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2 years, but yeah, that seems to be it, at least according to the trailers. He's in her house, 2 years earlier than her reality.
I'll see it, because the premise seems at least to guarantee an interesting train wreck, and because I am Hopeless Keanu Fangirl. He had me at "I bought a house...by the lake." (Also because there's a good chance I can see it for free. It's really amazing how low one's standards can get when you don't have to plunk down $10 for it.)
I've seen 3 movies this weekend and still managed to not see X-men 3. I'm skipping the white font till I do.
I saw Da Vinci, Thank you for smoking and Kinky Boots. I enjoyed them all. I think KB was the most satisfiying.
Finally saw X-Men - have nothing to add. Except I was stuck waiting for the Worlds Slowest Concessions persion, so I missed the preview for SOAP!!!!
I think an angry letter to management is in order....
X3 opened in Greece the same day it opened in the States, which is always a bad sign. When you can't afford to let word of mouth run before your international release....
I am concerned about the new Blade Runner. Specifically, the fact that I can't think of a Ridley Scott film in recent memory that I thought was good makes me wonder if the director Scott is now should be allowed to fuck with the work of the director Scott was then.
Wow. That's some sentence construction. I blame jet lag.
Link to official SOAP teaser. (I can't play it here at work, but all that means is that IT hasn't upgraded our media software since dinsaurs roamed the earth. Which is odd, since we're a media company, but that's another rant for another day.)
Saw X3 over the weekend as well, and found it disappointing for many of the reasons listed above. I continue to find Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart the hottest things in the movie.
What's most important, though, is that SOAP opens on my birthday. Best gift from the universe ever!
Snakes on a Plane for D&D dorks: [link]
Heh. Funnily enough, I thought Storm's spinning shit was kind of badass. About the only badass thing about her. The rest of the time, I just wanted to slap her silly.
I didn't think the movie was that bad. I enjoyed myself, and I thought it was pretty thematically sound. I want to watch the first two again to figure out what makes them better. I mean, it's true that the first two left me feeling "HOLY SHIT THAT WAS AWESOME" whereas this one left me feeling "Hey, that was cool and fun!" But why? That is what I want to know.
My contribution to the conversation is to point out three of the President's lines, all of which are giant clichés:
"If Magneto wants a war, we'll give him a war!"
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
"God help us all!"
I felt embarrassed for the actor.
My favorite part of X3 was the trailers for Snakes on a Plane, Ghost Rider, Superman Returns, and especially My Super Ex-Girlfriend. Also, the discount coupon that got me a free Coke.
Saw two movies tonight -- Banlieu 13, and Cidade Baixa (Lower City)
Banlieu 13 was great fun -- really good fight/chase scenes, and just ridiculously French. The plot moves insanely fast.
Cidade Baixa was well shot, and had very attractive actors, but ultimately bored me because they just didn't bring anything new to the story (and Longstanding Male Friendship Destroyed When They Meet A Hot Chick has pretty much been done to death).