There’s only one movie to round up this week, an under-the-radar documentary called “Watchmen,” about a Swiss family of watchmakers.
No! I kid! It’s about superheroes murdering people!
I hope no one wanders into this thing thinking it’s a regular ol’ comic book movie. It’s a hard-R-rated drama with less action than you’d think, and more sex, nudity, and brutal violence than you’d think. It is not for kids! Do not bring your kids, you stupid parents.
That’s all we have this weekend. The rival studios didn’t scheduled anything to compete with “Watchmen,” and I don’t have any indie stuff to review at the moment. Have you seen that “Slumdog Millionaire” yet? I heard it was pretty good.
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Your mom likes Slumdog Millionaire.
I counted at least 3 children under the age of 10 at the matinee screening. The stupid parents … there is no stopping them.
I went at 10 in the morning and there were young kids there; definately not for kids, at all. Of course they parents took them to the movie; shame.
As much as I hate the Oscars, at least they’ve led to a resurgence in “Slumdog”‘s popularity: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=slumdogmillionaire.htm