More Movies: Pirates, Stardust

In short, I see my purpose here as to bore you.

Saturday night, at what we affectionately call “the movie hour,” my husband, always on top of having a fresh movie for us to watch, started the DVD player. “What’s this one?” I asked. “It’s about Pirates” he replied. I thought, “Huh, a historical kind of movie. Doesn’t sound bad. Glad it’s not ‘Pirates of the Caribbean.’” As it turned out, it was Pirates of the Carribbean, the Third. Sigh. I’d blame the movie for being a bit convoluted but I wasn’t really that interested, so I may be partly at fault for not paying closer attention. My husband thought it was confusing too though, so maybe it wasn’t me. It fits into the “Die Hard” category of, “you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all.” It wasn’t bad, like “Saw” bad, or “Paris, Texas” bad, just, you know, boring. The husband says it had “good effects” but due to not being able to follow the story, it gets one thumb. That’s a collective total of 1.5 thumbs.

We also watched “Stardust.” It fits into the category of magical, chick flicky. You probably already guessed what I’m going to say. I liked it! My husband gives it three-quarters of a thumb, so that’s a collective total of 2.75 thumbs.

Speaking of thumbs, in a future post, I’ll tell you how it’s shaping up with the Green River serial killer. It’s not really Christmas cheer sort of material though, so I’ll postpone sharing. Here’s a bit of advice I gleaned from the book, don’t let your children run away and work as prostitutes. It seems to be a generally good rule of thumb.