When HW2 and/or I have an operation or illness and we need recuperation time, we frequently rent a bunch of movies and have a movie marathon. Since we have been recovering from our colds, we decided yesterday to drive into town to visit Blockbuster and rent some movies to watch as we rest and recuperate. We checked the walls of recent releases and picked out Ocean's Thirteen, having enjoyed Eleven and Twelve. We also found Miss Potter that HW2 had been wanting to view and finally also picked Deck The Halls.
Arriving home with our selections, we decided to play the ones that had to be returned in two days and started with Ocean's Thirteen, which proved to be good entertainment in the same way the earlier two releases had been fun to watch. After dinner we watched part of a repeat of 'Chuck', and then opted out for Deck The Halls. We had picked this movie because it had Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick, and the two Kristins, Chenoweth and Davis, in the cast and we know that these actors do good presentations. Well, let me tell you in the best of Roger Ebert style: This movie rates more than two thumbs. It rates all ten fingers/thumbs down and curled toes to boot. It was awful! I really wonder how these fine actors could have done such a poor movie. It had almost nothing to do with Christmas, feel good movies, and even less to do with comedy. So save your money, and rent something else. We saved Miss Potter for today and look foward to Renee Zellweger's version of Beatrix Potter. I'll keep you posted.
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