While I would readily admit to being a movie junkie, I haven’t had the time to sit down and watch them very often recently. This past week or two has been a notable exception. In addition to the movies I wrote about the other day, I’ve watched 3 movies in the past 24 hours: Wall-E, Boiler Room, and Wanted.

Wall-E was, to no one’s surprise, yet another brilliant Pixar movie. Plot-wise, I actually found the movie to be quite different than what I expected but I thoroughly enjoyed it anyway. I remember the first time I saw a preview for Wall-E. It was before the start of another CGI movie and there were previews for several upcoming CGI movie. A girl in front of me made a comment along the lines of “Aren’t there any movies coming out with REAL people?” It was definitely made in a derogatory manner and I didn’t understand it. There seems to be some stigma associated with CGI or otherwise animated movies in that they must be for kids or can’t be as good as “real” movies with real actors. In an age where talent doesn’t seem necessary to make a movie or TV show, Pixar has managed to convey more emotion and realism into their characters than the vast majority of actors and actresses out there. Wall-E extremely entertaining and well worth the time.

Perhaps one of the best movies about stock trading is Wall Street. I read a rumor that they are making a Wall Street 2 but until then, Boiler Room is a suitable fill-in.

Last and definitely least, Wanted came out in theaters this weekend. The rumor around the net was that it was actually a decent movie. I suppose that as long as you go in expecting a pure action movie peppered with absurdities, that’s true. Not to say it was all bad — Some of the action scenes were quite impressive in the John Woo-like style and the main character had a few good lines. Additionally, they wisely kept Angelina Jolie’s lines to a minimum — we’re still waiting for the first decent movie that she’s in. It’s never a good sign when several of the people you discuss it with afterwards assume it was a spoof movie… when it wasn’t supposed to be.