So this weekend, starting Friday I saw 3 movies, two in the theater and one on DVD. Here is my re-cap:

Friday – The Prestige.

I enjoyed this movie and would give it a high B+. Although the end was disappointing a little bit I thought it was well acted and kept my interest for all 2 hours. I do have one major problem with the film: Hugh Jackman.

He is too jacked. 8 pack abs and ripped shoulders work for Wolverine, but they don’t make as much sense for an 1899 magician. Apparently he was using magic to conjure up Human Growth Hormone and Creatine.

Saturday – double feature.

The first movie I watched was a DVD of a critically acclaimed foreign movie, Y Tu Mama Tambien, which I believe is Spanish for “Gratutious Sex Scenes and More Cock Shots than Most Pornos.”

This film was recommended to me by a friend who is a former NYU student who took one too many film classes at Tisch. Here is the synopsis of film – (spoiler for any pretentious film students) Boys bang girlfriends like they have trains to catch. Girlfriends go to Italy. Boys are bored. Boys masturbate on diving boards. Boys meet married woman. Both boys bang married woman like they’ve got a train to catch. Boys confess that they have banged each other’s girlfriends. Friendship is fractured. Boys have threesome with married woman. Boys kiss. Friendship repaired. J-L wondering why the f–k did I put this on my list of Netflix movies.

I give the movie a C, but I am sure I “didn’t get it.”

Then came an afternoon trip with my family to see Flags of Our Fathers. I give the book an A, but the movie an A-. Guy who plays Ira Hayes will get a best supporting actor nomination. Ryan Phillipe, despite being Justin Timberlake’s twin brother is solid. And then Paul Walker managed to get into the film (I felt the same way as Chris Rock in Bring the Pain when he asks, “How did Marion barry get a ticket to the Million Man March?”). This is the second great WWII movie (Saving Private Ryan was better) that a Fast and the Furious star has weasled into. Who can forget Vin Diesel’s riveting portrayl of Caparzzo in SPR? I assume Ja Rule will be in the next WWII movie to come out.

After that exiting weekend I now sit in my office on a Sunday responding to motions. No wonder I like movies so much.