The Five Year Engagement

ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE

This movie was surprisingly funny.  Not continuously laughing funny, but every 5 minutes or so, there is a quip or an action that does make you laugh out loud.  This might be Jason Segal's funniest movie since "Saving Sarah Marshall."  The biggest shocker was when I found out it was an Judd Apatow movie during the credits, and that's when I went, "Aha.  That makes sense."

Battleship

FELL ASLEEP

Although I fell asleep for maybe 15 minutes watching this movie, I woke up, resumed watching it and still enjoyed it.  I don't know what it is - I like these "Armageddon" type movies.  It reminded me of the bombing sequence in "Pearl Harbor" with Cuba Gooding Jr.  That was the only memorable part of "Pearl Harbor," and this movie was like that part but extended to an hour.  While I wasn't a fan of the 2 "Friday Night Lights" characters, I did enjoy staring at Brooklyn Decker.  Of all the brainless action movies that I've seen ("Transformers," "GI Joe", any superhero movie), this was on the better side.

The Avengers

FELL ASLEEP TWICE

Not only did I fall asleep once while watching this at night, I woke up the next morning and tried to plow through it, and sure enough, I fell asleep again.  I think if you spliced the first 30 minutes of the movie with the last 30 minutes to make it a 1 hour movie, I think it would have been better.  I just didn't like the middle hour.  I also didn't know who Loki was and was confused if he was really the bad guy or not.  And I think my infatuation with Scarlet Johannson may have ended with this movie.  I don't know if it was the script or the acting, but she just wasn't good in it.  I don't know what it is with these Marvel superhero movies - they're so predictable: weak plot, lots of CGI action, some t&a here and there and you have a Marvel action movie.  Just like in the comics, DC (Batman) proves to be the alternative and better option.