Saturday, July 19, 2008

Movies, Movies, Movies

So, I saw a couple of movies this week. On Thursday, Matt called me and said that he'd gotten some free tickets from IKEA to Mamma Mia, so naturally I tagged along! Sarah, the kids, and I hopped in the car and headed up to Layton to mooch the free movie. We got there just in time for it to start after a gruelling drive through rush hour traffic & construction (surprise, surprise). I have to say, the movie was hillarious! K, so Pierce Brosnan can't really sing, but he gave it a good effort. I saw the play in Vegas a few years ago and I really enjoyed it then, so I knew it would be good, but I didn't expect it to be so funny. Anyway, I definately think it's a must-see.

On Friday, I met up with some friends and saw Dark Knight. I was a little hesitant to go to it, but I knew I needed a little social interaction. I was, of course, really glad I went. It was fun to catch up with some friends that I haven't seen for quite a while. So, the movie...I get kind of nervous to go see movies that I know will be intense, only because I get so worked up and stressed during them. I knew that at least Christian Bale was in this, so he could get me through just about anything. ;) Anyway, the movie was super intense, but super good. I was amazed at how well Heath Ledger played the crazy joker. He was so creepy, so I guess he did his job! I kept thinking at how sad that we won't see him in anything else. He was a great actor. Aaron Eckhart was really good also. I don't want to say too much about the movie itself because there were so many twists and turns so I don't want to give anything away! So, this is definately a must-see also!

3 comments:

liso. said...

Me, too! I saw it in Vegas last year, so I was excited to see the difference, too. I think chad was a little bummed that on Batman opening weekend, we saw Mamma Mia. ...maybe this weekend...

The Cox Crew said...

We saw Mama Mia too! It was pretty entertaining, I left dreaming of a grecian vacation. You are completely right about Pierce's singing, what were they thinking?

NW Harbert's said...

I agree with you on the Christian Bale thing. He can get you through anything. I love the first Batman and am really upset that Shawn went and saw the Dark Knight without me. But don't worry I will see it eventually after all it is a Christian Bale movie!!!