Called It!

For those of you that remember, in an earlier post I predicted that, as last year was the year of the superhero film, this year would be the year of the animated film...Okay, so Ice Age 3 is far from peeking any sort of interest and Monsters vs. Aliens was child's play; HOWEVER, two of my absolute favorite movies of the year so far were of the cartoonish nature. Coraline is a soon-to-be-Hot-Topic classic, and the other being the absolutely wonderful Up.

It's almost stupid to say anything about this film. It's from Pixar, a studio that's worst movie was Cars...But come on, that's like saying a certain cut of beef is the worst; when it comes down to it, you will still eat it and enjoy it. The legendary Ed Asner is the perfectly lovable old man Carl who decides to save his home by flying it away with the help of millions of helium balloons. But come on, you know that already. In fact, I shouldn't bore you with the details because you've already seen this movie...right? If not, what's wrong with you? Don't be a tool. Skip Transformers and go see Up.

I saw a couple of other movies since I last wrote as well, but I will just give you the cliff notes:

Hannah Montana: The Movie - HEY! Get off my back, I was on cruise and they were showing it for free. And it wasn't that bad...if you're an 11 year old girl, or you're my wife.

The Proposal - HEY! It looked kinda funny, alright?...but it wasn't. It's hard to root for Bullock, who plays a stuck-up wench the entire movie

Year One - Hilarious...but not intentionally. Cera was great, but Jack Black is starting to lose the magic I think.

Away We Go - Really funny, really sweet, very real, and some of the best performances of the year, most notably from the hilarious (though usually terrible) Maggie Gyllenhaal. Go see it.