So the big box office weekend results are in, and on top is.......suspense...yes, you guessed it, some computer-animated movie called "Happy Feet" with some penguins generated by an inanimate object and enjoyed by millions of kids everywhere. And a disappointing number two is Casino Royale, the new Bond movie starring Daniel Craig, the blond British guy who everyone seems to have a beef with. I don't personally have a problem with this Dan guy, he seems like a good enough actor and did a good job in the underrated but good "Layer Cake." I guess it would be helpful if he didn't always look like he was squinting, and not in a good way like Pierce Brosnan but in the way I strain to see the 2 feet tall "E" on the eye chart in the doctor's office from 30 inches away without my glasses. But I digress, what I'm getting at is that it's not Daniel Craig's fault that actors are irrelevant. This Happy Feet I'm sure is a really excellent movie but honestly it took zero actors and only minimal originality to ask a computer to animate some story about penguins and it grosses $42 million dollars in one weekend, and it wasn't even a particularly cold weekend! (at least not here). So I've revised my goal in life, instead of being happy and helping Ethiopian orphans get a second chance at life, I think I'll just pull out the old wordpad and start animating!
Update: "Happy Feet" is the story of a penguin who cannot carry a tune like his brethren but can tap-dance up a storm.
2 comments:
sweet computer. makes me want to play oregon trail. or drug lord. that was a great game, too.
Technically it took several actors to make Happy Feet...Elijah Wood is in it!! Are you saying he's not a real actor??
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