The family was bored this Saturday, so I decided to take the children to the movies.
The flick that we were aiming to see had only 2 showings a 12:30 and 18:55, which meant I would have to pick up my youngest from Basketball practice and shoot straight there. To add to this Murphy's Law showed no mercy, for it was snowing quite heavily enough to cover the roads.
Needless to say we showed up all but 5 minutes behind, which usually means we only missed the 15 minutes of previews. My youngest daughter is in love with the movie "National Treasure", not sure why but may she has a crush on Nicolas Cage.
Of course my goal was to surprise her and take her to "National Treasure: Book of Secrets", Aya didn't care either way she just wanted to get out and do something since she's always bored. 
Apparently for a movie that has been out for a few weeks now and movied from the largets screen to the smaller ones - it was Sold Out! (Panic set in)
The line behind us for a snowy Saturday night had grown long; we has to make a quick decision - wait for the 20:30 showing of "Untraceable" or catch the other movie that stuck in my head as want-to-check-it-out movie was "Cloverfield" and we coughed up the 38 bucks to see it plus the over-priced snack foods.
[Choice #1: See a movie about a killer on the internet]
[Choice #2: See a movie about a killer in NYC]
Simply put, with a 10 year old in tote, I chose one with the least likelyhood to occur.
My personal take on this - was the movie was filmed entirely on a hand-held digital recorder and it was WAY to shakey for my taste.
SPECIAL EFFECTS: 7 / 10
ACTING: 8/10
PLOT: 5/10
VISUAL ENJOYMENT: 2.5/10 (Due to the extreme herky-jerkiness)
We entered the theater and had to take nearly the front row seats, becaue it was nearly full to my surprise, this exagerated the big screen shaking.
Kids reviews:
- Youngest thought it was pretty good, but shakey.
- Aya: Gave her a headache, hard to watch
- Oldest daughter: She had to keep her eyes closed most of the movie to prevent severe nausea from due to the wild camera movements.
- Me: As I play video games, I was able to watch it from start to finish - it still made me dizzy.
1 comment:
i saw national treasure here in tokyo... it was ok. the thing is movies here are SO expensive... they are almost $20 per person. the first of the month it's half price movies, and wed night is ladies day so they get in half price... but that's still $10! just imagine taking your family to the movies in japan... it's like going to broadway! the movie better be good too...
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