Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid directed by Thor Freudenthal
2010
★★★✰✰
So I read a little of the books this movie is based on (actually listened occasionally as my wife listened to them on CD).  The movie really painted Greg in a super annoyingly dweeb light that I didn't get out of the book.  Rowley was fantastic and aside from a few changes to make the movie run better, pretty true to the stories.  Entertaining for kids in 4-6 grades. 

Whip It

Whip It directed by Drew Barrymore
2009
★★★✰✰
So I actually liked this movie.  It is you typical "cute rebellious teen controlled by her conservative beauty pageant, postal working mother that takes up roller derby, loses her best friend, gains her back, and wins the respect of her family."  Great music throughout and Andrew Wilson (brother of Owen and Luke) is simply awesome as the "Hurl Scouts" coach.  Fun flick.

Date Night

Date Night directed by Shawn Levy
2010
★★★✰✰
So I was really into this movie as it seemed to mirror our life (5 AM wake up call)  and then Steve Carrell and Tina Fey had to run for their lives and I got bored.  Then Mark Wahlberg showed up, movie got funny again, then Carrell and Fey had to run, got bored, crashed into a taxi, got funny, etc.  Very up and down.  Very funny then not.  Still got a few chuckles out of it.

Invictus

Invictus directed by Clint Eastwood
2009
★★★✰✰
So I think this movie could have been great.  However, Clint Eastwood really blew it with the music throughout the film.  Stupid pop songs in the middle of a Clint Eastwood drama?!  What?  Incredible story of how rugby helped unite South Africa.  The rugby story was good but the Nelson Mandela story was better.  I could have seen more of that.

Disneyland Fabulous 5k Results

So I did not get any official results from the Disneyland 5k.  I am simply going off my time from my Nike+ iPhone app.  My worst time yet but it is only due to the lack of chip timing and crappiness of the course.  This will definitely not be in my list of races for next year.  Now to find another run for September 2011...

Planet 51

Planet 51 directed by Jorge Blanco
2009
★★★✰✰
So I didn't really want to see this movie but it seemed like a good one for the boys to watch.  It was a cute film with a lot of subtle sci fi references from famous movies.  I was surprised to see that this was a Spanish movie that was then dubbed into English.  It doesn't normally go that direction for cartoons.

Disneyland Fabulous 5K Photo

So I got the photos from the race and I am still waiting on the results.  I actually don't think that results are posted for the 5K since it is more of a fun run rather than an actual race.  We will see.  Anyways, this was the best photo of the bunch as most were too scary to post.