Summer Movies

I've seen waaaay more movies lately than I usually do, so I figured I'd write a little about them. I'll give spoiler alerts if I need to. I'm putting them in the order I saw them.

Made of Honor. This movie with a plot similar to My Best Friend's Wedding wasn't all bad (as I had half expected). It's mostly the predictable stuff that makes up a chick flick, but I was pleasantly surprised with the beautiful shots of Scotland towards the end.

Prince Caspian. I reread this book not long ago, and I'm going to warn any Narnia fans that this movie changes quite a bit. Of course we'd like our beloved books to be portrayed exactly the same in the movies, but that can't happen. Some of the changes were reasonable, and I think actually made it more smooth. Other changes made altered the characters themselves and really made me want to puke. I'm about to do a spoiler thing, but if you've read the book, then it's not like it actually spoils anything. //(SPOILER: Susan has a whole love-interest thing thrown in there that gagged me several times - especially in an overly-predictable way at the end. To me, that whole addition is like putting toilet humor in a Jane Austin-based movie to broaden the impact. Oh, and how Caspian plays into that, excuse me... *barf* Other than that, the biggest change I hated was how Peter stormed the castle... why do we need to invent more character flaws? Now, things I liked: The scene where that dwarf, hag, and werewolf are wanting to bring back the White Witch was mostly well done. In the book it all takes place in the dark, and the impact of Peter and Edward coming plays a huge part. Since the children arrive much earlier (a change of which I approve), they had to compensate for that impact. While I do not like that Peter struggled with considering bringing the witch back (seriously, he remembered her, no way would he want that for his beloved Narnians), I do like the way they visually displayed what was happening.)\\

Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Like most people my age, I grew up admiring Indiana Jones and kept wishing for a fourth movie. The hints at what was coming should have been more subtle. I would also prefer action scenes with SOME semblance of reality. //(SPOILER: The whole kid-swinging through the trees with the monkeys thing was way past my limit. Are you kidding me? And why did they have to use the SAME SCENE as the end of The Last Crusade - with the greedy guy dying and Indy trying to save him? What a waste.)\\

Iron Man. MUCH better than I expected, but for these comic-based movies, it seems like low expectations are in order. I could do without some of the displays of womanizing. I actually laughed a lot, which was a nice surprise. It seemed to go pretty fast, and I was surprised to find out it was actually a long movie. Borderline spoiler... the final fight scene was disappointing. After all that build-up, I'd personally like to see a few more things explode.