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A Devil-ishly Good Time

Last night, we went to see "The Devil Wears Prada." Now, I'm not sure how much of Meryl Streep's wardrobe was Prada, but every outfit was divine! Everyone wore beautiful clothes and looked beautiful. But, that's to be expected in a movie about looks.

Anyway, the movie is hilarious. If you've read the book, many of the Miranda Priestly vs. Andy (Ahhhndreaaa!) Sachs moments are on the big screen. Many of the side stories are not. Even though it veered from the book (something I generally HATE), the move was well done and very enjoyable.

We laughed when different lines or scenes reminded us of people or situations that were real to us. Everyone has experienced someone like the characters in the movie and some of us have even gone so far as to make the job too important.

The biggest lesson...as usual, life is about the people in it, not the job. After all, many of us have put our all in the job, only to have it taken away!

This weekend's releases, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest...I know we're there, my only issue this week...I didn't see the first one! Yikes!

Summer Movies!

Wow, where do we begin with the summer flicks!

In the past week we've seen three movies. Lake House, Nacho Libre, Click and Superman. Here are our thoughts:

Lake House

As Steve would say, Chic Flick! But, we made a date night out of it, complete with a very sweet invite drawn up by Steve. What's not to love. I've always loved the concept of time travel or any romances that involve people who have to really work to get together. Keanu and Sandra are great together and the dog is very cute. This was an enjoyable date movie.

Nacho Libre

What can be said about this movie. It was very silly, but I have to confess that I liked it and while he may not be everyone's idea of a leading man, I do like Jack Black! Great when you just want to go the movies to be entertained. The humor is 12-year old boy - goofy. And, who doesn't like to where "stretchy pants" around the house!

Click

Again, off-beat leading man, but I do like Adam Sandler and this movie is a good family movie. Who hasn't longed for the opportunity to stop time so that you can just be in the moment, or speed the unpleasant moments right on by. Christopher Walken does a great job in this movie. I kept trying to figure out who his character was, and was surprised by the revelation. Great supporting cast in Henry Winkler and Julie Kavner. Super make-up on everyone, too! Really enjoyable - and again, a great dog!

Superman Returns

The Man of Steel is back. The hard part for me in this flick is that I'll forever see one of my favorite leading men, Christopher Reeve as Superman. Brendon Routh is very good in his portrayal of Superman - and he's very easy on the eyes. I like Kevin Spacey and his Lex Luthor is a very bad guy. The CG is awesome and I challenge anyone to not be blown away when Superman gets shot in the eye! Great graphics.

I would see this one again, if nothing else just for the effects. The story is good and while I don't love Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane (she's no Margo Kidder), the rest of the cast portrays the characters just like you expect. Jimmy Olson is over eager and Perry White is a bit gruff. All in all, a great couple of hours. We'll probably see this one twice!

Next up

Our next flick will be...The Devil Wears Prada. The book was great...can the movie carry it off...stay tuned!

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Penguins 

Together, in one photo! 

Walk the line

I liked this movie, I didn't know this guy had such problems. Ultimately it was a love story of a man seeking his one love even though he was married to another
This week we are going to The Producers
If you want to go with us email me at rosko@witbits.com

King Kong

King Kong was great. A little boring at the beginning but the monkey was really believable. Linda thought it was too sad, she loves animals and didn't like how they treated the monkey

At the Movies this Weekend

Possibilities for this week include:

King Kong
The Family Stone
Walk the Line
Rent

Any takers?

Chronicles of Narnia

Wow, what a great movie. I read the books as a kid and couldn't wait to see this on the big screen.

I've read some reviews that talked about the "overt Christan references," but, if you know anything about C. S. Lewis, he was a very Christian person and his writings reflect that.

The story is the story of good and evil and as always, the outcome is what you might expect. The actors do a nice job of making it believable. The creatures are really cool, the story fast-paced. It was obvious that Aslan was CG, but, it was still really neat and if you were a kid, I don't think you'd notice.

We'd give this movie 4 stars! I'd see it twice just to pick up what I missed the first time! --Linda

I give the movie 4 stars, Awesome movie--Steve