Parrots and Penguins and Other Boring Creatures
In keeping with the hubby’s god-awful movie preferences, he has found two new coma-inducing entries into the category of Most Boring Sounding Movies Ever. He actually believes we should see the following documentaries. Actually go out in public, spend money, find parking and sit in a theater with the three other people on the planet who thought these sounded perfect for a Saturday night.
You decide if these sound even mildly interesting. If you say yes, go find another blog. Really, go. This is not the place for you. I don’t know where your place might be, but it’s not here.
1. The Wild Parrots Of Telegraph Hill – The tagline for this movie is, "A homeless musician finds meaning to his life when he starts a friendship with dozens of parrots." Try to think of something more boring. I dare you.
2. March Of The Penguins - Now, this little cinematic gem is not in theaters yet so don’t go rushing to call fandango to buy tickets. I did find a description on yahoo movies that goes like this: "Emperor penguins overcome daunting obstacles in order to return to their breeding grounds for mating season. This tells the story of one year in the life of a flock - focusing on one couple in particular - as they trek across the Antarctic on an annual journey that invokes just about every major life experience from birth to death, from dating to mating, from comedy to tragedy, and from love to fighting for survival." I know what you’re thinking - gosh, I wonder if this will be out on DVD in time for my holiday shopping. Well, we can only hope.
A few months back I dodged The Story Of The Weeping Camel. You probably know it by its captivating description, "When a Mongolian nomadic family’s newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind." Yeah, ick. I was yawning as I typed that out.
If you’ve seen any of these or plan to, don’t tell me because I’ll have to block your IP address.
April 22nd, 2005 at 1:17 pm
Wah! If you block my IP, I’ll just find a way to get back on this site using a proxy.
*slinks away*
April 22nd, 2005 at 1:44 pm
Candy I refuse to beleive you’re out there watching parrot and penguin movies. If you are, do you mind going with my hubby so I can skip them?
April 22nd, 2005 at 2:29 pm
To be perfectly honest, I don’t go out to the movies all that often. The Very Tall Husband is, in fact, very very tall–6′8″ to be exact, and most movie theaters are miserable for him. But you know what? That penguin movie? SO my kind of thing, because I am a bitch for animal documentaries. I have the complete series of David Attenborough’s The Life of Mammals at home in DVD. One of my favorites? The one about rodents. Yes, I sat through a solid hour watching a bunch of rats, squirrels and mice running around. AND I LOVED IT.
April 22nd, 2005 at 3:39 pm
Good Lord, Candy. Do the other Smart Bitches know about this? Animal movies? What’s next, plant movies? ‘Cause hubby has one of those that’s a fav too. That Microcosmos thing. He’s not 6′8″ but is very cute, and a little mouthy, but if you’re interested in taking my place….
April 22nd, 2005 at 6:50 pm
HelenKay: I think I’ve mentioned before on the site that I read animal nutrition textbooks just for the hell of it. My love of animal documentaries pales in comparison.