weekend movie wrap

Oh lordy, it sure was lovely to leave work at noon last Friday. I enjoyed a tasty meal at Niko Nikos with the good ex and one of this other exes. We'd planned to go see a movie but at the last second decided to drink coffee, read books and then get snacks and watch Team America at home. Much has already been said about the naughty puppet bits in this film, so I'll skip right to the part that amazed me. Puppet vomit. At first I thought "hey, this puppet is vomiting." Then, "hey, this puppet keeps on vomiting." And finally, "well, better fast forward since this is not going to end anytime soon." Gross.

Luckily there was not nearly the volume of puke in 21 Grams, although the comic and upbeat factors were completely missing. On the other hand, Sean Penn appeared in both films and looked better as a puppet than in person. Not only is he is not aging well, I kept wanting to shout out "Hey, Spiccoli!" during his scenes.

Finally, I watched the last of the Battle of Algiers bonus discs. Totally worth it. Made me really want to see more of Pontecorvo's work and anticipating watching it caused me to check The Plague out from the library. So, in conclusion, Team America is silly but fun, 21 Grams depressing and The Battle of Algiers, well, if you haven't seen it, it's a classic and should be watched immediately.