Renaissance
Interesting. Feature film animation all in stark black and white like a Frank Miller comic.
July 19, 2006
June 23, 2006
Superman Returns
I'm so happy that Superman Returns is reviewing well so far. Only thirteen reviews have been posted at Rotten Tomatoes (only six of them 'Cream of the Crop'), and only one is negative. And it's scoring an 85% at Metacritic (based on what looks like the same six reviews as the CotC ones at Rotten Tomatoes).
December 13, 2005
Not Certain
It's kind of hard to tell, but I think Roger Ebert liked King Kong.
October 21, 2005
Doom
Best line in a review of the day: "Doom" is like some kid came over and is using your computer and won't let you play.
October 05, 2005
Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal
It's up! What exactly I thought of Serenity and Joss Whedon's issues.
It's spoiler-iffic, so don't read it unless you've seen the movie. Unless you don't care, in which case, go right ahead.
October 03, 2005
Serenity
Lisa's already said her comments on Serenity. I'm saving mine for Wednesday's update at What I Saw Today... as it's more of an essay.
In short: I loved it, and felt betrayed by it at the same time. I'm not anywhere near as upset as Lisa, because we look at things in a different fashion, but I am annoyed.
It's also clear to me that there will never, NEVER be a sequel, no matter how well this one does. The...events that occurred never occur until the very last installment of a series. It's over. Enjoy it while it's there, Browncoats.
September 19, 2005
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Finally got around to watching the Hitchhiker's movie yesterday. As you may recall, we were a little occupied when it came out originally, but as it's now out on DVD, I could watch the whole extravaganza.
Good things:
- The So Long and Thanks musical number with dolphins.
- Martin Freeman as Arthur was perfect.
- All the nods to the television show (the theme being played when the guide appears; the cameo by original Arthur, Simon Jones; seeing the TV Marvin in the queue on Vogsphere...)
- Zaphod's heads.
- What was with the Vice-President? The fuck was going on with her?
- The weird way I kept expecting bits of dialogue from the book at never happened. It was like the setup we knew was there and... nothing. Weird.
Overall, I approve. Could have been better, and the ending was different enough to ensure that there's going to be NO sequels, which is disappointing. Still, I giggled a lot and that was what I expected.
September 02, 2005
A Sound of Thunder
Roger Ebert's review of A Sound of Thunder indicates that the movie has great camp value.
Notable Quote: "There’s a fundamental difference between movies that are bad because they’re willfully stupid (“Deuce Bigalow, European Gigolo”) and movies that are bad because they want so much to be terrific that they explode under the strain."