Twas a weekend of oddities. First, we celebrated the “Year of the Pig” with a full 12 course traditional meal on St. Paddy’s day, then we rented a tonne of movies to have a quiet afternoon/evening in. The dinner was good – the company was much better – and the movies could be judged only on a sliding scale.

So, what’d we watch?

1. Barnyard
2. Open Season
3. Borat
4. Snakes on a Plane
5. Bon Cop, Bad Cop

Barnyard was pretty bad (I stopped watching and read a book), Open Season was cute, but definitely pales in comparison to Happy Feet or Cars. Borat had some great site gags and “translation” items and was definitely my favourite movie of the weekend until we stuck Bon Cop, Bad Cop in the DVD player.

Here I should mention that I adore Canadian cinema. If Atom Egoyan, Denis Arcand and David Cronenberg had anything to do with it, then I’m more than willing to stand in line in the cold to see it. After watching Bon Cop, Bad Cop I need to add Eric Canuel, Leila Basen, Alex Epstein, Patrick Huard and Kevin Tierney to my must see list.

Bon Cop, Bad Cop, playing on Canada’s language issues and love of hockey is a predicable crime thriller with intelligent dialogue. Me, I found it laugh-out-loud funny. I also spent way too much time playing “pick out the real hockey figure” while watching than I should have. If nothing else, we’ve proven in my house who has more in-depth hockey knowledge (me) and who has quicker eyes for reading subtitles (the hubby). I’ll admit, the subtitles were a bit of a challenge for me since I speak both languages and sometimes what I heard didn’t exactly match what I was reading. Hubby, being an anglophone with limited knowledge of “toad code”, didn’t face the same challenges.

Patrick Huard and Colm Feore had amazing chemistry but it was the few scenes featuring Louis-Jose Houde that stole the show. Such a hilarious spin on the know it all Coroner. And now, for the newest game show sensation…

Memorable Quotes:

• David Bouchard (Patrick Huard): You have an accent in both languages. Who was your teacher? Jean Chretien?

• David Bouchard (Patrick Huard): [surprised] You speak French?
• Martin Ward (Colm Feore): No, not really. I had a small gadget installed in my brain and I see subtitles under people when they speak.

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