G-Force

We went to see the movie G-Force last night (Friday). It was a really cute movie. I wasn't going into it expecting much, but I love guinea pigs, so I think I enjoyed it more than a lot of people would.

We saw the 3-D version, and I found myself wanting to reach up and pet them at times. Chloe, of course, thought that was hilarious.

The story revolves around an elite force of guinea pigs, a mole, and a fly that were trained as special agents. The new commander in charge of their unit thinks they're an embarrassment, so he wants to close them down. They decide to show them that they're worth keeping by cracking a large case that the FBI has been working on for years.

The voices in the movie were pretty funny - Nicholas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Jon Favreau, Sam Rockwell, and Tracy Morgan as the mole and guinea pigs, Steve Buscemi as the crazy hamster. Nice job on the casting for that!

One thing I really liked about the movie, was that they had references to other action movies. "Yippie-ki-yay coffeemaker!" was one of my favorites. (Die Hard is one of my favorite movies, and my favorite Christmas movie. Ever.)

It was a nice night - we went to The Rock for pizza, then the movie. Fun night out for the family.

Night at the Movies - Inkheart

Above pic: my "365" shot of the day, Chloe and Ray hamming it up at the movie theater Saturday night.

Chloe has been wanting to see Inkheart. So last night, we went to The Landing to see it. I, for some reason, kept thinking that "Inkheart" was a book about dragons, and was pleasantly surprised at the actual movie (which is not about dragons)!

It was a pretty good movie. The only thing that bothered me was that Brendan Fraser played the DAD to the teenage girl in the movies. When did Brendan Fraser, the young, hip, heartthrob, get to be a dad! And not only a dad to a baby, or toddler, but to a teenager! Oh, I felt old. LOL!

And what really brought it home as to how old I'm getting is that Matthew Perry was in the previews of another movie...and he's the "old guy" that wishes to be young. I guess I shouldn't feel so bad...it could be worse, they could be playing the "grandpa" peripheral characters...