Movies that should have been better and other weekend pursuits.
Movie 1
On Saturday, we saw Into the Blue. Now, we knew it wasn't going to be any good, but it's an action movie with Paul Walker and Jessica Alba, so it should have at least been bad in a fun way. But no. It was just bad in a bad way. The plot is ludicrous. There are way too many gratuitous shots of Jessica Alba's body undulating in the water, not to mention all the other filler shots of fish. I'm not exaggerating here. It was bad.
Josh Brolin is in it, as Paul Walker's rival (who Paul Walker apparently worked for before). I was excited by Josh Brolin's name in the credits, but I totally didn't recognize him until about halfway through, and then I was completely distracted by thinking about The Young Riders. Now there's a show that I wish would come out on DVD. Josh Brolin played Jimmy, and in the fantasy world in my eleven-year-old head (yes, I was a fan ficcer long before I knew what fan fiction was), he was very much in love with Lou, and they got more than just that one kiss. I, myself, was a bit in love with Lou, which is yet another one of those things I look back on now and think, "Yes, I am a lesbian." Mmm, Yvonne Suhor. The only episode of Northern Exposure I ever saw was the one she was in.
I used to have this whole Mary Sue-ish plot in my head about Lou and Kid's children, where their oldest daughter (Jessica; her twin brother was James) and Jimmy were in love, although they didn't actually admit it to each other. I realize now how the age difference there would be mildly disturbing.
Movie 2
Today we went to see Domino. Keira Knightley as a bounty hunter. This should be great, right? Well, no. It was better than Into the Blue, but overall not that good. The plot makes less sense than it should, Domino's not as hot as she should be (although the real Domino shows up just before the end credits, and she actually is pretty hot), and there isn't the tension I expected between Keira and Lucy Liu. I did like the way they used text on the screen, Mickey Rourke's Ed Mosbey, and Edgar Ramirez' Choco.
TV
I watched three episodes of Angel on Friday (and sent many emails to Sky; this is what happens when there isn't anyone around for me to comment at), which means I'm only three discs from the end. As you may or may not know, part of why I got Netflix was so I could watch Buffy and Angel all the way through. I don't know what I'm going to do once I've finished Angel, so here's your chance to influence my viewing.
Before you take the poll, you should know that I'm also working my way through MI-5 (also known as Spooks, which was apparently the US title) and One Tree Hill, season 2.
Poll options are in order of where things currently are in my Netflix queue. In defense of the things that seem sure to be bad: they're supposed to be classics, but I've never seen them. Remember: I did not grow up with cable. There are also things I've seen but have thought about rewatching.
(Poll broken up into three questions to accommodate all options.)
Poll Influence my viewing!
All That Stuff
The worst thing about you all not taking all my stuff is that now I'm going to have to (a) label all those damn tapes and (b) figure out how to get said tapes and other fannish stuff to Escapade. I won't start getting rid of stuff until Saturday, so you have just under a week to claim things if there's anything you want.
On Saturday, we saw Into the Blue. Now, we knew it wasn't going to be any good, but it's an action movie with Paul Walker and Jessica Alba, so it should have at least been bad in a fun way. But no. It was just bad in a bad way. The plot is ludicrous. There are way too many gratuitous shots of Jessica Alba's body undulating in the water, not to mention all the other filler shots of fish. I'm not exaggerating here. It was bad.
Josh Brolin is in it, as Paul Walker's rival (who Paul Walker apparently worked for before). I was excited by Josh Brolin's name in the credits, but I totally didn't recognize him until about halfway through, and then I was completely distracted by thinking about The Young Riders. Now there's a show that I wish would come out on DVD. Josh Brolin played Jimmy, and in the fantasy world in my eleven-year-old head (yes, I was a fan ficcer long before I knew what fan fiction was), he was very much in love with Lou, and they got more than just that one kiss. I, myself, was a bit in love with Lou, which is yet another one of those things I look back on now and think, "Yes, I am a lesbian." Mmm, Yvonne Suhor. The only episode of Northern Exposure I ever saw was the one she was in.
I used to have this whole Mary Sue-ish plot in my head about Lou and Kid's children, where their oldest daughter (Jessica; her twin brother was James) and Jimmy were in love, although they didn't actually admit it to each other. I realize now how the age difference there would be mildly disturbing.
Movie 2
Today we went to see Domino. Keira Knightley as a bounty hunter. This should be great, right? Well, no. It was better than Into the Blue, but overall not that good. The plot makes less sense than it should, Domino's not as hot as she should be (although the real Domino shows up just before the end credits, and she actually is pretty hot), and there isn't the tension I expected between Keira and Lucy Liu. I did like the way they used text on the screen, Mickey Rourke's Ed Mosbey, and Edgar Ramirez' Choco.
TV
I watched three episodes of Angel on Friday (and sent many emails to Sky; this is what happens when there isn't anyone around for me to comment at), which means I'm only three discs from the end. As you may or may not know, part of why I got Netflix was so I could watch Buffy and Angel all the way through. I don't know what I'm going to do once I've finished Angel, so here's your chance to influence my viewing.
Before you take the poll, you should know that I'm also working my way through MI-5 (also known as Spooks, which was apparently the US title) and One Tree Hill, season 2.
Poll options are in order of where things currently are in my Netflix queue. In defense of the things that seem sure to be bad: they're supposed to be classics, but I've never seen them. Remember: I did not grow up with cable. There are also things I've seen but have thought about rewatching.
(Poll broken up into three questions to accommodate all options.)
Poll Influence my viewing!
All That Stuff
The worst thing about you all not taking all my stuff is that now I'm going to have to (a) label all those damn tapes and (b) figure out how to get said tapes and other fannish stuff to Escapade. I won't start getting rid of stuff until Saturday, so you have just under a week to claim things if there's anything you want.