Previews & Reviews
Movie days and movie nights are all good in my book. Popcorn, zone out factor, junk food, entertainment value and climate control for 2 odd hours is bliss. What I also look forward to (aside from the actual movie of course) are the TRAILERS! Those little sneak peeks and insights to the movie – Coming Soon to Theatres near You!!!
Of course there are trailers that look incredible and there’s the ones that you know deep down inside that the movie is going to suck. Last night we were treated to a horror preview of (a little B-Grade I feel) a girl looking for her mother on a road trip with her friends and they end up at a very old nunnery. Of course, it’s haunted by a nun who wants to punish everyone by making them all meet their fates in similar ways like the martyrs of old i.e. electrocution, drowning, impalement etc. I was too busy laughing (horror to some people is comedy to me) to catch the title of the movie but if you want a scare/laugh, I’m up for a cheesy b-grade horror flick anytime!
The other trailer was something that all of us are looking forward to! Yo Ho, Yo Ho It’s A Pirates’ Life For Me!!! It’s the 2nd installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean with the subtitle of Dead Man’s Chest and of course it’s not a Pirate movie without the ultimate pirate of all – the legendary Captain Jack Sparrow aka Johnny Depp. Like its predecessor, Dead Man’s Chest is filled with CGI and completely riddled with bullets, swarming with swashbucklers, festooned with undead monsters and not forgetting the two lovely eye candies Will & Elizabeth Turner (Orlando Bloom *SCREAM* & Kiera Knightly *hubba-hubba* respectively). ARR!
Anyway, for the actual movie last night we watched an all round feel good Disney movie (it’s Easter, only happy movies for now) about 8 little puppies frolicking in the snow. 
I make it sound so fluffy. It wasn’t. [spoiler warning] Doggies die (and being the dog lover I am that’s BAD BAD BAD!). Set in Antarctica and the onset of winter, a scientist goes to search for a piece of meteorite from Mars and in order to get him to the mountain a hot guide and a team of sled dogs (Siberian Huskies *aaw*) drag him to the mountain.
Cue scientist breaks his leg, fall into the icy cold water and hanging on for dear life and hot guide gets his doggies to save him, braving the coldest snowstorm in 25 years to get them back to base. Cue hot girl pilot and comic relief friend and mean nasty boss to bundle them from the cold and insist that they fly directly back to civilization but because they have to evacuate all the people, there’s no room in the plane for the 8 doggies *cry* and the pups have to be left behind to face the blizzard.
Then guilt ridden hot guide tries to go back to the South Pole to save his babies to no avail. The doggies are obviously not stupid and they break free of the chains (won’t spoil it for you as to which doggies don’t make it) and they fend for themselves battling cold, hunger, injury and a very mean leopard seal for about 6-7 odd months while the humans faff around trying to save them.
Anyway, happy endings (except for the poor pups that didn’t make it) for all when the humans finally get to the base and the doggies all come running. Cue touching moments and the hot guide and hot girl pilot get together and the doggies are saved!!! If you haven’t watched the movie, bring a blanket and some warm coffee or chocolate. Don’t forget the tissues. Then go home and cuddle and overfeed your dogs like I did.
Till then, Save Me Bones For Davey Jones, Savvy? ARRR!
