most highly-anticipated movies of the summer (of the year! of my life!) and I am happy to say they were both awesome!
***BTW if you haven't seen these then stop reading right now!***
Sex And the City: The Movie
This movie was all that I expected it to be and more... I loved how the characters still rang true to themselves; it was kind of like watching an extended version of the show. I still can't get over how long it was! I had to pee about 1/4 of the way into the movie, and thinking it was almost over, decided to hold it. Eventually I caved and then realized there was still like 2 hours left!
I loved that they had Samatha living in L.A. - my only complaint was all the scenes of her sitting around bored, wishing she was in New York. We got it. And what was up w/ Smith?? Was that bad plastic surgery, or did he just age weird? In any case, Big was still the hottest guy on the show. Although it would have been nice to have some sort of reoccurance of Aidan. And although the ending with Big was completely predictable, it was nice to see it finally happening for real this time. One thing I noticed during the final proposal scene though was that Carrie seemed to have lost her "voice" again. If anyone has seen the commentary version of the episode where Carrie moves to Paris, you'll know what I mean. Man, it's a good thing I don't write movie reviews, huh, cause I'm pretty much giving away the whole thing!
Oh, and my only teensy-weensie other nerdy complaint is that Carrie's password was supposedly "love" -- hello??? Who has a non-alphanumeric password these days? Will a computer even let you do that? They could have at least said: "with a zero for the o" or something like that. ;)
But my overall consensus of the movie = awesome!
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
So, my Indiana Jones review isn't nearly as in-depth, as the movie itself was kind of, um, glossy, but that's okay, I still loved it! I wasn't expecting much and was just excited that they made another movie in the first place. I've been awaiting this moment since high school! And while there were definite cheese elements (like the "crystal skull" looked like it weighed about 3 ounces!), you still felt like: wow! I'm watching Indiana Jones! the whole way through, which was cool. I think we all forgot about why the were on a journey and to where about halfway through the movie (especially after the tri-waterfall drop, ha), but it really didn't matter. I'd see it again any day! A great popcorn flick! And what better excuse to get a break from the baby! Thanks to the hubby :)
