I finally saw Napoleon Dynamite. I would like to register an opinion of "Eh."

I'm right there with you. Basically, I spent the movie feeling sorry for the main female character because she was stuck in high school with these losers.

Fametracker busts on the couples du jour.

"Hi, I'm Angelina Jolie. You know what's wrong with this country? I can kiss my brother on the mouth and wear my husband's blood around my neck and tell a magazine I'm sleeping with two men and three women and a knife all at the same time and everyone kind of raises an eyebrow and shrugs. And yet, I'm tenuously linked to one pretty-boy, kind of dumb movie star and the entire nation grinds to a halt and goes apeshit. Seriously, you people need to get your voyeuristic priorities straightened out. Weirdos."

Heh. This cracks me up more than the rest.

You've got to hand it to her that, crazy as she is, she at least has some self-awareness and perspective about it. I think they captured that quality well here.

SMG starring in a dark continuation of Alice in Wonderland.

JZ and I saw the Bat movie on IMAX last night.

The acting was first rate, and there was writing to support it. Loved the look of Gotham, particularly the Kowloon inspired design of The Narrows. This however...

I complained about that at first (in my head), but then I decided I liked it because it gave it all a frenetic feel, like the maneuvers were so fast as to be impossible to follow by a casual observer. It made Batman into a scarier figure.

I realy disliked. This is also the difference between me loving The Bourne Identity with it's stunningly choreographed, dramatically intense fight scenes and chases and being completely meh about The Bourne Supremacy with it's jacked up hand held blurry cam fight scenes and car chases.

If you can't follow the action and shape it into a narrative of its own (like the car chase in French Connection which is essentially like an action movie silent film that creates something intense through the rhythm and pacing of its editing) you're just pressing the Frenetic button.

It's the difference between playing a fantastic, exciting riff on the guitar and just turning the volume up. Volume will get a response, but it doesn't mean anything.

I completely concur with Vonnie on the powerfully iconic image and also in my preference for Spider-Man 2 as a superior, and more affecting film. Even among Bat movies, I probably prefer Batman Returns for being the grim goth fairytale that it is.

That said, I thought there was tremendous dramatic strength in this intepretation of Bruce Wayne and Batman. Bale was fucking fantastic, as were Caine, Neesom and Oldman. Morgan Freeman was sly and Morgan Freemanlike as he always is. Wasn't much of a stretch for him.

Morgan Freeman was sly and Morgan Freemanlike as he always is. Wasn't much of a stretch for him.

Though he was spared from having to be the Magical Negro in this role. He was just a Nifty Dude. (Who was TOTALLY getting it on with Alfred. Just TRY to tell me they weren't!)

(Who was TOTALLY getting it on with Alfred. Just TRY to tell me they weren't!)

I noticed the same thing. Y'all have corrupted me.

SMG starring in a dark continuation of Alice in Wonderland.

Oh, cool! I saw that on Whedonesque and wondered whether it was the McGee thing. I haven't played the game, but it sounds cool.

(Who was TOTALLY getting it on with Alfred. Just TRY to tell me they weren't!)

They...weren't.

Who was TOTALLY getting it on with Alfred. Just TRY to tell me they weren't!

Sweet Jesus. Now that's an idea I won't get out of my head ... and I'm not sure I want to.