Ultraviolet trailer: [link]

[edit: looks like it has nothing in common with the original, except the name]

Do not rent "Ladder 49," Ever. Ever. Ever. I rented it because I like "Rescue Me," so very much and I still have to wait more months for it. And then I found it was set in Charm City and Travolta was in it so I thought "Yay. Dark humor and feelings of brotherhood...how cool is that?" Yeah, but none of that is in that movie. Just boring scenes of a nobody fire fighter picking up his wife in a grocery store and expecting her to be impressed because he handles the hose(!)And guys get hurt, and die, and you don't care at all.And there were bagpipes and everything and usually that makes me a sniffling wreck but since these guys were like Reilly, O'Connor, Washington, and Plot Device, it was like "eh." I haven't been so disappointed by a movie in a year.

40 Year Old Virgin = Good time. Extended version = a little long.

Saw Underworld: Evolution.

Had a number of conflicting thoughts--if the movie starts in 1202, and Selene's been a death dealer for 600 years--was she turned in 1223 and just sat around? Or did they wait on imprisoning William? How come that shotgun blast from the soldier near the safe house didn't tear her clothing. How in HELL does she get in and out of those clothes? What does it take to kill a vampire or a werewolf anyway? How "Fezzik! Tear his arms off!" "Oh that gate key!" was Markus's interrogation of Tannis?

I don't think we were meant to notice those things, ita. I think all we were really supposed to notice was Kate's butt in leather.

My god, her butt! I also like that Scott Speedman continually and pointedly ended up shirtless, for no clear reason.

Something that quite impressed me was the use of the word "fuck." It seemed really natural.

It was like three-quarters of the way through the movie before I realized that the no-nose guy was that other guy. It didn't turn out to matter.

Yeah, not so much mattered, except that Speedman also seemed to have lost his belt. I couldn't tell you when, because as soon as his shirt came off I couldn't pay attention to other stuff. But it was riding way low by the end.

The jump out of the helicopter was nice. Pity he didn't hit the water headfirst, though, so we could have done away with the pants altogether.

I had the distinct impression from the first movie that Selene's family was killed in the 18th century, and she'd been a vampire a little over two centuries. Making her over 600 really sabotages the "you're too young to safely awaken Victor with your blood" bit that was a fairly major plot point back then.

Death dealer means vampire, right? Not just one job description of vampire? Because the timelines really don't work.