Mud Songs

I saw Kung-Fu Panda last night and I regret not seeing it while it was still in theatres. It’s easily the most entertaining animated movie I’ve seen in 2008. My brother said something like this about it: “Kung-Fu Panda is an animated film about a panda who loves Kung-Fu and has to learn it in a hurry to save his village from his master’s nemesis. I recommend it for kids and adults. The story is simple but engaging, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. The action scenes are incredible, intense, fast, and fun — it could make you dizzy. The animation is well done. I took my seven-year-old daughter who laughed out loud at parts, as I did (although different parts). She wasn’t scared during the intense, dark scenes. We both recommended it.”

If The Catcher in the Rye was a movie, The Graduate would pretty much be it.

Stranger Than Fiction is a funny and compelling story of an IRS agent who hears a voice in his head narrating everything he does as he does it, and with a better vocabulary than himself. It’s the kind of script Charlie Kaufman might write, but not so out of control. I didn’t know much more than this when I walked into the theatre, so I’d rather not say anything else. I don’t care for Will Ferrell as a comedian, but his intelligent performance here makes the fantastic element of the story believable. Good job. Good movie. (Dec. 5/06) I rewatched Stranger Than Fiction last night and enjoyed it as much as I did the first time I saw it, if not more. The romantic element of the story is a bit too Hollywood for my tastes, but I guess I was too caught up in the fun of the movie the first couple times to notice that.