And it's been a long time since I saw a movie that was better than ok.  Granted, it's still sexist as all hell - beyond just having James T. "sleeps with everything that moves" Kirk as a main character - but I enjoyed it.  The fact that everyone in the theater was enjoying it probably helped, of course.  Then again, that didn't save the horrible ( Read more... )

I've never been good at picking single favorites of anything.  However, I can only think of five movies I saw and liked as a kid.  I can't really explain what I had against movies as a kid, especially when I look at the five movies I liked and consider some of the other movies I saw and was neutral towards.  (I sat through Gandhi and Amadeus, but ( Read more... )

I saw The Incredibles with friends when it came out and enjoyed it all right, but last night I caught most of it on TV and had a huge case of fridge logic.  Either the filmmakers bit off more than they can chew or they have a really warped view of the world.  Or, I suppose, both.

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How many of the top 100 grossing movies of all time have you seen?  This is how many I've seen.  And how many I'll never see or wish I hadn't seen.

From marag , who got it from calliopes_pen .

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I went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull today. The spoiler free review is this: it was better than I was afraid it was going to be, worse than I hoped it would be, moderately entertaining, and completely falls apart if you make the mistake of thinking about it afterwards.

Oh, man, was this movie a mess. The first thirty ( Read more... )

This is partly a general movie rant and partly a rant about the new Indiana Jones movie. Now, I haven’t seen the Indy movie, and, after spending some time on line reading reviews, I’m not sure if I will, but unless a hell of a lot of reviewers are lying…it has issues. But first, the general movie rant, so that those who don’t wish to read Indy ( Read more... )

So, I finally watched Dungeons & Dragons, the movie.   Oh, holy hell was it bad.  And I watched it knowing it was bad.  But it's depths of badness sunk even farther than I'd expected.  It's the poster movie for everything you should never do when telling a story.  I'm not sure it got anything right.  Well, no, it surely had to have gotten something ( Read more... )

I was bored (and suffering from temporary stupidity, apparently) so I watched the movie I Spy.  Now, I've never seen the 60s television show the movie was (loosely) based on (I don't like Bill Cosby because of his attitude toward children...long story.), but my parents watched it, so I know a little about it.  And what I know about the television ( Read more... )

From Ami who got it from

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