Another Almighty

So far this summer has gone by at lightening speed. It seems like only a week ago I was getting in the pool oh so slowly because it was just a bit too chilly for my taste. Well here it is the first of July, the water is as hot as bath water, and the big movies are starting to hit the theaters.

I have been meaning to start writing more and more reviews of the movies that Mandy and I watch but as I said earlier; the time has just flown by. Well last week Mandy and I started our summer movie adventure with a holy one; Evan Almighty.

Now Evan Almighty is another sequel. It does not star the same cast as the first Bruce Almighty, but it still holds its own. In this chapter of the Almighty tale we find ol' Michael Scott (Steve Carell) himself staring the man in God's sights. Now I will mention this the character that Steve plays in Evan, and the character that he plays in NBC's The Office is one in the same.

Honestly the first five minutes watching this movie I could have sworn I was watching the office. I in no way am saying that is a bad thing; I happen to enjoy the office and all of Michael Scott's antics, but it really isn't showing too much depth into the characters that Steve Carell can play.

This movie was a little but more hokier than the first. It really had a lot more physical humor in it than I was expecting. They also toned down the language a lot. It wasn't until I realized that this was a PG movie that it dawned on me "this is more aimed towards kids". This was reaffirmed by the five minute "Building an Ark montage" with animals and silly hats. OK, OK there wasn't silly hats, but there could have been and kids would have loved it.

Overall I liked the movie. It has a good lesson to be learned. There were plenty of laughs. There was good flow between jokes (I think the montage was too long but what they heck they were building an ark), and anything where Morgan Freedman tells a a few jokes can't be all that bad :)