Movie night at the Roxy, Nuremberg

Well, during our typical Thursday night curry event, we talked a little bit about movie night. There were some (possibly) great movies that were playing at the Roxy, including Cloverfield, I am Legend, Kite Runner, and a few others -- but I checked Roxy today, and it's now just these:

1. Alvin and the Chipmunks
2. National Treasure: Book of Secrets
3. Charlie Wilson's War
4. Elizabeth: The Golden Age
5. P.S., I Love You
6. Vorne ist verdammt weit weg

So, basically, the movies we wanted to see are now gone!

I was originally going to post a movie meetup event in the meetups & events section, but now it seems like this might be a non-event.

Still, however, I'd like for us to do a movie night. I'd be up for #2 or #3. The rest don't seem interesting at all to me.

Alvin and the Chipmunks is supposedly a horrible live-action-with-CGI remake of the Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon franchise, brought to you by the director of the also-live-action-with-CGI Garfield 2. Elizabeth is a sequel to the original Elizabeth movie -- and it's supposed to be an even slower paced drama / "historical epic" based loosely on the life of Queen Elizabeth. P.S., I Love You is a sappy chick-flick about a husband who dies and sends letters to his widow from beyond the grave. Vorne ist verdammt weit weg is, according to one comment on IMDB a German movie about "the fridge that knows the future" and sexual perversion. Uh, what?

So, now a little about the two movies that seem salvageable:

National Treasure: Book of Secrets is the sequel to National Treasure, which was a campy, cheesy, but sort-of-fun-to-watch (but almost embarrassing to admit) movie kind of along the lines of Indiana Jones meets Mission Impossible with a lot of conspiracy theories and stupidly ridiculous plot points, and it stars Nicolas Cage as the lead. The sequel seems like it will be more of the same, so it might be fun, if you're able to suspend disbelief during its unbelievable antics throughout the duration of the action flick. This sort of movie works much better when going to the theater to watch with others, as everyone can all laugh at how stupid the movie is -- again, it's fun to watch in a visual action candy sort of way, but it makes James Bond look like a serious documentary.

Charlie Wilson's War is a true story about a congressman in the US (evidently from Texas) who started and funded a war in Afghanistan several years ago. It stars Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Even though it's based on a true story, it's supposed to be pretty funny at times too... and the average rating (according to Google) is 4/5 stars, so that's not too shabby at all.

Here's the link to the Roxy schedule: http://www.roxy-nuernberg.de/controller.ph...ndedProgramList

I saw the first National Treasure movie and would definitely be interested in seeing the second one.
Charlie Wilson's War I'm not so interested in ...

S.

Let's do National Treasure, on Tuesday, at 21:00. So far, I think there might be 4 people interested in total.

Anyone else up for movie night (and possibly up for grabbing some quick dinner beforehand, too)?

I haven't seen the first National Treasure. I think I'd actually be a bit more interested in Charlie Wilson. But I can wait for the next round and sit this one out. That's such a bummer about the line-up.

I've got some loooong work days ahead of me the next couple of days so I need to pass on this Tuesday.
A weekend night would work better for me.

I think we're going to have to cancel this round of movie night. Perhaps a blockbuster everyone wants to (and is able to) see makes its way this upcoming week... (or two?)

Everyone canceled last time around. Should we try again this upcoming week?

The new movie list is:

27 Dresses — This sounds like the world's most chickflickiest chick flick. So chickflicky that no guy would ever want to go. (I admit that some chick flicks are actually worth watching, even for us guys.)

Alvin and the Chipmunks — WOW; they're still playing this? It probably has had a longer run at the Roxy than anywhere in the US, according to the reviews I saw.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets — Second chance to see this stupidly bad plot / action flick / fun movie.

Charlie Wilson's War — I actually heard YET ANOTHER excellent review for this movie today. Lots of people are talking about it, and it got great reviews. Perhaps we should see this?

Elizabeth: The Golden Age — What I wrote last week still applies. I believe this does probably deserve more run time than Alvin and the Chipmunks though.

P.S., I Love You — A dead guy sends letters to a woman. Sounds creepy, not like a romantic comedy. Boo. (In both uses of the word "boo").

Vorne ist verdammt weit weg — A second chance to see "the [sexually perverted] fridge that knows the future". Yeah. No.

So, anyone up for National Treasure or Charlie Wilson's War? If you'd like to see either, post! (...and mention which one (or both) you'd like to see!)

I'd like to see either or both.