the day the earth stood still

The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Let me just first say it’s pretty bad ass. I’m somewhat of a sci-fi nerd so you have to realize I’m a little partial to sci-fi kind of stuff. This movie ain’t nothing ground breaking and certainly isn’t anything we haven’t seen before. But having said that, it’s a good film. I enjoyed it very much.

Keanu Reeves is really good in certain roles. Roles where he doesn’t really have to act. Like the Matrix, Johnny Neumonic, Point Break, Bill and Ted. And this role fits him perfectly. He’s just pretty much gotta look good for the camera and give questioning head tilt every once in a while.

And Jennifer Connelly is just smoking hot. But she’s a pretty good actor really. I could almost believe she was one of the world’s most prominent extraterrestrial biophysicist. Almost. John Cleese is very believable as a Nobel Prize winner in some form of Biology.

The little kid is kind of an asshole. But that’s what little kids are, right?

I had watched a pretty crappy movie earlier in the day. A movie I shall not even review because I might not want people to know I actually sat through it. In the first ten minutes of The Day the Earth Stood Still, I said to myself, that is how you get a movie started. And it does a real good job of grabbing you right off the bat. And like every good script, there’s an event about ten minutes in that makes you go, wow.

Like I said, I’m pretty much a sci-fi nerd so this is going to be a flick I’m sure to purchase when it comes out. And depending on my financial state at that time, I might even buy it new. Certainly in the fifteen dollar range. But if you ever find it in the ten dollar bin, do yourself a favor and pick it up.

I give The Day the Earth Stood Still three and a half giant space robots out of five.

Bolt, Transporter 3

Everyone seems to hate their job at the movies.  I’m like, free movies and popcorn, what job could be better.  They all roll their eyes and say, lots of jobs.

 

So I’m guessing maybe one day I’ll come to loathe this job just as I have every other job I’ve ever had.  But for now, this might be the most cake job ever.

 

And I mean popcorn cake.

 

I went and saw two movies with my new free movie privileges over the past week.  Transporter 3, which did kick some ass, and Bolt in Real 3D. 

 

Both were pretty good.  I have to admit I started to mist up a bit at the end of Bolt.  And the 3D technology is crazy.  This little kid sitting behind us said, it looks like things are coming out of the TV.

 

Duh.

 

The best part was another little kid sitting behind us.  She had the sweetest little laugh.  When something funny happened, she would just giggle and giggle.  And that really was better than anything in the movie.

 

But all in all, Bolt isn’t bad.  It’s certainly no Finding Nemo or Toy Story.  Or even Cars for that matter.  But it’s a good animated film for kids and adults. 

 

Transporter 3 was better than I thought it was gonna be.  It was kinda like Escape from New York where they poisoned Snake Pliskin and he had to do what they wanted in order to get the antidote, except they slapped a bracelet on Frank’s (Jason Statham’s) wrist that would explode if he got too far away from the car.

 

And his package this time around was a very nice little blue eyed, freckle faced red head.  Mmm…blue eyed, freckle faced red head.  She was worth the price of admission.  Of course I see movies for free now….

 

It’s action packed.  Has lots of cool fight scenes and killer race scenes.  What’s not to like?  And did I mention the blue eyed, freckle faced red head?

saw a bunch of movies this weekend.

finally saw tropic thunder.  and it was actually pretty funny.  and its funny right from the beginning.  some idiot sitting behind me didn’t realize that the spoof movie trailers were spoof movie trailers.  he was like, holy crap man, start the movie already.  his girlfriend had to tell him that they were part of the movie.  idiot.

talk about an ensemble cast that really delivers.  i think jack black is having withdrawals during filming.  it’s great.  this might be tom cruises best role since…um, ever.  he’s freaking hilarious. 

go see it before it’s out of the theater.  but definatly add it to your collection.

a movie i’ll not add to my collection is hamlet 2.  i walked out after thirty minutes.  it felt like hours.  it was terrible.  i mean, really?  where the hell do i put my application for movie director, writer or actor.  it was the worst movie i can remember.  ever.

i walked out on across the universe but it at least had cool beatles music. 

babylon ad pretty much sucks too.  when i walked out on hamlet 2, i walked into babylon ad.  i would not have walked out on it, but i’m glad i didn’t pay for it.  there was some cool explosions and that little blonde chick is smoking hot.  but that’s it.  there’s this one scene on a big ass russian submarine that does’t make any sense at all.  what’s it doing in the movie?  there’s no reason for it being there.

in fact, there’s not much reason for any of the scenes.  does vin diesel read the script before he agrees to do a movie?  nah, probably just finds out how much they want to pay him.  i’d do the same.  i saw a trailer for fast and furious three.  there’s no way he reads scripts.  maybe he can’t read.  he certainly doesn’t know a good movie when he sees one.  he sure as hell don’t know a good movie when he’s in one.

he has been in a good movie or two though.  so i don’t know what the deal is.  maybe he needs a new agent.  holy crap.

the best movie i saw this weekend was a dvd i have and watched again.  children of men.  how was that not even mentioned for an oscar?  it’s freaking fantastic.  out of the four movies mentioned here, go buy that one.  just go to wal-mart and buy it.  it’s worth it.  i liked it so much i bought it for full price.  didn’t even wait to get it for ten bucks at the blockbuster.  i loved it!

tropic thunder, i’ll wait until it’s seven fifty.  babylon ad, i’ll never watch again.  much less spend anything to buy it.  hamlet 2…um, dude it’s just freaking terrible.

the amateurs.

this is actually a pretty good flick.  what was that movie where these brit iron workers or something get laid off so they decide to do an all male review?  well, it’s kinda like that. 

the dude, jeff bridges, playing almost the same character as the dude, pursuades his little small american everytown into producing a porn film.  it’s got ted dansen, joe pantoliano, tim blake nelson, jeanne triplehorn (who by the way is one of the most under appreciated hotties in hollywood), and a bunch other people you may or may not recognize.

just imagine the hilarity that would ensue if the dude talked a bunch of people into making a porn film.

so that’s funny, right?  most def a five buck purchase.  i might even drop seven fifty for it new.

dexter.

the showtime original series dexter is pretty good.  my nephew bought it so he and his girl could sit and watch it on our huge ass tv.  i finally got bored and watched it myself.  i have lots of friends who have been watching it and they all said how good it was so i figured i’d watch it.  since it was just sitting there on the dvd rack and all.

i thought the first few episodes were some of the best tv i’d seen in a while.  right up there with the sopranos and six feet under.  the dude that plays dexter also happens to be in six feet under.  he’s really good.

after the first few episodes i thought it kinda dropped off a little.  i think they got too concerned with developing the relationship between dexter and the ice truck killer and forgot about all the things that made the first few episodes so good and interesting.

but, nonetheless, i kept watching.  which i guess is what they want when they make a series.  they want to get you from one episode to the next.  but i think if i had been watching it week by week they would have lost me after week four.

but as it is, i was watching on dvd and could watch a few episodes at a time which made it easier for me to sit through the weaker episodes and keep moving on.

i don’t know if i’d buy the dvd set unless i could get it in the fifteen to twenty buck range, but it’s pretty good to have in the collection.  people like it.  and it’s cool to be able to break out if someone has heard about it but never seen it.

i’m sure i’ll watch season two and three.  on my cable systems ondemand. 

joe dirt.

without a doubt the apex of david spade’s career.  and we thank you for it.  i thank chris farley for it.  if that fat bastard hadn’t overdosed himself with sex, booze and cocaine, the world would be without joe dirt.

it would have been joe dirt but farley would have played dirt and david spade would have been giant frozen poop.  praise allah.

instead, we have arguably the best comedy in the last ten years?  it is funny still right now and it came out in, oh i just looked it up.  2001.  so best comedy in the last seven years.  name a funnier movie since then?

name one you can watch over and over.  laughing just as hard the second time around?  don’t you bust outloud everytime you hear, “i’m your sister, i’m your sister”.

i know i do.

you can get it for five bones at the wal mart.  and it’s just as suitable for children as anything else that’s on.  joe dirt learns valuable lessons and teaches a positive outlook on life regardless of your circumstances.

ten mop buckets out of ten mop buckets.

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