Kick-Ass

This was a really fun movie. I wasn't expecting much, kind of thought it was going to be a kid movie, but it ended up being really gory and interesting. The movie is about a kid with no special powers who decides to become a super hero and help people. There is a scene in the movie where the main character gets stabbed, then hit by a car on a deserted street after stopping two thugs from breaking into a car.

One reason it is so interesting is that in New York recently a good Samaritan homeless man tried to help someone being mugged, ended up getting stabbed and then bled to death on the sidewalk as the fantastic people in New York walked by. Just kind of puts it all in perspective that people need to help one another and not expect someone else to help.

Nicholas Cage was good, the main character, I don't know his name, but I was not completely impressed by him. His sidekicks were well played though. Well, hope there is a Kick-ass 2.

Date Night

This was a pretty funny film. Steve Carrel and Tina Fey are really great talents. I laughed many times. I hope they work together more often.

Steve and Tina's characters do something I've always wanted to do, take someone's restaurant reservations. You know what I'm talking about, you go to a restaurant, no tables are available, and the hostess is wandering around looking for a couple. You are at the bar ordering food to be eaten while you are staring at some bartender with your elbows on some sticky bar.

Of course the reservations they take are some two-bit criminals. That was the other thing about this movie, it was filled with great people: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Ray Liotta, and Mark Wahlberg, just to name a few.

It all takes place pretty much over one night, except for the set up for the special date. Definitely a good fun movie.

Capitalism: a love story

This is a Michael Moore film, so it is a documentary. It was pretty entertaining, like most of his documentaries, but of course if you do not agree with his world view, or are the kind of person that is not open to someone else's opinions, you would probably hate his movies.

The movie opens on a foreclosure of a house, with the sheriff arriving and breaking down the doors. It is a horrible and scary thing to watch. But part of me wonders why or how these folks got into this predicament. And of course Moore gives his ideas about that. But anytime you sign your house over to someone for money and the note says they can take your house if you don't pay them, then they should be aware that this will happen. The real story is the real estate bubble and all these fucking flippers of real estate. Real estate should be an investment, but for landlords, and individual families, not for some fucker that just wants to flip it. But that is my take on the whole thing.

You should let yourself watch Moore's movies, he may not be completely right about the whole thing, but he definitely has an interesting perspective.