A Scottish Fairy Tale

I wish I could remember that other movie that I really liked that read like an Irish fairy tale for adults and kids. That was my impression of The Water Horse. It was sweet, endearing and made me cry on more than one occassion. There were a couple of corny Free Willy moments, but I forgive. It was still well done and totally lacked the commercial tackiness of a Hollywood movie. Go see it!

A couple of dvd choices for the weekend were The Brothers Solomon. This looked like it might be funny -- it has Will Forte, Will Arnett and a whole gaggle of SNL staffers. Unfortunately, it was often painfully bad. Beware.

Then there is The Kingdom. This looked like it had the potential to be an average action flick set in current event news reels -- with the possibility of being a little trite. It has some big Hollywood names including Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner. It turned out to be more poignant and genuine than I would have imagined. The last 1/2 hour is pretty intense. Go see it if you want.