EDIT: I mean, do you see this? I was so busy this week that I didn't even schedule this to go at midnight this morning. I did watch part of the first season of Torchwood again, which, if you're any kind of Doctor Who fan and you haven't seen this yet, what the hell are you waiting for, man?!
This first one is actually from last week, that the kids and I watched, but I forgot to add it.
The Tale of Despereaux
2008 - Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Sigourney Weaver
The tale of a mouse named Despereaux (Broderick) who has an adventurous spirit, much to the chagrin of his father (William H. Macy) and the Mouse Town mayor (Frank Langella). Caught sneaking into the royal palace library and speaking with the princess (Watson), Despereaux is banished into the sewer, where he finds Rat Town. It is not a nice place, and the rats are ready to see Despereaux eaten by a cat when he is spared by Roscuro (Hoffman). A delightful animated film, loosely based on the Kate DiCamillo novel of the same name. Decent film with an extraordinary cast; in addition to the above, Kevin Kline, Robbie Coltrane, Tony Hale, Ciaran Hinds, Christopher Lloyd, Richard Jenkins, Bronson Pinchot, Charles Shaughnessy, Stanley Tucci, and Traci Ullman. 4/5
A Night at the Roxbury
1998 - Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Molly Shannon
A feature-length film based on a recurring skit from Saturday Night Live. This one follows Steve (Ferrell) and Doug (Kattan) Butabi, sons of a Yemini businessman (Hedaya), and their adventures (read: attempts) at clubbing. Their one goal is to get into a popular club, The Roxbury. One night, they are rear-ended by 21 Jump Street icon Richard Greico (playing himself). Not wanting to involve the police, Greico uses Steve and Doug's heavily-apparent star-struck demeanor and takes them into The Roxbury...where their adventures are just beginning. You know, some skits should be made into movies and some should not. This is the latter. It had some funny moments, but this one should have stayed a recurring skit to eventually just disappear past its time. 2.25/5
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Holy crap, we started Night at the Roxbury last night. There are no words...
I can't believe you did that to yourself. What horrible crime did you commit that you felt the need to self-flagalate by watching Night At the Roxberry?
I've been watching a lot of TED talks on Netflix. I recommend the one with Mary Roach. There's also one about fractals that is really great. But avoid the TED Laughs.
Ciaran Hinds was amazing as Caesar in ROME!
I have not seen The Tale of Despereaux (tough name!), even though I have it in my DVD collection.
A Night At The Roxbury is one of my favourite movies to laugh about (the other being The Rocker): the story istn't that good, but it's the smallest things that make me laugh. "Oh no, I broke the window again!". I can watch it time and time again. That, and Little Miss Sunshine (which probably is my all time favourite drama/comedy movie of all times).
I loved the tale of Despereaux. Course, I am partial to cartoons. :) I have so much to do tomorrow, but I'm seriously thinking of scrapping it all for a movie day in pajamas.
Saw The Tale of Despereaux over the summer and loved it. I can't believe the queen just up and died like that.
A Night at the Roxbury is so great in my opinion. Yes it's not a good movie along the vein of what is usually considered good. But the absurdity is what make it great to me. Sorry you didn't like it but I'm glad it was made into a movie.
i think you are correct on both counts... SNL skits can be funny in short form, but in long hand they lose all their luster. which might account for the reason i dislike 99.6% of all Will Farrel and/or Molly Shannon movies.
Hey Joshua! I've seen neither of these. My own time has been equally squeezed, tho I did make time to watch the beautifully restored JAWS on BluRay. Awesome. Indigo
Love Night at the Roxbury...in a hate filled kind of way...
I haven't seen Night at the Roxbury nor do I intend to. However, The Tale of Despereaux was wonderful despite not being what I had expected it. I thought it was visually striking although it would had scared the crap out of me if I was a kid. Those rats were vicious!
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