Friday, September 02, 2005

In the bath and at the movies...

As you can see, Henry does alot of his best thinking in the tub. Seriously, the guy really loves bath time. Also submitted, for your entertainment, are the following two movie reviews by Dad and Henry as Ebert and Roper:

As a new parent you spend alot of time just lounging around with the baby. This has provided an excellent opportunity to catch up on watching movies. It has also served as Henrys first exposure to world of cinema. The other day I saw a VHS copy of Teen Wolf at the Unique Thrift Store on Rice Street for $2.60. I felt that the value was there and it had been quite a spell since I had seen the film so I made the investment. Michael J. Fox was riding the crest of Back to the Future and decided to parlay that success into a werewolf comedy. The entire film is entertaining and the cinematography is second to none. The scenes where he is "surfing" on top of the van and doing flips for no apparent reason are my favorite. Dad = "Two Thums Up... WAY UP!!!" Henry = "Two Thumbs Up! Mike Fox at his utter apex."

We also dug into the Smokey & The Bandit Pursuit Pack. Again, I thought the entire Smokey trilogy in one convenient package - with the special features - was bargain at $9.99. On top of that, neither me or Henry had seen part 3. Now, everyone knows Burt Reynolds has the midas touch when it comes to putting together a winning movie. Sprinkle in the whimsy and humor of actor / country crooner Jerry Reed and this is a no brainer. This is a simple formula that was utterly destroyed in part 3. Burt Reynolds isn't even in the movie. It was just weird. Not only was it not Burt Reynolds, it was former sidekick Jerry Reed dressed up as the Bandit with a crappy moustache with black shoe polish in it. I turned it off after ten minutes. This is Hollywood's dirty little secret. Director Dick Lowry did the entire frickin' film industry a disservice by trashing what was a beautiful movie franchise. Up until this point Henry had showed little emotion. But I think he could sense my disgust after watching this filth. This is a picture of him immediately after watching part 3... in a photo simply titled, "Innocence Lost".


Now I have to dread the day when my son will say 'Daddy, Daddy why isn't Burt Reynolds in part 3?' I don't have an answer to that question...

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