Thursday, June 26, 2008

Seen any good movies lately?

Okay, I gotta get that sad post off the top of this page. By the way, the 14-yr-old girl from Nevada is apparently still hanging in there... the report we got that she had died was apparently incorrect. So as far as I know at this point she is still alive, though possibly still unconscious, I don't know what her condition is. Anyway, enough about that.

So Braden and I used those two free movie tickets from Safeway yesterday, at Century Park Place in Tucson. We got in free to see "Get Smart," then screen-hopped to "Kung-Fu Panda." Both very good movies. "Get Smart" was mildly disappointing for me, but only because I used to love the TV show years ago, and although Steve Carell is a VERY funny guy, he just wasn't quite the arrogant numbskull that Don Adams was on TV. However, it's a very funny movie and I even liked Anne Hathaway (not normally one of my favorites) in this one -- she was a better "99" than TV's Barbara Feldon, IMO.

Kung-Fu Panda is cute. Jack Black is his usual goofy self playing "Po," the "big fat panda," but I loved Dustin Hoffman as the little master guy. All the kids loved that movie too -- I took them all to see it last Monday.

We still have yet to see the fourth Indiana Jones movie, and we're looking forward to catching a matinee for that one sometime soon. We've recently watched all three of the previous "Indy" movies so we're all caught up except for the last one.

Thanks for reading.

3 comments:

Dave and Cindy said...

You're so bad for screen hopping! =) I had heard to Get Smart was a bit disappointing... That's too bad. At least you got to see Kung Fu Panda, though. That's what I want to see.
-Cindy

doodlebug said...

Mel,
So good to see that you've gotten into blogging. I love being able to see and read about people that I love. Somehow it makes me feel like I'm keeping in better touch!! My blog is auntiesanecdotes.blogspot.com

Heather Magnusson said...

Okay Mel, time to update the blog!! Kids are back in school now, so I can actually do lunch next time your in town.... or you name the place in Benson and I'll come there!