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so i watched a couple of flicks today:

dodgeball. say whatever you want about ben stiller but when i am feeling down i often turn to this man to bring me back up. i was having one such down day and plucked down some cash to see this movie. ben...you disappointed me. however, i was all, "vince, come here big boy!" i laughed so hard i literally started crying during a couple of scenes. this movie is pure physical shtick + REALLY common story and the jokes are nothing new but it's so gestalt - truly more than the sum of its parts. it equals a really good time. b+

la casa de los babys. despite having THE MOST RIDICULOUS TITLE OF A MOVIE EVER i bought this dvd for three reasons 1. it was $3, 2. i enjoy the cast (usually) and 3. it was set in a spanish speaking country. my logic failed me terribly. a group of well to do american women are shacked up in a hotel (run by rita moreno and her leftist son) waiting for their adoptions for central american babies to come through. most of the movie is a character study of the women: where they come from, why they're there, the life circumstance they now find themselves in during this oh so grueling process. look, i have no doubt that this movie has a lot of basis in reality. however, watching this film left me in disbelief. i can't believe how boring it was. d