Saturday Night at the Movies

This weekend, we rented a few more movies.

"Batman Begins": OMG, this was two hours of my life that I'll never get back! It took an hour just to show Bruce Wayne's training. BORING. I also thought it was predictable. DH liked it, though. I did not care for the movie. I liked the cartoonish style of the first four movies. The best movie is still the first "Batman," with Jack Nicholson as the Joker.

"Kingdom of Heaven": This movie takes place in 1184. Orlando Bloom, as Balian, has to defend Jerusalem from Saladin, the Muslim warrior. DH & I both liked this movie. Not once did we wonder when it was going to end, like we did while watching "Batman Begins." The costumes, scenery, and cinematography were lush and interesting. Bloom certainly beefed up for this role. I did not buy the fact that a blacksmith would know how to defend a walled city like Jerusalem; I also wondered where the Muslim forces got the wood to make siege engines. I felt like Ridley Scott copied the siege towers from the "LotR" movies. Hehe.

There was lots of spraying blood and chopping off of heads. I think this movie reflects upon today's situation in the Middle East without being overly preachy.

The last movie we watched, on Sunday morning, was "Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus." DD was enchanted by this computer-animated Barbie movie. She wanted to watch it again and again, but we had to return it. I actually enjoyed the movie also. Princess Annika (Barbie) ice skates and speed skates her way to rescue her family from being turned to stone permanently by an evil wizard. After the movie is over, there are a few "bloopers" scenes, which I thought were hilarious. Unlike other Barbie movies, this emphasized Annika's strength rather than the romantic angle between the male and female characters--thankfully! Little girls will enjoy this film.