RV

Today, I went to see the movie RV, starring Robin Williams.

Now, rottentomatoes.com didn't give it a very good review, but because a friend of mine saw it, and told me it was good, that I decided that I would go see it. It was also because the Paramount (Famous Players) downtown dropped it from their lineup (because they wanted as many screens as possible for The Da Vinci Code), and AMC picked it up, since there's still life left in it.

When I went into the theatre, it was only me and Roman who were there. And that's the way that it was for the entire movie. Roman and I had the entire theatre to ourselves. Too bad we're not boyfriends, because we could have watched the movies and been a little naughty at the same time. ;)

And for the movie... Most of the humour is predictable. Some of the scenes there were a bit disgusting. (Especially the one with the emptying of the backed up sewage tank) However, at the end of the movie, the family bonded together, which sends a positive message to the viewer.

This movie tried to have a bit of everything in it... And that was it's downfall... It should have stayed with one thing, and went with it. If it wanted to be a slapstick humour flick, like Scary Movie 4, stay with that angle. If it wanted to be a clever humour flick, like Kinky Boots, stay with that angle. But don't mix and match everything. This is not a pot-pourri.

During the movie, there was a time when I moved my hand around, and my left arm was touching Roman's right arm... And he didn't move away for the longest time. Although, it is quite possible that I mistook it for something else (i.e. it wasn't his arm, but he was wearing a long sleeve shirt), but I don't think I was wrong. However, I don't recall if it was me who moved the arm, or if it was him who moved the arm. Anyway, it was a long time before the arm (either mine or his) was moved.

After the movie, we went to get some food to eat, I had a large Italian poutine, but it wasn't very good. Roman had a Western sandwich with bean soup, which came with a coffee as well as a dessert. (It was the daily special) While we were eating, he asked me about what time tomorrow I was going, and I completed his sentence: "To the gym?" He admitted that I read his mind. I don't know of any really good friends who read each other's minds, or who complete each other's sentences. He also told me that he switched shifts and he had all of Wednesday free. I don't know why he told me that, but he was kind of hinting that he was going to have all of tomorrow free, and I guess I took the bait because I told him I was interested in going to the Indian buffet close to my place, but he suggested that we could go to the sushi buffet. I'll see how I'm feeling tomorrow.