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Saw III
If you haven't seen I and II, this will make you go back and watch them.
Still a somewhat original idea for a horror flic, but this time, there's
a reason for the slashing, shooting, twisting, etc. And the people aren't
killing themselves this time. The ending twist(s) is pretty good too.
By way of a hint, the question the movie asks is how long will a person
live for revenge. Not a buy, well maybe, but definitely a rental.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Beginning
Please, let this be the end. This is apparently based on true events.
I say let the real perpetrators out of jail and make them watch this flic.
Not a buy, not a rental, not a pick up off the shelf and read the back
cover.
Murder, Set, Pieces
What does Hitler and the destruction of the Twin Towers have in common?
No really, I'm asking. Apparently the makers of this film found some link.
The villain spoke in German, dreamed about Hitler and then went on to
dream about the Towers falling. No, I didn't get it either. Then, this
guy kills about 6-8 grown women, and some 13 year old beats his butt and
gets away clean. Go figure. Anyway, pass this one. Or watch it with the
sound off, maybe it'll make sense.
Idiocracy
What happens is dumb people breed? I'm talking stupid people. Carlos Mencia's
Dee Dee Dee stupid (if you know who he is, you know what I mean). Anyway,
this one's got an original-esq plot. Luke Wilson ends up "traveling"
to the future where the stupids have taken over. The President is an ex
wrestler who packs heat. 'nuff said. FuddRuckers has a new name (say the
old one 3 times fast and you'll probably figure it out). And I won't even
talk about what Starbuck's sells. This one is kinda funny though, maybe
a buy if you're a Luke Wilson fan.
The Protector
The fact that they could make a whole movie about a guy trying to find
his elephant friends (and it's NOT a comedy), says something. The fight
scenes are off the hook. One particular 3-4 minute one shot, multiple
fights scene is very good. Like to see Tom Cruise pull that one off. The
movie's not bad though, but every now and then you'll realize this guy
is just trying to get his elephant back.
Sinful
"Based on a true story" of a woman who still another woman's
unborn baby. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what the ending meant.
This tries to be a psychological thriller, but it don't make the cut.
This movie is weird.
Serum
A scientist creates a serum that's supposed to bering back the dead, and
he tries it out on his nephew who's got what seems like a minor injury.
Then again, the hospital was pretty much just letting him lie on the gurney
without care. As a result, he comes back to lie (I guess he died) and
wants to eat everybody's brains. Go figure. Don't waste your time.
Snakes on a Plane
Or as Mace Windu - sorry , wrong movie - Samuel L would say, &^%#$!%)(*^&
Snakes on a &^%#$!%)(*^& Plane! First, why can't Airtran, Southwest
and Delta get their planes where these guys shop? This plane was huge.
Spiral staircase huge. Titanic main stairway spiral staircase huge. So
big that the Mile High Club could have gone through most of the Kama Sutra
in the bathroom. I digress. You know the plot (if you don't, reread the
title). Kudos to Hollywood for coming up with a real original thriller.
And a good one too. No real standout acting performances, but most of
the acting was limited to running, screaming, falling and dying. Not real
good Oscar material. It's not a Spielberg production, but it is entertaining.
And the snakes bit people in some of the craziest places. Use your imagination.
There were a few plot holes, like how the person who put the snakes there
knew which plane to put them on. `Overall, it was a good movie, but I
think they let it go on too long between the time that the snakes actually
got loose on the plane and when all the passengers realized there were
&^%#$!%)(*^& Snakes on a &^%#$!%)(*^& Plane. On the DVD
the extended scenes are OK, but the gag reel is kinda pretty funny. Definitely
a rental, possibly a buy if you're a Samuel Jackson fan, who, might I
add, is getting a tad on the meaty side.
Jackass 2
OK, I had to see it, just to see what the big deal was. There are about
3-4 seriously funny moments, sourounded by 90 minutes of the most disgusting
(even worse than the infamous "tumbling port-o-potty"), stupid
and downright dangerous stunts (sometimes including their parents and
celebrities) and body mutilations I have ever seen. Unless you were very
into the TV show (and I mean very, very into it), this isn't even a rental.
If you're homey buys it, borrow it, but watch it by yourself. Oh yeah,
it's that bad. OK, the first 5 minutes are kinda funny, but SPOILER ALERT
there's a dance routine for the last 5 minutes that is well, weird. It's
like these guys are starting to believe they are really, really funny
and anything they do is, by definition, funny. They ain't. Their fans
know what to expect and they won't be disappointed. As for the other 99.999%
of us, stay away. Stay far away.
War of The Planets
Saw this on DVD. Haven't yet figured out what planets were at war. This
flic starts out slow, and stays that way for a good 30-40 minutes. But it
has to, given the actual plot. Parts of the story are very creative, and
parts are just straight predictable. But as with so many horror movies,
the cast is picked off one by one because they start separating. This would
have been a much better movie with a more realistic name. The expectation
wasn't set too high or low, just wrong. Part of this felt like is was someone's
film school project. As a "big budget" flic, with a decent director,
this could have been pretty good. OK, maybe just less lame.
Descent
This story is about 6 or 7 women (I lost count) who get together and do
macho stuff like white water rafting. After one suffers a tragedy, they
decide to get together and go caving/spurlunking. (I had a roommate in college
who was into spurlunking, basically finding the biggest mountain with the
smallest hole and climbing through it. Yeah, tripped me out too.)
A few rules if you ever decide to do this with your pals:
1. Don't leave the choice of cave and carrying of the map to the super type
A in the group without SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY double checking to make
sure she/he's not ego tripping.
2. Bring spare batteries. Lots of spare batteries. And those bendy light
thingies too. Pretty much self explanatory.
3. Lesson learned from Friday the 13th thru 23rd, Nightmare on Elm, Broadway
and Main, and Halloween I thru IV, if there is a chance that something/one
may be trying to off you and all your friends, do not, repeat DO NOT all
run around screaming in different directions until you are totally separated
and isolated and have to scream each other's names to find one another,
thus alerting said threat to your isolated and lonely whereabouts where
you are easily picked off.
4. Just 'cause you're trapped in a cave and see light, don't mean it's daylight.
And rest assured, if you go running blindly toward teh light you will fall
in something and break a leg such that a bone is sticking out, and sooner
or later, you're going to wish you could run.
5. If it's an all female group, you must talk as nasty and crudely as you
can possibly imagine, drink beer and get "toe out the frame drunk"
right before going into the cave.
Having said all that, this movie actually wasn't bad. The way the characters
changed during the movie was totally believable, and payback truly is a
mammajamma, as my mom used to say.
The final weak point is, well, the final scene. I actually still am trying
to figure out what the ending meant. Not a good thing. Otherwise, it wasn't
a bad flic at all. It will startle you a few times.
Fearless
Jet Li says this is his last movie of this type (beating folk down). Too
bad, the dude can fight, 'course, he's no match for me at 10 feet with an
AK47, but I digress. Anyway, as are many of his flics (Hero is awesome),
there is a really good story here. You'd think from the trailers it's a
movie about a match, but it's really a movie about a man. And oh what a
story it is. Based on a true story, the ending is one of the great "oh
snap" movie moments. The fight scenes are great and the "life
changing moment" in the middle of the flic will leave your jaw on the
floor. Bottom line, don't expect a fight movie from beginning to end, so
sit back and enjoy a great story with beat downs sprinkled here and there.
According to the Blockbuster guy, the DVD extras show how they slowed down
many of the fight scenes because his hands are too fast. I recently saw
an A&E special on The Red Trousers, China's Ballet company, where many
of these fighting actors come from. Talk about humbling.
Idlewild
For some first timers (Outkast's Andre 3000 and Big Boi wrote this), pretty
good flic. Some of the song and dance routines were banging (yes, it's a
musical). Some really strong performances by the cast, and some of erebody
in this flic too. Like most "smaller" flics, they pushed the envelope
in plot and script, got people to say and do things in character that big
name stars would never do, and it was all good. Bruce Bruce got 3 minutes,
and his fat@$$ is funny in them three minutes. It reminds me of Eddie Murphy's
"Life", another great flic. Big Boi is a showman, that's for sure.
Bru can act, too. And Andre 3000's love interest was absolutely stunning
(Paula Patton, married to Robin Thicke, whoever the h*ll that is, and yeah,
I looked it up). You know you foine when you upstage Bird from Waiting to
Exhale (yeah, she in it too). And he had a Wesley Snipes scene too, and
you know what I mean.
The down side, the ending stank. OK, let's be real, we like happy endings
and SPOILER ALERT when people get their lives
changed for the better then crapped on, well, that sux. Anyway, it's definitely
worth a rental, maybe a keeper. I hope they do another flic.
Charlotte's Web
You all know the story, the real question is can these producers pull it
off. Put it like this, the crowd applauded when it was over. Really a nice
family movie, even with the one incident of well placed farm flatulence.
No hidden adult stuff, just a really nice movie, and Oprah Winfrey's voice
(not the pig) and no Whoopie Goldberg as a bonus. I give it 3.5/4.0.
Superman Returns
Just watched this flic. First, it's long, like 2 and half hours long. Otherwise,
it's actually pretty good. Props to the producers for coming up with a pretty
original and realistic story. It's even got Kumar from Harold and Kumar
Go To White Castle (yeah, that's an actual movie). The music was directly
from Superman I, as were the credits, but it was all good. Overall, I'd
recommend watching this, maybe even buying it.
SPOILER ALERT
OK, I gotta call them to task for one thing, no two. First, Lois Lane is
supposed to be a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter. So she picks up her son
from daycare and, investigating a story, takes him onto what turns out to
be Lex Luthor's private yatch AND LEAVES HER CELL PHONE IN THE CAR. What
part of the stupid truck did she actually fall off of?
Second, as near as I can figure, the standard DVD that Blockbuster has is
only the movie. To get the 3 hours of bonus features you have to have a
Blue Ray or HD DVD player. Soooooo, roughly 97.53% of the viewing public
can't see the good stuff. Absolutely brilliant.
A Little Romance
Just saw this flic for about the 8th time. It's a 1979 love story starring
Diane Lane (yeah, that Diane Lane) as a 14 year old in Europe who falls
for this French kid who's name I can't pronounce nor spell, and shows what
they'd do to be in love forever. Blows away that story of Romeo and what's
her name. It also stars Lawrence Olivier (yeah same ODB from Caligula) and
Sally Kellerman as Diane's moms (she's got to be old as dirt now). Anyway,
this is a really nice movie, from back in the day when they made movies
to tell stories instead of as "vehicles" for this or that actor.
There's no sex or excessive swearing (I think I counted one "BS")
and the two stars are very convincing. Some of the subplots are really funny.
As you can imagine, the sets and costumes date this flic, but it really
is worth seeing when you're tired of movies where all the kids are spoiled
horny lil brats. The ending will make you cry, and no, no one dies. Even
27 years later, I'd love to see a sequel to this flic.
Anyway, if you get the chance to catch it on cable, it's definitely worth
the time.
The DaVinci Code
You all know the story, what is the Holy Grail? Based on the bestselling
book of the same name, this Ron Howard movie stars Tom Hanks and a bunch
of other famous folks I can't name. The movie pretty much follows the book
as best it can, but the book is still better because it can do more interweaving
of history. That being said, this is a pretty good flic. It goes slow at
times, because things have to be explained carefully. It's up to you to
decide if you believe it or not, but if nothing else, just like the book,
you'll be wondering...
The DVD has some pretty cool extras, including some clues the director and
author put in the movie that were not in the book. Is it a buy? Maybe, but
it's definitely worth a night's rental.
Dumplings
This movie is part of a 3 movie, 2 DVD set called 3 Extremes. The other
disc wouldn't play in my DVD player, so I'll just talk about this one. Asian
film makers have a very different perspective than "the West".
This movie is not for the faint of heart or stomach. I won't go too into
it, but the dumplings in the title refer to those you get in most Chinese
restaurants. No, this isn't a "bash the Chinese restaurants" movie,
but it gets deep into what people will do for everlasting youth. You take
it from there. It stars Bai Ling, and she's looked better. Also, it's in
Mandarin with English subtitles. I can't recommend this because it gets
into too many issues, like China's one child limits and incest. Yeah, this
flic is way out there. But if you have a strong stomach and are curious,
go for it.
Feast
As near as I can figure out, this is the result of HBO's Project Greenlight.
It's a horror flic with crazy twists and turns, no big name stars and I
really liked the fact that who lived and died was totally unpredictable.
Yeah, no pretty boy heroes in this one. I don't want to give it up, but
the monsters in this flic do stuff I have never seen monsters do before.
Many "oh snap" moments to be had. I wouldn't buy it, but it's
definitely worth a rental.
Hard Luck
This flic stars Wesley Snipes, Cybill Shepard (like you've really never
seen her before) and Mario and Melvin Van Peebles. Somewhat predictable,
but still worth the ride. Snipes is out of jail, with a suitcase full of
money and the cops on his tail. Much comic mayhem ensues. I guess it says
a lot for Snipes and Shepard that this movie came out, went to DVD and no
one noticed. That aside, this is a funny, funny flic. It's that kind of
comedy that "big name" stars wouldn't do. The ending is pretty
predictable from about a half hour away, but it's worth the ride.
Open Season
This one is pretty funny. Some stuff over the kids heads, but trust me,
they won't catch it. The storyline is pretty good and a bit original. A
couple of scenes will have you laughing out loud. All in all, I'd recommend
it.
Poseidon
Unless you been living under a rock, you know this is a remake of the 1970s
disaster flic The Poseidon Adventure. The plot is simple, a big boat gets
hit by a rogue wave in the middle of the ocean and flips over. Now, because
it's a remake, they're pretty much locked into a story, so I'll excuse some
of the more ridiculous events, like how a huge ship with supercomputers
all over the bridge doesn't notice a 200 foot wave coming at it, or how
Curt Russell's bratty daughter (more on her later) finds a pair of jeans
that fit in the middle of the crisis, or a 12 year old that, even though
the cast is climbing up a ship upside down still wants to "explore"
and almost causes his own and the deaths of 2 others. Anyway, as for Russell's
daughter, homegirl need to meet the fast end of a switch big time, but I
digress. I won't divulge any of the plot twists, the one or two there were.
Anyway, the flic isn't bad. The CG effects are pretty good too. Be sure
to check out the DVD extras. All in all, pretty suspenseful, considering
you know the plot. I'd give it 3 out of 5.
Inside Man
You know the plot, guy robs a bank, Denzel Washington negotiates the crisis.
Good flic, and yes, there's something else besides a bank robbery going
on here. Good to see Darryl Mitchell, the actor who was paralyzed in a car
accident a few years back, is still working. The ending was kinda left up
in the air though. Otherwise, it's worth a rental.
Ultraviolet
This ain't even worth a rental. It takes place in that same futuristic world
where Aeon Flux happened, looked like the same sets too. In this world,
everyone is young and muscular, the heroine wears a skin tight leather outfit
that changes color, the guards and police all look like Imperial Stormtrooper
rejects. With all the money they spent on costumes, they put the villain
in a Johnny Carson suit. Go figure. As for the plot, well, the DVD jumped
skipped so much I couldn't figure out what was going on, other than the
heroine kept beating up like 20-30 guys at a time, and they had guns. Anyway,
this movie is stupid. 3 thumbs down.
Barnyard
This is a good movie, real funny. No sneaky adult stuff all though it, but
a good story line, and a pretty good message too. The barnyard party will
have you rollin - one song in particular had heads boppin like it was Beverly
Hills Cop all over again. Anyway, go see it, take the kids.
Everybody's Hero
Saw the trailer for this. The Whoopie Goldberg hiatus has officially
ended. She plays a bat in this movie. No comment. OK, one. Whoopie playing
a bat, how appropriate.
11 Ways to Eat Fried Worms
Apparently, this was a children's book, the preview was as gross as the
title. I'll pass.
V for Vendetta
This is a deep flic. It takes place in a "1983"-esque England,
a society very close to 1984 with Big Brother. Anyway, the US is in the
midst of a Civil War and Europeans are slower (actually pretty quickly)
losing their civil rights to a totalitarian gubment. Sounds familiar, but
I digress. Anyway, there's a vigilante who's fighting back for the good
of the people and he enlists the assistance of Darth Vader's moms in his
struggle. The dialogue is pretty interesting. Homey is so cool he could
con a nun out her knickers. This ain't a kid movie, with elements of, to
some, the current US environment, the recent problems of the Catholic Church
as well as the concentration camps of WWII. Like it or hate is, this movie
will give you much to talk about after. And not just momma Vader in an "oh
snap" outfit.
The Ant Bully
This movie wasn't bad, the story was different and the most of the focus
was from the perspective of the ants. The plot is that a kid gets shrunk
and has to live with an ant colony. It will make you think twice the next
time you kill and insect. Not saying you won't, but you'll think about it
first. The graphics were pretty good. Even though there were a few named
stars for voices, I got the feeling the producers want the movie to sink
or swim on it's merits, not it's "star power". One thing you take
away from it is how well the animal world works together for the greater
good and we, well, we bomb each other back to the stone age, but that's
a whole 'nother story. Anyway, I'd recommend this for anyone with kids 5
and up. No profanity, but a couple butt shots when the main character gets
shrunk down (underwear don't shrink.) It's a little more, but if you can
see it in 3D, I think it's worth the extra few bucks. This ain't Nemo, or
even Cars, but it's better than Shark Tale and smokes The Wild like a Philly
blunt.
Final Destination 3
Yeah, I watch this stuff too. Anyway, if you don't know what this flic is,
you can stop now. This is the third (duh) of the (hopefully) Final Destination
Trilogy. In a nutshell, a bunch or teens are about to get on some type of
vehicle, one freaks out and they don't get on. Whatever it was they were
getting on crashes and kills every one who did get on. They have cheated
the Grim Reaper and he (or she) spends the next 90 minutes taking them out,
in the same order they would have died had they taken that ride. The original
freak outer has a camera and has taken photos of each survivor, but in each
picture is a clue as to how they'll die. That's basically the plot of all
3 films. What's amazing is how many ways Hollywood figures out how to maim,
burn, stick, drop, choke, slice, dice, slap up, flip and rub down teenagers.
The commercial for the DVD promotes the fact that you can select who's going
to die all through the movie. I got to choose once, but they rest of that
carnage wasn't left up to me. Bummer. Anyway, If you saw the first 2, more
of the same. If you didn't don't bother.
Monster House
The visuals are great, the story is different, and the voice talent is good
(no Whoopie Goldberg - again!) It's not a bad story overall, very engaging,
you really want to see how it's going to end. As for the ending (last 15-20
minutes), I'll say I sure didn't see that coming. Kudos to the screenwriters
for making the kids seems like normal 10-11 year olds without going overboard,
like the infamous "penisbreath" language in ET. I've recommend
it, but it's not going to break any box office records, especially with
about 4-5 more annimations coming this year.
Annapolis
Most of us are old enough to remember "An Officer and a Gentleman".
The producers of Annapolis are obviously not. Sure, Tyrese looks good singing
about Coca Cola in the back of a bus, but bru just ain't too believable
as a military office. Louis Gossett, Jr. did a better job. The script is
predictable and a virtual copy of the earlier work, down to the boxing scenes
and the lead character's roommate not graduating from Academy, but being
the catalyst that keeps the lead, who really shouldn't be there in the first
place, on the path to success. To everyone who saw it in a theatre @ $10-12
a head, my condolences. The female lead is kinda smokin though. This is
a rental, but only when Dave Chappelle's Block Party is sold out.
Miami Vice
They showed 3 hours of the original series plus a scene from the new movie
on NBC tonight. I got a feeling this one is pretty high on the suckometer.
Then again, in retrospect, so was the series.
OK, just tried to watch this, what a mess. I fast forwarded through most
of it, looking for a reason to press play. Didn't find one. Can't say I
can really give it a review, since I didn't watch it.
16 Blocks
Mos Def and Bruce Willis, looking like he 'mos dead (don't know if it was
the makeup or just that he ole as dirt. Homey was married to Demi Moore?
He looked like her granpa now. But I digress). Engaging movie. One of them
flics you have to see how it ends. Mos Def is becoming quite the thespian
(he did a excellent job in HBO's "Something the Lord Made"). I
think he's supposed to have a lil dain bramage or something. Anyway, it's
worth a rental.
Battlefield Earth
I caught John Travolta's Battlefield Earth for about the 5th time. It's
like a fine filet mignon, the longer you leave it out, the smellier it gets.
It's horrible, up there with Freddie Got Fingered.
Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties
This actually wasn't a bad flic, I think the best part was that it's only
like an hour and 15 minutes long. Jennifer Love Hewit is still smokin, be
she's not blazin like she was in the first one. Maybe it was that whack
wig she was wearing. I digress. Bottom line, this remake of the prince and
the pauper (in case you didn't figure that out from the commercials) ain't
bad. The kids will dig it, as for the adults, you'll be wishing John would
shoot that cat. And I like cats.
Running Scared
I caught this on DVD. Never heard of it, but it stars Paul Walker (Fast
and the Furious, Timeline) and I have to say it's pretty good. Full of plot
twists and curve balls, the lamest of which is the last one or two. But
they don't take away from what is otherwise a pretty interesting story.
Cars
Want to know why Disney spent $7.4 billion to buy Pixar? Without Pixar,
Disney gave us The Wild, a broken bat bunt. With Pixar they gave us Cars,
Barry Bonds' 756 grand slam home run. Cars rocks. It's not often you hear
applause in a movie. Sure, it's long like the waistband on Oprah's draws,
but it's worth every one of it's 152 minutes. The graphics are unbelievable.
If you think Dances With Wolves had great scenery, you ain't seent nuthin.
Stay for the credits.
For those interested, here's a brief history of Pixar. In the mid 70s, George
Lucas directed Star Wars, in return for taking a pay cut he was given merchandising
rights to all Star Wars sequels. He became a billionaire. He then founded,
among other companies, Industrial Light and Magic, LucasArts, Lucas Film,
THX and Pixar. He did it because there were no companies with the technology
to do what he wanted to do on film. A few years later, he sold Pixar to
Steve Jobs for $10 million (now go back and reread the first line of this
email). Disney, who pretty much owned animation in those years wanted nothing
to do with "computer animation", preferring to stick with traditional
hand drawn animation. So, all the computer animation artists that Disney
wouldn't hire went to Pixar. In the lean years Jobs had to pay the Pixar
payroll out of his own pocket. Under Jobs, Pixar made a marketing deal with
Disney and created both Toy Storys, A Bug's Life, The Incredibles, Finding
Nemo and Monsters Inc.
Over The Hedge
This flic is good. Funny as all heck too. You'll never look at opening a
bag of corn chips the same way again. The story's pretty original, well,
for Hollywood. And no Whoopie Goldberg.
The Wild
Take the best parts of The Lion King, Finding Nemo, Madagascar, and put
in a pinch of Star Wars Ep. 4. Now, take what's left over and you have The
Wild. Ripoff would be a nice thing, this flic blatantly copied those flics,
down to having the heroes run past a theater marquee for The Lion King stage
play. The graphics were great and the lil guy enjoyed it. You have to kinda
suspend reality that no one would notice a lion, giraffe, snake and a koala
walking down the street. The streak continues: No Whoopie Goldberg. Overall,
a nice enjoyable movie, but the copying was a bit over done. Frankly, I'm
amazed it got green lighted. But it is a cute movie.
Ice Age 2
Pretty good flic - AND NO WHOOPIE GOLDBERG!!!!
Seriously, it was pretty good. Very good story but not so simple to insult.
Music's pretty good too.
Doogal
Hell hath no fury than PIXAR spurned. Just about every animated film is
digital. The difference is that the best movies are good stories. Doogal
is a nice story. The animation looks like veggie tales, which targets a
specific age group. The story seems to target another. It reminds me of
Shark Tale in that respect.
There's a a few questions that never get answered, like WARNING - SPOILERS
AHEAD why do these animals talk, where are the parents of these kids, and
why is Doogal the star, since he really isn't the focus of the movie. It's
like the producers created this magical place and didn't give much thought
to how it would fit in with rest of the world, or if there even is one.
And a farting moose gets old (and smelly) pretty fast.
When the heck are animators going to stop putting Whoopie Goldberg in a
movie every time they want a jive talkin character? It's getting very tired.
On top of that, maybe it's time to get kid actors to be the voices of kid
characters. And if you want to slip in jokes to appeal to the adults but
be overlooked by the kiddies, make sure they're funny jokes. Smaller kids
will like it, then again, that don't usually know what the plot is.
I'd give Doogal a 6/10.
Curious George
Nice movie, very entertaining. And we find out why the guy wears that yellow
suit and hat! You'll be singing the theme song for a few days too.
Chicken Little
Not a bad lil flic at all. A lot better than Corpse Bride, really good 3D.
And the Chicken Little 3D glasses are a fashion statement. Makes you wonder
if they meant the move to only be seen in 3D. I rank it better than Shark
Tales and Madagascar, about even with Robots.
Wallace and Gromit: Attack of the Were-Rabbit
This is a funny flic, start to finish, very imaginative. A lil bit of adult
stuff that the kids will miss but the parents will giggle over.
Corpse Bride
Pretty good up to the last 3 minutes. The ending sucked. Too many questions
to be answered. Not sequel type questions, what-the-heck-does-that-mean
type questions.
Nerd Tidbit: In Corpse Bride, Victor played a "HarryHausen" piano.
That was also the name of the restaurant in Monsters, Inc. Yeah, maybe I
have watched too many kid's flics.
SharkBoy & LavaGirl
OK, remember the 1980s Flash Gordon movie? Yeah, it sucked. This one is
kinda in the same vein, but it doesn't suck. My 7 year old was really into
it. It forces you to stretch you imagination a bit, the acting was kinda
lame too. Worth a matinee on a hot day though.
Madagascar
OK, it's not Nemo or The Incredibles, but it's entertaining. A few adult
jokes that go over most kid's heads, and you can see how they've set it
up for a sequel. The penguins are the funniest characters in the movie.
Star Wars Episode III
'sup peeps. Yeah I checked this one out earlier tonight, no, I didn't wear
my Lando Calrissian costume. Anyway, those of you who been following this
saga since jr high pretty much know the story, and more importantly, you
know what loose ends this episode has to tie up so the next 3 (made 25 years
ago) make sense. Having said all that, this one's a 9 piece bucket with
fries on the side and a free drink. I mean, for a 2 and a half hour movie
with no surprises, it's surprisingly entertaining. The only surprise at
the showing I went to was when the sound wasn't on for the first 10-15 seconds
of the movie. You ever see 300 normal people who paid $9 to get in and another
$9 for $.30 worth of popcorn turn into Dark Lords of the Sith at the same
time? Think LA riots but everybody's on the same side. Yoda's still the
baddest phlem ball this side of Tattoine. And peep this, him and Chewbacca
were old friends. Nope, didn't see the coming at all. OK, enough spoilers.
Anyway, go see it. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll say Oh snap.
Robots
Robots is pretty good. Lot of adult gags the kids won't get. There was applause
as the credits rolled.
The Polar Express
The graphics are unbelievable, and the story's pretty good too.
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