I'd add traffic/parking to the list of things that discourage movie-going. There are three movie theaters that are pretty convenient to me. One I won't go to at all, because just getting out of the parking lot afterwards will destroy any pleasure I might get from a movie. The other two are slightly better, mainly because I can park at the extreme edge of the lot and walk the last bit. This is also a big part of why, when I do see movies, I go to matinees.

Yeah, this last year my criteria for selecting a movie theater is, "Can I walk to it? If not, can I take a train to it?"

I draw the line at taking a bus, though.

Skinny Angelina. I don't think she was that slim in Mr & Mrs Smith, but she wasn't big.

Damn her head is big.

So, Mark Ruffalo has some of the same hate-to-see-him suffer factor as Kyle Secor(Except when we want Bayliss to be happy, it's always a bit guilty because we know he *can't*, ever, poor baby. It's not in him. If he were like Angel, he'd spend his one moment of perfect happiness going "But what does this mean, Buffy?" and nobody would be more surprised than him at his soul's absence.)

She looks heroin skinny. Not that I've heard anything about that. I don't remember Smith that well, but didn't her character escape most situations instead of using brawn? The real problem is not so much with Jolie beating up Pitt, but including a knock-down drag-out fight like that between their characters. Not that it wasn't enjoyable and, actually, I think that kind of tussle would be in character, but not her landing any hard punches.

didn't her character escape most situations instead of using brawn?

Yes, she did. The central fight was laughable, though, and as much as I liked it, I'd rather have had a different actress in the role (paging Gina Torres) than redo the movie so it wasn't there.

I've seen six of those movies: Charlie, War, Batman, 40-year-old Virgin, Robots, and Wedding Crashers.

I liked them all. If asked to rank them I'd be Batman > Virgin > Wedding > Charlie > War > Robots, but all were worth the money for me. War might not have been worth NYC money, but it was worth MS money. Charlie and Robots were worth it primarily for the IMAX pretty, (Robots would definitely not have been worth LESS money on a normal screen. But the roller-coaster scene was a total trip on IMAX, as good as an actual journey to six flags.)

My favorite movie of the year so far is a tie between Batman and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (talk about different movies to love, but both so worth it). I also quite liked Sin City and Hitchhikers, but neither made me love them. Oh, and Serenity is really good too, but doesn't count since it hasn't been officially released yet.

Why is it whenever I see a list I feel compelled to start making my own?

Re: Angelina, if you're inclined to be skinny, and weren't pregnant, I can see a new baby being a significant source of weight loss.

Not to mention, hasn't she been spending a lot of time in Third World nations helping the disadvantaged? Not circumstances under which I'd be likely to carbo-load, myself.