Good Picks

Our weekend was colder and wetter outside than usual. So having the house to ourselves we decided dvds would be our main activity for Friday night and Saturday. This time we did a grab and run, meaning grab a vid and run with it - no finding out what the story is about, just check the rating and off you go. Here's what we ended up with...

When you think about it, a man who relies on a blow up doll to work through his personal issues doesn't exactly scream "Mormons, watch this!" Lucky I didn't read the synopsis for this one or I would have put it back on the shelf and missed out on a good movie. This one could have gone in a very different - very wrong direction, but it didn't. It could have been OTT, but it wasn't. It was actually quite good. So what did Lars and the Real Girl have going for it? Well the story was different, it had a great cast and the small town setting provided the perfect backdrop for this tight knit community of caring souls. It showed that life there was simple and made telling and understanding Lars' unique story a lot easier. Ryan Gosling wasn't too bad either. Overall, I lllllllliked it!


I am a sucker for NZ made films, well the gentle ones at least. Second-Hand Wedding gets a nod from me just for being filmed on the Kapiti Coast, especially since there are so many other coastally coastal coasty towns they could have picked, I mean NZ is basically a coaster with sheep in the middle. Granted its quite a modest little flick (and it shows) but it makes it's point and there's no racking the brain in trying to make sense of the plot. Mostly I liked it because I'm a bargain hunter myself and I love the assurance I get that Im not the only one who's fanatical about rummaging through other peoples junk, even if it is just a movie.


Lastly, College Road Trip. I knew that Donny Osmond was in this one and I really only grabbed it to see if I could understand my mothers obsession with him a bit better. After seeing it, I still had no idea. I mean he's a little funny but that was about it. Needless to say it was another clean Disney movie that did get a few laughs here and there, but nothing to write home about. I usually steer clear of Raven-Symone simply because the older and more aware of herself she gets, the more she irks me. She was way more tolerable as a child star, now shes just older and more annoying. I guess it could have been worse, so over all, it was OK.

There were a couple others we rented, but they were so lame I'm not even going to bother posting their flyers. Sorry Anacondas 3 and Babylon AD, you don't get a show in this post because you were both too lame for words.

The End.