Toy Story 3 Breakdown (literally)

No, WE are eternally grateful.

(SPOILER FREE!) Being the hardworking young Americans we both are, we went to a weekday morning showing of Toy Story 3 (in glorious 2-D!) equipped with enough doughnuts and mimosas to crack open the hard shells of cynicism and bitterness we typically don and enough Kleenex to dry up the resultant tears. Most are calling this the best movie of the summer. Many are calling it the best movie of the year. Some are now even calling the entire saga the best motion picture trilogy of all time. So what’d we think of the finale of one of the most influential and memorable film series of our lifetimes?

… you’ll need to give us a moment.

A Poor Man’s Guide to the Movies

Even during the Great Depression, people queued to see the movies.

The good thing about being really, really, super poor this particular summer is that it hasn’t been all that hard to trim down my entertainment budget.  I’ll be honest… I’m not a big fan of thrillers (Splice), stupid comedies (Get Him to the Greek) or Shrek movies, so really, there hasn’t been a lot so far that I’m dying to pay eleven hard-earned dollars to see.  And when people start to tell me about how great Get Him to the Greek is, or how Splice is actually a compelling movie that brings up intriguing questions, I usually either think to myself that I’ll watch them when they’re streaming on Netflix (which I’m paying like $16/month for already) or I ignore those evil assholes completely.

Still, let’s be real… it’s as hard to keep Michael Trenary out of the theater in the summer as it is to keep Jamie Oliver out of a PopFountain post.  So whilst rolling about $20 worth of pennies that I would later use to pay my June electric bill, I developed a brand new way to prioritize my movie ticket spending.  Behold, A Poor Man’s Guide to the Movies…

Summer Movie Preview, pt. 2 – Putting the Jew in June

Geez, Youtube. You made uploading this video a CHORE. But here it is, our June 2010 movie guide. Enjoy!

PS For added enjoyment try taking a drink every time we reference another movie not in the line up. Like my uncle always says, “It’ll get you there.”