Flutterby™! : Little Miss Sunshine

Last night we got a call saying "hey, we've got two $2 tickets for the movies that expire tonight, you want to use 'em?". The only thing remotely interesting in that particular theater was Little Miss Sunshine.

It was okay, nothing memorable, but really it was a reminder of why we don't go to movies anymore. First we have to get there for a specific time. No "okay honey, I'm ready, start the movie". Too early and we're subjected to the most horrendous pop bands while they play bad advertising for local real estate offices. Then the movie starts and... well... I've got a 15 year old S-Video monitor, and even with DVDs (which I've maligned for their digital artifacts) we didn't have the visual glitches of a worn out screen and other things which I couldn't identify (but didn't seem to be related to print age).

And, yeah, the movie... laugh at people with ridiculous foibles, only minimal character development, couldn't figure out what it wanted to be, it was nice to spend two hours hanging out next to Charlene, but the movie wasn't anything that'll stick with me.