Movie Review: Enchanted

Since I just did a negative movie review, I thought I'd write-up a quick positive one. We just watched the long-awaited Enchanted. Every time Grace has seen the preview on her other movies she gets excited. I meant to take her to the theater to see it, but then I had a baby or something. :) I thought she'd lose interest when the animated part ended, but she watched the entire movie with a look of awe. I don't know if it was the beautiful princess, Patrick Dempsey, or the talking chipmunk. We probably won't buy it, but it was the perfect afternoon entertainment for a little girl with the sniffles.

Movie Review: I Am Legend

This is belated for you theater-goers, but I just watched I Am Legend via my Blockbuster Online queue. This reveals how often I casually talk with theater-goers (aka the pre-parents, teens, or parents who actually get babysitters and go on dates), but I hadn't heard anything about this movie before viewing. Will Smith's work reminded me of Tom Hank's acting in Cast Away. Poor guy didn't have many actors to feed off of, besides the dog. I kept thinking in my head, "This is going to be a great movie... this is going to get great." And then it ended, before it ever got great. Or at least great enough for me. The plot was a crazy idea and I lost a bit of sleep afterwards, but I still feel unfinished. About recommending it to others, I'm undecided. I think you should still see it (if you're ok with vampire-type creatures), but be prepared for an abrupt ending. Oh, and don't watch it with your two year old in the room. That was not one of my smart decisions as a mother.