GO, GREENIE, GO...

You gotta love Shrek. Big, green, unapologetic, with a soft side and an appreciation for inner beauty. Not unlike capitalism.

But seriously folks, this ogre trounced other box office records in its opening few days, and that was even without Sunday. I just got back from the Salute to Israel parade, and I guarantee you that at least a thousand of the children there are going to see Shrek 2 this afternoon. The theater on my corner is playing "all Shrek, all the time." This means shows every half hour and green ogre heads spray-painted ("where's your Bloomberg now!!") on the sidewalk on the whole block. Not bad for the theater that previously showed "You Got Served" and "The Evening Star" (a film so awful that my roommate spent half the film looking up at the ceiling, because that was more interesting than the actual movie).

And how much do I love this sentence?

"The three-day tally for "Shrek 2" also ranks as the best opening so far this year, ahead of "The Passion of the Christ," which debuted with $89.3 million in February."

Mel vs. Meyers? Gibson vs. Green Guy? I'm going with Mike on this one, yeah baby!!

I hope DreamWorks is prepared for the wads of cash this creature feature's going to generate. If they have trouble spending it all, I recommend that they found an Upper West Side Writers' Fellowship, wherein deserving candidates could spend time developing their creative ideas and be assured that their rent and basic needs (read: cable and boyfriends) were taken care of.

Or, bring back the old Communist concept: from each according to his (DreamWorks's) ability to each according to her (my) need.

Seems fair...

(Plus, I have to say, it was a thorougly delightful and entertaining movie. The perfect flick for the muggy humidityfest that was yesterday.)

GO, GREENIE, GO...

You gotta love Shrek. Big, green, unapologetic, with a soft side and an appreciation for inner beauty. Not unlike capitalism.

But seriously folks, this ogre trounced other box office records in its opening few days, and that was even without Sunday. I just got back from the Salute to Israel parade, and I guarantee you that at least a thousand of the children there are going to see Shrek 2 this afternoon. The theater on my corner is playing "all Shrek, all the time." This means shows every half hour and green ogre heads spray-painted ("where's your Bloomberg now!!") on the sidewalk on the whole block. Not bad for the theater that previously showed "You Got Served" and "The Evening Star" (a film so awful that my roommate spent half the film looking up at the ceiling, because that was more interesting than the actual movie).

And how much do I love this sentence?

"The three-day tally for "Shrek 2" also ranks as the best opening so far this year, ahead of "The Passion of the Christ," which debuted with $89.3 million in February."

Mel vs. Meyers? Gibson vs. Green Guy? I'm going with Mike on this one, yeah baby!!

I hope DreamWorks is prepared for the wads of cash this creature feature's going to generate. If they have trouble spending it all, I recommend that they found an Upper West Side Writers' Fellowship, wherein deserving candidates could spend time developing their creative ideas and be assured that their rent and basic needs (read: cable and boyfriends) were taken care of.

Or, bring back the old Communist concept: from each according to his (DreamWorks's) ability to each according to her (my) need.

Seems fair...

(Plus, I have to say, it was a thorougly delightful and entertaining movie. The perfect flick for the muggy humidityfest that was yesterday.)