Why can't I find a good talkie?

I miss going to a good movie.

For some reason, the theaters around here pick very bad movies.  Here's what is playing right now.

• Jackass 2
• The Marine
• School for Scroundrels
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
• The Departed
• Employee of the Month
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Flicka
• The Grudge 2
• The Guardian
• Man of the Year
• Open Season
• The Prestige
• Saw III (this has been here for over month!!)

Skyprincess wanted to see Marie Antoinette last weekend and we had to drop 2 hours to see it.  2 hours for a cotton candy movie??  Sheesh.

I realize this is a very bad time for movies.  There doesn't appear to be much really interesting out there.  I've checked out the releases and have found a few that sound interesting.

One Night with the King -An epic adventure that follows a young Jewish orphan who rises from peasant to Queen of Persia only to face the annihilation of her people.

Infamous - another Truman Copote movie.  After seeing one this summer, not sure how well I would enjoy this one.

The Last King of Scotland - A Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world’s most barbaric figures: Idi Amin. Impressed by Dr. Garrigan’s brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante

Aurora Borealis - maybe.  sound interesting

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles - i'll have to rent this one since it will never ever EVER make it here

The Wicker Man - you know, i'm not sure i want to see this remake.  however, i was watching a VH1 special on the top 100 scariest movies of all time and they talked about the original.  i want to see it so bad now!  and i'm someone who doesn't really like scary movies.  i wonder if the blockbuster here has a copy

How to Eat Fried Worms - I've never read the book this is based on so alot would be lost on me.  I watched a review of this movie some time ago and it looks like a nice thoughtless afternoon movie to watch.

Queens - Skyprincess would get a kick out of this movie

The Quiet - this has an interesting summary, but at 90 mins and a teen film, i'm afraid it will disappoint.  definitely a risk

The Illusionist - this sounds far superior to the other magic based movie playing right now (The Prestige)

The House of Sand - hrmmm....

****UPCOMING MOVIES*****

The Fountain - Three parallel stories--about love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of existence--as told through the odyssey taken on by one man in his thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves

Casino Royale - this looks like it's going to rock so hard its not funny.  i better not be disappointed.  this is the first 007 movie i've wanted to see in 2 decades.  i'm really hoping they do a great retelling and get away from the camp that plagued the previous 007 movies.

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus - A biopic about the life of photographer Diane Arbus, considered one of the most mysterious, enigmatic, and frighteningly bold artists of the 20th century. Most known for her obsession with 'freak' subject-matter, her haunting work emerged from a deeply private place. Arbus' death was as mysteriously tragic as was the aura surrounding some of her most piercing portraits.

Stranger Than Fiction - I don't give Will Farrel movies enough credit.  I've been snobby enough to avoid them in the past, but I really need to drop the turned-up-nose attitude and just enjoy them.  This one looks like a lot of fun.  Perhaps I've been burned too many time by Ben Stiller movies (Starsky & Hutch anyone?)

Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - WE ARE SOOOOOO SEEING THIS ONE EVEN IF WE HAVE TO DRIVE 4 HOURS TO CHICAGO!!!!

Unknown - Five men waking up in a chemical warehouse and realizing they don't know who they are and how they got there. But through time they deduct that some of them are hostages and some are kidnappers. The men now must figure out who is who as they've learned the lead kidnapper is on his way and plans to kill the hostages.

Pan's Labyrinth - Set in 1940s Spain against the postwar repression of Franco's Spain, a fairy tale that centers on Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child living with her mother and adoptive father, who is a military officer tasked with 'ridding the area' of rebels. In her loneliness, Ofelia creates a world filled with fantastical creatures and secret destinies.

The Children of Men - A futuristic society faces extinction when no children are born and the human race has lost the ability to reproduce

Charlotte's Web - at first, i wasn't going to add this to the list.  and it probably doesn't deserve it.  i can't imagine a better movie than the original animated one.  however, this has dakota fanning as fern.  dakota has got to be one of the most talented young actresses out there today.  and one of the creepest as well.  she's just freaky.

Eragon - it better have hobbits with furry feet

Apocalypto - Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him

The Holiday - okay this movie will probably suck.  the only reason i put this on is because of the premise of the movie.  i was reading recently that people swap houses as they are in this movie.  for anyone thinking of spending time away, this might be an option for them.