2 days, three movies

Some friends are leaving for India on a 3 month long vacation, so there's an urgency to fill every passing day with lots of family time and togetherness. This has translated into me watching 3 very agreeable flicks in the last 2 days (don't look now, but that is the title of this post....!)

One down, two to go -
Cars:
Watched last night in the neighbourhood strip mall, was John Lasseter's version of "how green was my rally" - a very adult film with adult themes like the pangs felt over the contemplation of a lost way of life, a soliloquy aobut "how good it is to slow down sometimes" - all encased in an extremely photo-realistic kid-friendly veneer - such as cars with homologous appurtenances such as eyebrows, eyes and mouths - and of human feelings behind said appurtenances - such as loneliness, friendship and love. A story about a small town - Radiator Springs - that was once the jewel along the necklace that was Route 66 (where America once Got Its Kicks). This old route did not cut through the landscape, but flowed with it, curved with it, stopped to gaze, went uphill and went downhill with it.

Route 66 was bypassed by an outpost of the Interstate system - I-40, and suddenly Radiator Springs was literally dropped off the map. This is a nice piece of nostagia, in that it has more than self-indulgence. Its a reminder of when people took to the roads to "have a good time, and not make good time". One thing to be said about the "good old days" - if ever they existed in reality - they cost the earth a little less in carbon emissions and non-degradable junk than the current day.

But lets not get misty eyed about any industrial era, people - after all, do you prefer rat poison in Rocky Road or Vanilla - or do you prefer (as I do) the wonderful aftertaste of NOT having eaten it at all?

Two Down, One to go -
IMAX 3-D short feature called "Deep Sea" - a spectacular of underwater life - jellyfish, starfish, sea anemone, manta rays, sharks, and the "creatures of your nightmares" - squid. Simply superb. There is lots of violent animal-on-animal action, with realistic sound effects thrown in, and scenes of squid in a frenzy attacking anything and everything that moves, including each other. These squid weigh 130 Lb and change colour several times every second.

Three -
Poseidon - a very expert remake of the "The Poseidon Adventure" of a ship that turns turtle after being hit by a rogue wave. Lots of tight claustrophobic water logged rooms with breathing room for nose-only situations, the inevitable heroic death, the inevitable leader, and the inevitable whimpering women. Why, why, why??
Well made, superbly crafted, worth a watch - a notable addition to the genre of water-bound disaster movies.