Isn’t it funny how the old television show “Bewitched” was considered “cute” by most Evangelical families and shows like “Charmed” and even “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” were boycotted? Hmm.

Anyways – tonight we watched Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell acting in 2005’s “Bewitched”. We both laughed occasionally and even thought the film was “cute”-ish at times.

The movie was entertaining, though I’m glad we didn’t have to pay more than our usual cable-bill to see it.

It’s worth noting in this review that I consider Nicole Kidman a “real” (as in legitimate) actress while I can’t say the same about Will Ferrell. He by known as a funny-actor, but when most of your “funny-ness” is inappropriate, I don’t think it says all that much about you as an actor. I was surprised to see the two of them in the same movie – and remember thinking, “What?” when I first saw previews of Bewitched. I’m guessing Kidman must’ve needed money back in 2005 when she agreed to stand next to Ferrell for the filming.

Definitely a watch-once and delete flick.

Crude, worthless, and actual anti-entertainment. Even the television-cut got more fast-forwards than regular-time play.

The only good part of the movie was watching the ’75-’76 Ford Gran Torinos get smashed up and wondering how many of them actually “lost their lives” to this movie production. (the answer is seven, if you care.)

I guess it was also a bit enjoyable to see Snoop Dogg as an actor.

I’m embarrassed that I watched even as much of the movie as I did. Not worth renting or even recording off the television. Stick with the original series – I’m even surprised the original actors made cameos in this film – they should be ashamed of themselves.

I’m done ranting now.

Why did no one tell me that this was a “must-see” film?

What a great film!

The acting, the setting, the boxing! Wow!

Seriously, eventually this is a must-own DVD.

Not knowing the full story of boxer, Jim Braddock, it’s easy to say that Braddock’s character – played by Russell Crowe – has a life-story worth telling the world about! It’s an amazing story of triumph over adversity and hardships due to the economic slump of The Great Depression. I loved the family story-line as much as the boxing story-line too! I thought the movie would be slow if it wasn’t all-about boxers in the ring, but I was wrong! The home-life of Braddock brings-to-life his victorious story of overcoming!

The book would be a great addition to my library and knowledge-base for sure!

Another film that I didn’t get to see in theaters or even on DVD made its way to my DVR thanks to cable television.

“The Sum of All Fears” was fantastically entertaining while i was down sick a couple weeks ago.

The movie brought-to-life the typical movie plot: Russia vs. US in a nuclear war, except this time the nuclear attack actually happens! Maybe it’s because I’d forgotten about the movie, or the fact that it’s been 5+ years since it originally came out, but I just didn’t expect the nuclear-explosion! I hope I didn’t give away too much.

The movie ends well with good prevailing, though Morgan Freeman does die and that shouldn’t have happened.