Casino Royale, with Daniel Craig, Eva Green, and Mads Mikkelsen. Old school! Well, kind of; it was certainly nicely down-to-earth. Things that seemed slightly absurd: Bond being the one to sexily climb out of the water in a small swimsuit, and a woman with large bosoms happily jouncing along on a horsey. I'm not even really sure why on the latter of those, but everyone in the theatre spontaneously laughed in the same manner at it, so I don't think I'm alone. Anyway, while I thought the movie was generally well put-together and written (and subtle and understated compared to the last few Bond movies), it was a bit long and even confusing at points. The fight scenes were bar-none the best for any 007 movie, and the use of Parkour in the beginning was wonderful (I really hope they integrate that into more movies, it's a true expression of what a human can really do, without special effects or anything).

Happy Feet, with...whoa, Hugo Weaving was in there? And...Steve Irwin? And hee, Fat Joe. Egads, did they make the 'bad singing' painful. The beginning of the movie was almost painfully hilarious and cute, all the way through the Mexican penguins. Then it got kind of slow and boring. Then it kind of picked up again, so it was good all around, but that latter part kind of nixed it a little for me.

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