Thoughts on a few flicks

So, I had this huge movie marathon this weekend. And it was pretty diverse in category, ranging from action flicks, to comedies, to parodies. Rented DVDs from a store, curled up on my bed and subjected myself, first, to the mind numbing, absolutely inane ‘romantic’ movie, Valentines Day! Oh, what an absolute waste of time that was. Not that I was planning to use my time productively, but hell! I could’ve done my favorite thing I love doing all the time – sleeping through the day. Last week, I watched another stupid movie “He’s just not that into you”, Hence I thought, maybe, well, my quota of bullshit movies for this week was at least over. How wrong I was! I mean, it physically hurts to watch Bradley cooper acting gay and Ashton kutcher playing the hopelessly in love, pink tee wearing puppy dog. Add to that, Jennifer garner’s toothy, wide grin perpetually pasted on that face and Jessica Biel’s, again, perpetually constipated expression, it was like one never-ending bombardment of sappy emotions in the history of mankind. That does not mean that Valentine’s day is a horrible movie. It just means that VD (ironic acronym) is just not worth investing money and time in. I mean, what was even Jessica Alba doing there?! The only saving grace was Queen Latifah. That woman, histrionically, is a pleasure to watch, anytime! Anyhow, I redeemed myself with Zombieland, Little miss sunshine, Julie & Julia, Taking of Pelham 123 and The Italian Job. Only, all throughout Julie and Julia I kept thinking that Merryl Streep must have consumed gallons of glucose to keep belching out those giddy squeals of joy/heartbreak/hope/whatever every alternate minute. I mean, after sometime it became plain irritating. Good side – I ended up hungry and consumed one packet of Hide & Seek milano.

Favorite quote from Zombieland – “good thing about zombies. No Facebook status updates”. Epic win.