Saw Two Movies This Holiday Weekend

The first movie was a second choice made due to a full theater.

We walked in intending to see Men in Black 3, MIB3, but they were sold out.

Instead we chose to see J. Depp in Dark Shadows. It was a movie very loosely based on an awful television show I am old enough to have watched in its virgin state. That was a strike against it going in.

Going out, I was very happy. It was a fun movie with enough humor and surprise to qualify as entertainment. The egg shell skin and the animated home decorations were worth seeing alone.

We reserved seats today to see MIB3 – IMAX with 3D.

This sequel to a movie was really no more than a very good ScyFi quality television show enhanced, thankfully not distracted by, 3D-IMAX.

As with all sequels a comparison with the predecessors must be made. Will Smith was, well, Will Smith. He seemed along for the ride. Josh Brolin was just about brilliant playing Tommy Lee Jones.

We love Emma Thompson. She was wasted in what was somewhere between a cameo and a walk-on.

Perhaps here, as in the most recent JB movies, they were trying to show a strong woman can run such an agency.

Alice Eve, the woman playing the younger Emma Thompson, in comparison to Brolin’s homage to Jones, though born in London, appeared to be faking a British accent. It didn’t work.

The gem was Michael Stuhlbarg as Griffin.

The gem in Dark Shadows was, as he usually is, Jackie Earle Haley

Before this becomes too much of a spoiler, one last thing. Don't wait through the credits for either movie. No surprises.

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