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Kingdom of Heaven and Kicking & Screaming
So, we have watched two more movies this week.  Last weekend we watched Kingdom of Heaven and last night we watched Kicking & Screaming.

Kingdom of Heaven -- Chip and I both thought it was pretty good.  I thought it was an interesting look at the Crusades.  I don't know a lot of the history, so I'm not sure how much of it is fact and how much is fiction, but it was interesting.  There is a feature you can turn on while watching the movie that puts up captions about the history of that scene or something related to that scene.  We watched the whole movie without it and then went back and watched the first twenty minutes again with it.  It was really neat to see what of the movie was based on fact and what wasn't.  It was a little strange that some parts were really gory when they didn't necessarily need to be and some parts weren't gory when you expected them to be.  I would love to know how they decided which parts would show the blood and guts and which ones wouldn't.  Overall, I think I'd give this a 3 1/2 out of 5.  Plus, for the ladies, Orlando Bloom is a hottie!!

Kicking & Screaming -- Once again we disagree with Keith (surprise, surprise!!).  We both thought it was a pretty cute movie, in general.  There were some strange parts, like when he was addicted to coffee, but overall the movie wasn't too bad.  I laughed more during this movie than I did during Wedding Crashers.  So, I think it just depends on your sense of humor.  I thought the little Asian kid was adorable, so that added to the fact that I liked the movie.  I just don't understand why people said it was so awful.  I didn't think it was boring (there may have been some boring parts, but not the whole movie).  I thought there were scenes that were funny.  And, I lliked the little kids.  There also wasn't anything in it that was really dirty (sexually speaking), which I think is what bothered me about Wedding Crashers.  At least this one seemed to have a normal plot.  In any case, I would give it a 3 out of 5.

We have in our possession Alexander and we are receiving Yours, Mine, and Ours in the next few days.  I think we may use one of our free movie coupons to rent Memoirs of a Geisha tonight, but we'll see how timing works out.  We are a little irritated that we have had Walk the Line at the top of our list for a while and still aren't getting it.  We'll have to see what happens with the "short wait" that is listed there.  If this continues much longer, we may send an email complaining.  Just one more note, please remember these are just my opinions and you are all entitled to your own!!