Batman vs Superman

If you thoughtMan of Steel started slow, then prepare yourself. Deep breaths. In fact, I'm not sure this movie ever got going at all. It's a preparatory movie, getting us ready for individual movies like the up coming Wonder Woman.

And yeah, oh course Wonder Woman was the most interesting part of this movie, and way undervalued.

What got me about this movie was its lack of character. Batman had zero personality. Superman was only interesting because Henry Cavil is. Alfred was interesting only because Jeremy Irons is. There was little imagination. Little creativity. Leaves a blogger little to write.

Every Batman movie worth its salt includes a lovely flashback to the death of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and it always includes Martha's pearls breaking. But this movie over does it and it's ridiculous. You know they're proud of it because they keep showing it. Ugjfjdjtn.

Lex Luthor was channeling the Joker, so much so that when he was acting particularly Jokery my 3 year old son pointed at him and yelled, "Joker!"

Was I the only one not afraid of Doomsday? And like Superman would really kill Batman in order to save his mom. He let his dad die to save his secret identity!

I appreciate someone finally pointed out that Bruce and Clark's moms have the same name. Like Martha's the only name a mom can have. Come on!

The Good Dinosaur

Sometimes I like movies because my 3-year-old likes them, so I'm going to try to remember what it's like to think of a movie objectively, or based upon whether or not I liked it.

My biggest complaint about "The Good Dinosaur" is that oh my gosh it's slow. The second is like unto it, two, maybe three, interesting characters and that's it. Arlo the dinosaur is great. Spot the human is the greatest thing ever. The triceratops or "the collector" is so creepy that I can't tell if I love him or if he gives me anxiety. I quote him the most though, so that says something.

(Yeah, that's right. I go up to my husband while he's on the computer and I stare at him for a while then I say, "Hello. We've been watching you. We thought you would die but then you didn't." And he tries to pretend like I'm funny and cute, but we all know the truth, I, like this character, am terribly creepy.)

I love that Arlo has panic attacks. Finally a cartoon character understands! I love the metaphor about the storm and fear, and the message about being brave. But there are sad parts. I don't know if it's the gut-wrenching sob fest that is "Inside Out," but it has me sobbing. (Then again... I'm six months pregnant, and just about anything makes me cry even without the help from whack hormones.)

It's not a bad movie. It's just a slow movie, and my toddler absolutely adores it, so who am I to judge?

I'd watch it for Spot alone.

Oh, one more thing, it's like several different movies. "Annie." "Twilight." "The Lion King." "Homeward Bound." What else? I'm sure you've got some.