Ever since we signed up for TMN we’ve been recording movies left and right. Unfortunately, because we’re recording in high def, the PVR fills up awfully quick. We’ve had to kill off a few to record the ones we really want to see. This weekend we knocked off a couple:

• The Last Kiss (imdb | rotten tomatoes) was ok, even if I couldn’t identify with (or stand, in some cases) most of the characters. I’m sure part of the low RT score comes from the fact that Garden State set the Zach Braff bar so high, and I know it affected my expectations as well, but even setting that aside there was very little redeeming about this film. I can only listen to so much whining from a posse of scared little 29-year-old boys.
• The History Boys (imdb | rotten tomatoes) was a hard one to figure out. At times I felt like the film wason the verge of greatness, about to grab me with some high-minded debate about purity-vs-competition of education, or with a touching exploration of student-teacher bonding, but it too often drifted and teetered into melodrama or tawdriness. There were parts of it I liked very much, but overall I can’t say it’ll stick with me.

Nellie also watched Date Movie (imdb | rotten tomatoes) which, based on the ten minutes or so for which I could stand to be in the same room, was one of the worst movies ever made.

[tags]the last kiss, zach braff, the history boys, date movie[/tags]