Wax On! Wax Off!

This morning Andy had to go into the office for a few hours, and we decided it was too hot and humid for the beach anyhow. In the afternoon we went to see the remake of "The Karate Kid." You won't be too surprised to learn that I am not a big fan of remakes in general, but this one was quite good. Jackie Chan made a wonderful Mr. Miyagi. I still prefer the original, of course, but this was most definitely worth seeing and probably more interesting to kids today. Pete and Julie both liked it a lot. We saw the trailer for "The Last Air Bender," which we are all dying to see. The other trailers we saw were awful, awfuler, and awfulest, from some godforsaken Adam Sandler "comedy" to a sappy-looking Rob Reiner romance to a Jack Black ego vehicle to an animated stupid something-or-other. Oh, but we also saw Diane Lane as the owner of Secretariat, and that looked OK.

Comments

[Elena]

It is hard to forgive Diane Lane for Nights in Rodanthe.

[Karen]

By all accounts, I am grateful I never saw that. She has plenty of other unforgivables in her oeuvre, though. Too bad, because I like her for some reason!

[Margaret]

My daughter saw The Last Air bender and said it was awful, in fact, painful to watch. She is 20 though. (loves the series however)

[scott]

I've heard Last Airbender is terrible.

[Ellen Kimball]

Karen, if it's any consolation, even the movie critics I know are all saying that summer movies are terrible. I took one bonus grandchild to see "Toy Story 3" -- that's about it. I officially ended my movie and entertainment reviewing career on June 1, 2010. I started in Boston in 1971. It's a long run! You might try checking out live theater this summer. It does get expensive if all five of you are going. On July 17, I'm taking seven-year-old Aliyah to see a semi-professional theater group doing "The King and I" -- looks quite good!

Cordially,

Ellen in Portland