the popcorn that was had was at the movies, watching ninja assassin and where the wild things are. the two movies couldn't be more different. and yet, both held great appeal for sean and i.
when i was a little girl, i loved watching martial arts movies and was a big-time ninja movie buff. i so wanted to be a ninja; all stealth, graceful and deadly. dressed head to toe in black. throwing ninja stars and being invisible. i was even a multiple borrower of this how-to-be-a-ninja book from my public library. i kid you not.
course, very little has changed. i even get to live out my fantasies as the opera ninja for work.
this movie is FUN. if you're into dismemberment, body parts, gore and entrails. and video game red blood that squirts out like a geyser. it was all very entertaining in a check your brain at the door way. AND sho kushogi was the villain. i remember watching him in enter the ninja and revenge of the ninja.
and the lead korean actor, rain (no last name)? he apparently made people magazine's most beautiful people but i gotta say, does not fry my burger. however, he does deliver cheesy lines with aplomb.
this movie is not to be taken seriously. and that's why it's a pretty fun watch.
then came the wild things. i haven't read the book since i was wee, but what i remember the adorable onesie pajamas and the attached hood. i remember back when i used to tear around the house in a onesie. but, i digress...
because the book is only like 20 pages long (in large print), i thought spike jonze did a good job of imagining what life would be like with the wild things. not everything was sunshine and roses with all the wild rumpus-making. the wild things were not only cute and cuddly, they were also dysfunctional, volatile, hot headed and destructive. cue dirt clot fight getting out of hand.
it's all fun and games until someone loses a chicken wing.
and the scene where max constructs a fort made of blankets with only his teddy bears as the friends under the fort with him? it made my lower lip quiver ever so slightly. sad little peanut. i'd totally get down on the floor with him and play. heck, let's do some finger painting on the walls while we're at it. i would totally do that if i had kidlets.
but the best moment of the movie had to be the huge cuddle pile scene, where all the wild things launch themselves on top of each other to go to sleep. one big pile of monster fur. so warm and tactile. snuggles for everybody!
can i please have my favourite teddy fur jacket wrapped around me now?
4 comments:
You can NEVER have too much popcorn! I refuse to see a movie if I don't get popcorn! It's important! :)
I'm glad the Ninja was was great, the title made me think it was kitchy.
AND...I admit I was SO sad when he was in his fort with only animals to play with! The monsters scared me a little tho-I was freaked out that they eat all their kings!
I'm looking forward to Where the Wild Things Are. Max is definitely my inner child!
Regarding your ninja ambitions, the really cool thing about you being a multiple borrower of that book -- besides your passionate interest -- is that you were honorable enough to return the book time after time and then check it out again. I know a true book lover when I see one. :)
Good times... Ninjas and Monsters.
I won't deny I like to feed my inner child.
My love of furry monsters started with Jim Henson creations, but I have to say... Spike Jonze delivered on the monsters and the not so safe for kids world.
The problems I have with most stuff for kids is that it is telling them a lie, painting too nice a picture of people and the world. Kids need to be a bit scared of what's out there.
Both great movie dates... : )
@ penpen - i eat popcorn even when i'm not at the movies. damn that smartfood popcorn!
i thought the monsters were a little scary too, in that i could crush you with my paw and not even realize it cuz i'm too strong way.
glad you enjoyed the wild things!
@ dave - definitely let me know whatcha think of the wild things! i'm interested to hear your take on the movie.
and yes, i have a weakness for shaw brothers kung fu movies. i remember watching them at the drive-ins. and i had a huge childhood crush on alexander fu cheng. loved them shaolin movies.
@ tex - i'm so glad you have an inner child to feed. so wonderful to hear that i'm not the only nerd when it comes to ninjas and monsters. x
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