Movies
Sith, Schmith, or when Stars Wars lost me.
I have no desire to see the new Star Wars movie. This is something of a surprise. I was about as much at the center of the Stars Wars generation as you get. I saw the first movie in the theaters 6 times. I have vivid memories of the disappointment I [...]
Sooooo wrong
What is soooo wrong?
That I feed my children Burger King kid’s meals? Well, yes, probably.
That Burger King is activity advertising a PG-13 “extremely dark” Star Wars movie to kids under the age of 5? Well, yes, definitely.
But, really, what I’m here to talk about it the toy pictured below that was included in [...]
Farenheit 9/11
I watched Farenheit 9/11 last night. While I’m a Bush-hater, I still didn’t much care for the movie. Moore’s got some interesting things to point the finger at, but that’s all he really does. He doesn’t make a case for anything. Just seems like a long list of “things that make [...]
Free Showtime
DirecTV has just been nice enough to offer us 4 months of free Showtime (and the 8 or so other related premium channels). This morning I TiVo’d Master of the Flying Guillotine, aka One-Armed Boxer vs. the Flying Guillotine. I know Kt will be dying to watch that with me.
Leave it alone!
George Lucas needs to leave it alone! Or at least offer the original untainted versions before offering the screwy new versions.
Popcorn warning
Reading this story, I’m not sure if I’m more scared that a 3-yr-old choked on popcorn, or that the parents brought a 3-yr-old to see “Alien vs. Predator”.
Movie: School of Rock
Kt and I watched School of Rock last night. It was a lot of fun. Formulaic, predictable, etc….yes. But a lot of fun, none the less. I was impressed that they cast kids that all actually played the instruments…and rocked!
It’s the story, stupid
You could easily come away from this article about Disney’s withering 2D animation efforts thinking that computer animated features are the way of the future simply because they are computer animated.
Clearly, you could still make a highly-successful hand-drawn animation film, if had a story worth watching! With interesting characters! Boy, that would be [...]
Oscars
Tried watching some of the oscars last night. You know, they just aren’t much fun if you haven’t seen any of the movies. I’m not so sure they are even if you have seen the movies, but at least you get a few of the jokes that way.
The Passion of the Christ
Interesting. The company I work for is providing free advanced tickets to a screening of The Passion of the Christ for employees (and friends and family)…and/or reimbursing you for the ticket cost if you go see it on your own.
Talk about hype and good marketing. I could believe they would do this if [...]
TV
So, Oswald and Stanley are OK, but when are my boys going to be old enough to watch Clint and John with me?
Bad Santa
Kt and I went to see Bad Santa on Saturday at the Movie Tavern.
Bad Santa was wrong, on just about every level, but very funny. Don’t let your kids near this one. Billy Bob was great.
As far as the Movie Tavern goes…this chain remodels closed theaters to serve food/drinks along w/ the shows. [...]
Spider-Man 2
The first trailer is out. Looks great!
Bride of Frankenstein
I plan to watch Bride of Frankenstein tonight on TCM (9:30 EST/8:30 CST). It’s my favorite of the Universal Studios horror films…stronger than the first in so many ways.
If you haven’t seen the original Frankenstein, it’s also showing immediately before Bride…and is recommended viewing….but, Bride takes it to another level. Bride is masterful [...]