I was having a conversation with a co-worker not too long ago and we were discussing what movie or movies I was going to watch that week. I mentioned that I planned on watching "The Grand Budapest Hotel", and without missing a beat this individual said "you like oscar films, don't you!". Of course I responded "yes", but I think this person thought this was foreign film with subtitles which he could not understand. I explained it was a comedy by Wes Anderson that I really wanted to see, but I think the title may have seemed a little ostentatious to him, oh well his loss. In my opinion it is one of the best films of the year, it was very funny and it has to be one of Wes Anderson's best films.
I'm asked every weekend what I plan on watching that week and I'm sure some of the titles I mention throw them off because it's not something they would pay to see, but I'm not like everybody else, I love seeing almost everything. There are always exceptions, maybe it's the trailer I saw that I could just tell I wanted no part of watching that movie. I'm sure people who know me would think differently because I've seen some movies that they were right about that just sucked. I'll give some examples of bad movies I've seen, Robocop, the 300 sequel, Transcendence, That Awkward Moment, and Jack Ryan. I think the one I was disappointed in most was The Amazing Spider-man 2, there's elements I like but overall very disappointing, don't even get me started on the need to reboot it. I did recently see another hidden gem that I highly recommend which is called "Fading Gigolo", it's with John Turturro who wrote and directed this film and also stars Woody Allen. A very funny film that has Woody Allen's character setting up John Turturro's character for a menage a trios with Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara.
As a parent I've often wondered why there aren't more family films to take your kids to, and I'm not talking about animated films, which I love as well. I'm talking about movies like when I was a kid like the old Disney movies, The Computer Wore Glasses, The Apple Dumpling Gang, or The Black Hole, something other than animation. It seems today we only associate family or kids films as animated, which I think needs to change. I'm sure people my age or a little younger remember family films like The Goonies, The Sandlot, Holes and E.T. I guess what I'm trying to say is that there's more potential for better stories other than just animation to be told, especially for a little older kids and parents as well. Also it seems like when you're looking for movies to take your family to there's always a huge gap in between movies for the whole family to see. As much crap as Hollywood puts out, there's a huge potential for more money I think in family films as we can attest to animated movies. Live action family films have as good a chance as any animated film, they just have start getting made and not skimp on the quality.
