Archive for the ‘movies’ tag
That’s oh-fer-two (for those of you keeping score at home)
I guess it’s just me and my wife who are keeping score, but it’s now two movies in a row that we’ve managed to sit near the family who can’t impress upon their child that “no talking” is the rule inside a darkened theater.
Last night’s fare, Pirates of the Caribbean, wasn’t sullied like Superman Returns was a few weeks ago. During that flick, the family in question were shushed and/or asked to be quiet no less than sixteen times. Last night, the mother did get the little one to whisper. Distracting, yes. But not to the point of debating whether to ask for a refund or move to other seats.
Sphere: Related ContentThe Godfather Returns
As a diehard fan of both the original novel by Mario Puzo and Francis Coppola’s triad of films (yes, I even like the much-hated “The Godfather, Part III“), I was wary of giving this a read. I was turned around by Stephen King. He listed it as one of his ten favorite books of 2005. It was released in 2004, but he didn’t read it until 2005. Good enough for King? I suppose it it’s worth the few days for me.
I enjoyed this novel. It was much better than I thought it was going to be. I had even suffered through Puzo’s quasi sequel to GF, called “The Sicillian,” a book that overlaps Michael Corleone’s exile in Sicily after killing the corrupt Capt. McCluskey and the Turk, Virgil Solozzo. That book was a stinker.
Sphere: Related Content
The article has
one response