So, I had two movies on my iPhone, for watching on the flights out and back.

The first was Saw 2. I saw the first Saw in the theater and really enjoyed it. It's shockingly graphic in its violence, but wonderfully twisty and clever, with lots of moral ambiguity and darkness in fun and interesting ways. The same holds up for Saw 2. Jigsaw is rapidly supplanting Freddy Krueger as my all-time favorite horror baddie. Now I really must catch up on 3 and 4.

The movie I watched on the way back was Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. Well, mostly watched it, anyway. It's 2:20 long, and while the flight was three hours, between beverage and food service, and stopping it from time to time to talk to S or move out of the way for other passengers, I still have about :40 minutes left to watch.

It's fascinating. It does quite a remarkable job of conveying the complex histories and personalities of the band, and presents a raw and compelling character study of the individuals involved and their struggles to find and conquer their personal demons.

Sean, I agree with you on Saw and Saw 2, although I saw the latter before the former. I don't know whether the other two movies are of the same quality or not.

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster.

One of my favorite docs of all time. What a crew of characters! And that coach? Um. Forgive me, but I'm better...where do I sign up for the $40k per month gig? I thought it was great that the band reached out for help...and got it.

Plus? Lars' dad really made me smile.

Frankly, I loved everything about it!

I really have to see that movie. It sounds like a great double bill with Hard Core Logo, truly.

We took the niece to Across the Universe last night. The script is pretty terrible, but some of the numbers are amazing (not surprising since the film was directed by Julie Taymor). And Jim Sturgess, who plays the lead, is a total fucking star.

This would not have been my first choice of sights to greet me as I exited an afternoon showing of Stephen King's The Mist. Though I have to give the theater props for setting a mood...

Huh. I didn't know Martha Plimpton was Keith Carradine's daughter.

Hee, Matt! All you needed was a couple of giant insects....

I really have to see that movie. It sounds like a great double bill with Hard Core Logo, truly.

That would be a great double bill! Foibles on parade...lots of tension and heart.

So I saw Enchanted and Bee Movie yesterday in a happy double feature. I was going to see American Gangster too, but we decided we couldn't end the night with an 11:30 showing of a 2:40 movie that would probably be depressing.

Enchanted was wonderful. Just tongue-in-cheek enough to balance the sweetness, with a truly stellar performance by Amy Adams. I have not seen Junebug and so was only familiar with her because of her short guest stint as a Hot Girl in The Office (though apparently also she played Tara's sister Beth in "Family" - who knew?) but she's just wonderful. I'm afraid she's going to find herself stuck in this type of movie, Anne Hathaway-style, but having already gotten an Academy nod for something less childrenish, maybe she can escape. Either way, Giselle can and will certainly join the list of Amazing Disney Princesses To Be Admired. I don't think Enchanted will displace Ella Enchanted as my Favorite Tongue-in-cheek Fantasy Kids Movie with Musical Numbers, but by this time next year their DVD cases will be sitting right next to each other on my shelf.

Bee Movie was fine, but kind of boring. And that's really all I have to say about that.