Bride Wars Review

Bride Wars Review-
We went to see Bride Wars last night. The premise is two friends somehow end up with competing weddings. After reading many reviews I wasn't expecting much. I was very pleased with Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway performances. Their relationship was the main focus of the film and it was well explored.

However, This is not really a Romantic-Comedy. The male characters fell a little flat, they were generic and not treated as very important. [Example: When asked if they want to check with the groom about the wedding date, both ladies imediately say "no"] Overall, It was a nice girl-friend flick, but not a Romantic one. Plus, there was quite a lot of ideas and themes that I know I don't want. =P It also made me appreciate that I will have a really close friend to help plan and care about the details, and He's my fiance.

Corpse Bride Review

Of all the wedding related movies I have, Corpse bride is among the few that the bride and groom end up acctually getting married!

This movie looks amazing, and is really fun. It is not animated, it is done with still shots (a la Nightmare before Christmas) It does make you appreciate living in a society without arranged marraiges (although it does work out for them). I enjoyed the juxapostion of the land of the living (gloomy) versus the land of the dead (surprisingly lively). We wathed the special features as well, and It is really impressive the amount of dedication to detail that they did. Also, Christopher Lee was just awesome.

The movie did get me thinking about Traditions. We are not very traditional people but I've started doing some reseach. Jewish and Mexican have many traditions to work with so we will see. I will post later on the intresting stuff I find.

Kugn Fu Panda DVD Review

Last night we rented Kung Fu Panda on Blu-Ray DVD. I had heard that it was good from people, but I'm not likely going to choose an animated (are they still called that?) movie when given the choice. It pleasantly surprised my expectations.

Mr.Ping a duck (Po the Panda's Father) had such a familiar voice but I could not remember where he was from (which I am usually uncannily able to do). I looked it up on IMBD, he was voiced by James Hong, No wonder I recongnized him! His IMDB is the biggest one I have seen yet. Turned out he was also In Mulan (another animated kung fu movie)

Kung Fun Panda was enjoyable and it did make me laugh (audibly). The animation I liked (with the exception of the tigress) but they were able to capture Jack Black's faces very well. If you like Jack Black and Mulan you will enjoy this movie. However, they did not explain how the father of a Panda was a Duck. The kids will have to learn that when they're older.