Three Movie Weekend

I was preparing myself for rain and what we got was sun and heat. Either way the weather rolled I was heading to the movies and boy did I ever see a lot of movies this weekend! First up was "The Time Travelers Wife', next "Inglorious Basterds" and finally "District 9." The hub's been working Saturday's so I thought I take this last Saturday (cuz he is done with his gig this Friday) to go see a chick flick. There are actually 4 chick flicks I need to see ("Time Travelers", "The Ugly Truth", "Julie & Julia" and "500 days of Summer"). Rather than draggin' the hubby to see something he will hate, I decided to catch up on my cheesy goodness on my own. However, Time Traveler's was neither good nor cheesy. It was kinda just dark and a big downer. I heard this film was a book and perhaps it should have stayed that way. I can only imagine in the book there was more opportunity for dialogue and internal conflict because I never was fully clued in on why this was happening to this guy and the little clue that it was in his DNA seemed just too stupid. They never even explained why he went were he did or how he ended up in some other places. I can forgive a lot of stupid stories in movies if you just tell me why even if it can't happen in reality. I just want your explanation as to why it would work in the film's reality. That's all. So really film one was a bust. Film two...You can pretty much expect to be entertained whenever you go to a Tarantino film cuz you can totally appreciate how much this guy is a movie buff. I mean everything from the way the scenes are set up to the soundtrack is different. He's one guy who has fun with film. I enjoyed this movie but I wouldn't rate it as Tarantino's best work however, the first chapter of the film was very good. My husband and I agreed that we found it to be too funny. What you say? Funny is supposed to be good right? Well... normally his movies are witty-funny but this time some of the laughs were just too easy. A good film but not at the same level as "Kill Bill" and "Death Proof" which I consider masterpieces! Third up was "District 9". All I knew about this film was that was the movie keeping Peter Jackson's crew busy every time we call to try and get something for our movie approved. That and I heard it was about Aliens. Was it me or did this film seemed to come out of nowhere? At a film festival one day and in the movie theatres the next. I didn't know what to expect of this film and I almost didn't go cuz I thought this was one of those that the hubby should see on his own. About 30 minutes in I wished I stayed home. This just wasn't my cup of tea. Very violent. Now this isn't to say this was a bad film. I can appreciate good film and still hate it. And that was the case here. I simply wasn't the target audience for this film. Although I must say I enjoyed the later half a lot better than the first half. I can see how all the guys around me have been saying they love it. For a sci-fi flick it offers something different. It just isn't the film for me. So that was my weekend. Movie time at the local AMC. My Costco tickets and MovieWatcher card got a good workout!