Weekly Movie Prep

Weekly Prep for 10/24 Releases

It's going to be an interesting Friday in theaters this week. You've got a handful of horror, a pretty standard looking cop flick, a period drama directed by one of Hollywood's elder statesmen and the third entry in a pre-pubescent-targeted series that's filled with singing and dancing basketball players.

So it's a mixed bag to say the least. And here's what I'm probably watching in preparation for those:

• Changeling: Million Dollar Baby, Bridges of Madison County, Bronco Billy, A Mighty Heart - Clint Eastwood has a strong tendency to overdo it when it comes to putting his female characters up on a pedastal and these few movies are perfect examples of that. The last one, of course, is Angelina Jolie's previous entry in the "Won't Someone Help Me Find..." genre, something that allows her primarily to put those ginormous lips to their best pouting usage.
  
• High School Musical 3: High School Musical, High School Musical 2, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Breakfast Club, Superbad - It's best not to ask why I'm going to wind up seeing HSM3. But catching up on the story so far and then cleansing the pallet with some quality tales of high school hijinks that are decidedly less family-friendly is probably a good idea.
  

I'm not much of a horror fan so I'm not likely to see the new batch of flicks. But what's on your docket for this week?

Re:Weekly Prep for 10/24 Releases

I'm a bit behind on my current releases, so this week my goals are to see Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, and Guy Ritchie's Rocknrolla'.  

I thought good prep for Nick and Norah may be a rewatching of Valley Girl, as it seems to share a similar 'one crazy night' theme with an unlikely cast of characters and events.  Along those lines, since it is somewhat of a music-centric film I thought High Fidelity could be of merit too, with the Top 5/playlist themes maybe going hand-in-hand.  That, and I'll use any excuse I can to justify watching either film again.

Rocknrolla is easy... I'd have to dust off my two favorite Ritchie films, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and Snatch.  Two of my favorite films... great action, a lot of great lines and enough humour thrown in here and there to keep you chuckling while the plot gets heavy.  I'm hoping Ritchie's impending divorce hasn't gotten him too down to put in a few good laughs and some more colourful characters!