Boy and I went to see Pacific Rim -- and yeah, I was totally going to love it from the start, because Giant Robots, but it was ACTUALLY REALLY FUN.

I love that it wasn't an origin sort of story, that the world had been dealing with this for years, that this was the end of the war.  That there were kaiju games and merchandise and groupies, that ( Read more... )

We went to see the midnight showing of The Hobbit last night (this morning?) and guys, guys, it's so much fun ( Read more... )

So I went to see the midnight showing of Spider-Man (in 2D) at the new Alamo Drafthouse here in KC.  Short version -- AWESOME.

The theater is still getting all its stuff together, which means the online ticket purchasing system isn't up yet.  So I wasn't surprised that the show didn't sell out.  There was a good crowd though!  And the concession ( Read more... )

 My friends, without going into spoilers:  The Avengers is a LOT of fun + Joss Whedon has not lost his touch with dialogue + NONE of the actors phoned it in (and the team dynamic was nicely balanced, IMO) = go see it, go see it soon.  Also, be aware, the 3-D was more annoying than usual, especially in the action scenes (though it did allow for some ( Read more... )