Perils of inertia

Dvd rentals, another mixed bag. Inertia caused me to watched 3 movies in 2 days. Shameful.



The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond


Written by Tennessee Williams so this was a must see. However, I was disappointed. I am a big TW fan and this just did not live up to the greats, like Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" or Marlon Brando in "A Streetcar Named Desire". This movie, starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans, didn't have that build up, that oppressive sense of doom and disintegration, that hypnotic quality that causes the pulse to race. I was not holding my breath as tension built and personalities shattered. A perfectly watchable movie, with beautiful costumes, but a strictly second-rate Tennessee Williams screenplay. It did have that weird stuff that hangs off the trees in the deep South, Spanish Moss maybe?



Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian


Mrs Blogger is going to Washington. I have to visit that museum. A good sequel, same cast as the original, adding Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart. Lots of good stuff, fun effects, Ricky Gervais doing his ineffectual embarrassing star turn. My favourite thing was the balloon dog. Clever, fun, watchable.



Ghosts of Girlfriends Past


Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner. A Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" sort of story where ghosts showcase Connor Mead's past, present and future, effecting redemption in the formerly shallow ladies man. Some funny scenes as they all prepare for his brother's wedding, and it all ends well. Amy Adams was also in this movie, briefly.



A brief spell of hot weather again but that might be the end of it.