bad flick good flick

Saw a couple of movies over the weekend.  One bad, one good.  Allow me to share.

On Friday, both Chaco and Wolfgang were out with friends, so I suggested to Meego and Magnum that we go see "Cars 2".  Meego wanted to see it.  It is one of only two movies on our list-of-things-to-do-this-summer, the other one being "Transformers 3" which we knocked off a couple of weeks ago.

So off we went, and like "Transformers 3", I didn't have high expectations.  Just go sit and indulge the kid and enjoy some air conditioning.  Easy enough.  Except I didn't like it, found it rather annoying actually.  I know I'm not the target audience, but still.  I give it a down dipstick.  Okay, I don't want to talk about it anymore.

Next up:  "Black Swan".  This one, Mag and I watched on DVD.  Have you seen it?  I didn't really know much about it ahead of time, and only afterwards learned that Natalie Portman won a Best Actress Oscar for it.  That's how out of the loop I am on such things. 

I'm glad that I did learn just before watching it that it is considered a "thriller" and not a "drama", otherwise, I probably would have been ghastly surprised.  So yes, it's graphic and edgy and DARK dark.  If you like graphic, edgy, and DARK dark, I predict you will like "Black Swan".  I give it two toes up.

If psycho people and creepy moms and ballerina-on-ballerina action make you uncomfortable however, you might want to pass.

JMHO.
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