A Joyful Noise

MOVIE #1!!! WOO HOO!

So I officially have my movie list. I haven't decided whether or not to post the whole list or just have you all find out the choices as I go, but it's been a week now since I've seen this movie so I figure I better blog about it.

A Joyful Noise was Katie's choice, and as David Rea and I had already made a pact to see it when it came out (we love us some Jeremy Jordan) last week, I figured why not make it the first movie on my list.

It. Was. TERRIBLE.

Of course I knew this going in; a Dolly Parton movie about a church choir singing Top 40? That has awful written all over it. But it was still such a bummer to see Jeremy Jordan in something so bad after having seen him recently in so many GREAT things (Newsies and Bonnie and Clyde, in particular). There was basically nothing redeeming about this movie aside from his riffing. Also Collins from Rent made a guest appearance. I would recommend it to absolutely no one. And it was so LONG! It was the movie that would not end. David and I could not handle it.

I would give a plot summary...but too many things happened that made no sense. There was a kid with Asperger's who played the piano, an asian man died but it was funny?, Jeremy Jordan fought this kid but then he decided to play the guitar for the band, this girl hated that Queen Latifah was her mom, they won a singing competition by changing the words to slightly outdated pop songs to be about God....it was just as many stupid life problems of no actual emotional substance thrown into one movie as possible. And the music wasn't even tight.

SO LAME.

That's ok though...just you wait and see the movies that are to come...2012 is going to be hilarious.

Next up: True Grit, chosen by my brother Josh!