My favorite comic strip is coming to the movies... kind of.

This is a great movie poster.

Maybe it's my attitude towards documentaries that is changing or maybe its just the subject matter... but I'm finding myself pumped for a doc coming out this fall, Dear Mr Watterson. Who didn't love Calvin & Hobbes?! No really, tell me. I will be deleting them from Facespace.

About a year or so ago, I was in El Paso for work and I went to Barnes and Nobles to hang out, read, book shop... I ended sitting on the floor for about an hour and a half reading through on of the compilation Calvin & Hobbes books. Even as an adult, I was laughing out loud to comics that made me laugh as a child.

If you read Calvin & Hobbes as a kid, I guarantee you wished/pretended your pet turned into something like Hobbes.









Busy week... let's just break these down quickly.

1. The Giant Mechanical Man- Good indie flick. Shot in Detroit... kind of is like home. Chris Messina continues to be a great actor in these small movies. For the guys not sure, Malin Akerman is in this and she's easy on the eyes. I give it a "See It" rating (stupid rating system).
2. Despicable Me 2 - I don't get the minions, but they do make me laugh. Just an ok animation movie... not that its a great year for me in the animation department. They've all been just ok. 
3. The Lone Ranger - 45 minutes too long. Johnny Depp played an indian jack sparrow... that's it. Plus I still hate Armie Hammer. I think I would have been ok with this movie if it cost 100 million dollar less than what it did (215 million budget, plus 150 million advertising budget). Wait for it on video.
4. Pacific Rim - Liked it, didn't love it. I think I liked the idea of it more than the actual execution. Bad acting. Corny plot with annoying cliches... had a bit of an Avengers rip off. Missles can't hurt the monsters, but storage containers can?!
5. The Way Way Back - Might be my favorite movie of the year. See other post - HERE
6. Burke and Hare - Simon Pegg and Golum, I mean Andy Serkis... um... sure, see it. Leave it at that.
7. Monkeybone - another "leaving it to fate" movie pick on Netflix. Again, I shouldn't do that anymore. AVOID AVOID AVOID
8. Kiss Toledo Goodbye - Supposed to take place in Toledo, but obviously shot in California. But they had the decency to use an issue of The Toledo Blade as a prop. Really wish this was shot at home, because that means Christopher Walken would have been there. Probably don't see it... can't imagine anyone really liking this.
9. Cold Mountain - Very good. Anymore I get annoyed with Nicole Kidman, but not here. Surprised it took me this long to see it. See It.
10. Top o' The Morning - Old black and white with Bing Crosby. The last few years I have really enjoyed these old movies... make me think of my grandparents.
11. The Butchers Wife - Not sure why I watch this... for what it was, it was just OK.
12. Grown Ups 2 - It was no Grown Ups 1... had some funny parts, but I didn't laugh that hard at any one moment. I know Taylor Lautner was making fun of himself in this, but it only made me hate him more... so annoying with all the flipping. Maya Rudolph... so that's a plus at least.