Chicken Little Walks The Line

It's been over two weeks since I went to the discount theater for a double-feature of Chicken Little and Walk The Line. However, last week I worked all 7 days, and the week before that I worked all 7 days. I didn't actually have massages all 7 days. I went to the mall location to hang out and see if we got any walk-ins, and there were a couple of days where we didn't, so my "work day" consisted of hanging out with the receptionist to keep her from getting bored.

Anyway, back to the movies. I thought Chicken Little was enjoyable, though Brian would probably tell you otherwise. Ah well, that's why we only spent a dollar per ticket to see it. Although I thought it was enjoyable, it was definitely a kids movie. See, there's a difference between kids movies and family movies. Family movies are most of the movies that Pixar puts out - maybe aimed at children, but that everyone can enjoy. Kids movies on the other hand are movies that kids will enjoy but the parents might not. The most enjoyable things about Chicken Little for me were the soundtrack (especially the BNL song at the beginning, and the characters performance of "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart" at the end) and the voices. It's definitely an all-star cast with a lot of great cameos. I might be willing to see it again, but if I do see it again without all the energy of the kids in the audience I'm afraid I might be disappointed.

And for a complete change of pace, we went to see Walk The Line next. In the words of Christopher Walken... "Wow. Wowie, wow, wow, wow." Amazing movie. For a basic synopsis, see John Stewart's joke at the Oscars. "It's like Ray, but with white people." I thought that was one of the highlights of John Stewart's Oscar jokes. But my mind is all over the place. Back to Johnny Cash. My only beef with this movie is that they didn't go past 1969. I would have liked to see them go a bit farther into his life, if only just to show what a turn-around he had after the drugs. (Or, if only just to include "Man In Black" or "Boy Named Sue.") I'm a big fan of Johnny Cash, though admittedly I'm a fairly new fan. I didn't pay much attention until American IV: The Man Comes Around and that gorgeous music video for "Hurt." But now I can't get enough.

One more thing I'l say about the movie is that Reese and Joaxin acted their butts off. They definitely deserved those Oscar nominations (and win for Reese.) They did all their own singing, which I thought was great. If you're a fan of Cash, you can tell that Joaxin Pheonix's voice is not quite the same, but I think it's about as close as you can get without actually using Cash's voice. And considering that Cash's initial thought on who would play him was Johnny Depp...well, let's just say I love Cash's music, voice, and style, but I never thought he was all that pretty.

Alright, time for me to get ready for work. Maybe on Thursday (my day off) I'll write about Syriana and Wimbledon.