The Call & This is the End

I can't say that I'm ever really enthused when my beautiful wife tells me that she has a movie to watch.

I've been burned so many times by the romantic comedies that I just cringe.

But I decided to give The Call a go:

"It's supposed to be intense," she said. "Matt saw it and it scared the crap out of him."

Given that Matt is scared by a big spider I was still a tad skeptical, but what the heck?

The movie started and the 911 operator was sort of attractive in a Halle Berry sort of way.

"She's pretty," I said. "She sort of looks like Halle Berry."

"That is Halle Berry, moron," Kathy said.

"Damn! She's as old as you," I said. "What's up with that?"

The silence was deafening.

And it's a good thing too because it wasn't long after that when my skin started crawling. The movie was crazy intense.

And I don't wanna' spoil much of it, but I was truly saddened by the fact that such things actually do happen in this world, and perhaps the villain was a bit over-the-top but I think if we knew what some of the lunatics in society are really like...

...just intense.

And as the movie wound down I tried to play it off like it wasn't a home run.

"Did you like it?" Kathy asked.

"Halle Berry could've sexed it up a little."

"Whatever."

Then the kids talked me into seeing the Seth Rogan, James Franco and Jonah Hill movie. This is the End. We actually had to get up and go out of the house for that one, and while it is R-rated, the boys have seen all sorts of crap.

They are still well-adjusted, good kids because we talk a lot about what is appropriate and what isn't.

Plus we like to laugh.

And those guys do make us laugh.

Jonah Hill can give you the weather report and you'd laugh.

And the movie is about the end of times, of course, and allows a few glimpses into what it takes to make it to heaven.

Both good flicks.

For a change.

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