How did Tyler Perry's non-Madea outing go? I don't even remember the movie being released, just the trailers stopping (thankfully).

How did Tyler Perry's non-Madea outing go? I don't even remember the movie being released, just the trailers stopping (thankfully).

The Alex Cross movie? I'm pretty sure it flopped, which is really bad considering it is based on a series of bestsellers. link

Interesting. I mean, taking over from Morgan Freeman is an interesting proposition if it's the 50% of his career where he was awake during filming. The NY Times article [link] seems to like Perry as Madea, but thinks the movie is crud from top to bottom, and that Perry doesn't have the chops to elevate the material (as Freeman or Elba would have).

I fell out of love with James Patterson a while back, but casting Perry was a big flashing not-even-on-instant-play sign for me.

Tyler Perry also cannot act his way out of a paper bag. So for him to star in a movie is putting too much burden on someone who has no range and little charisma.

I don't think so either. But then I had to give myself a hard time about whether I was being culturally myopic or not. Also, I don't get why everyone returns to the Madea well so often, even though I laughed at the first one, and spent part of my childhood watching Vicki Lawrence in support hose... feisty grandmas are funny, but eight times later? But my grandma was more like Endora anyway.

I just saw Hansel and Gretel. It was utterly ridiculous and extremely fun.

I finally saw Lincoln, and have determined that Daniel Day-Lewis is simply too talented to appear in movies alongside other actors. The whole movie was jarring because he just vanishes into the role, and everyone else is "hey, it's that guy!" in period wigs.

I thought it was very well done, for the most part. I do wish the script had stayed more narrowly focused on the politics and not wandered off into the random tidbits about Lincoln's family that ultimately don't matter except that historical biopics are supposed to have that kind of information in them. I also wish Sally Fields had been allowed at least one scene where her lines amounted to more than "As you know, Bob...."

But the political machinations around passing the amendment were all fantastically well done. I find it amazing that two of the highest profile climactic scenes of the 2012 movie season are waiting in line at the airport, and watching Congress vote.

We saw Warm Bodies last night, as it was date night and I won the coin toss (Bullet to the Head was the other option). It was a cute little movie, highly predictable but enjoyable in that way. The DH liked it more than he thought he would too.

I'm torn between wondering how close an adaptation of the original it is, or just deciding I'll see the damned movie next week like the normal way of doing stuff.

I dunno, the book is on my TBR list but I haven't gotten to it yet.