She is very nice to look at, I agree. Even though she was only allowed to have, like, one expression for the entire movie.

(I...kind of want to see When a Stranger Calls more now? I should have watched it when it was on OnDemand a while ago. For kicks.)

I was looking over some reviews, and a few called it "darkly comic," so I'm a little glad that some of the things—like Shawn Ashmore's ridiculous dialogue—were supposed to be funny? Maybe? It didn't seem like it was supposed to be funny most of the time. It was very somber.

I'm just surprised it scored so low on RT. I mean, 22% is for really awful shit like Scooby-Doo. This movie is totally better than Scooby-Doo ! Come on now.

We're showing American Teen at my theatre and after reading the comments on imdb and Alexandra Dupont's review on AICN I have no idea what to tell guests who ask about it. It's getting great reviews from the critics but I think I agree with Alexandra when she says it's basically just another reality TV show- totally manipulated.

I finally saw TDK (with Amyth and Smonster). Eh. Liked it, didn't love it. I'll come down on the side of those who found it too long. By the end I'd totally fallen out of any emotional engagement and was sitting there thinking about the special effects and makeup, and considering whether the director had achieved what he was going for thematically. As Brecht wasn't involved with the production, I'm thinking this isn't what the makers intended.

saw Pineapple express last night. Mucho fun. James Franco is adorable and so freaking funny. The film kinda falls apart in the last half-hour, but it's a great ride up until then.

I watched Sunshine last night. I have to agree with everyone else that it's good until it stops being good.

I watched Sunshine last night. I have to agree with everyone else that it's good until it stops being good.

It was such a fascinating, intriguing movie about restarting the sun, until it turned into that other thing and got not just narratively incoherent, but visually as well. There was stuff at the end where I literally couldn't parse out what was happening. Maybe that was supposed to represent the characters' POV, but I didn't get that sense either.

movie about restarting the sun

?????

Que?

I haven't even *heard* of this movie! I need to engage with the outside world once in a while.

Yeah, I agree, Frank. And up until that point, I was actually musing to myself that I really appreciated intelligent sci-fi because it showed that it doesn't all have to be like SciFi Channel Original Movies. And then it became a SciFi Channel Original Movie with better special effects.

Teppy, it's the latest movie from genre-hopper Danny Boyle. Oddly enough, it sort of reminded me of Mission to Mars in that the real point of the movie is the mission/journey and the kinds of decisions you have to make when the fate of all mankind is on the line.

I bought Sunshine on a special deal and am really glad I did. I liked it even more on second viewing but more than that, the commentary by the consulting physicist is hugely entertaining and informative. The informative I expected, but he's also really funny, earnest and honest. 'We just made that bit up, sorry.' He clearly has a cute little mancrush on Cillian Murphy too.

Boyle's commentary was much more technical but it explained some things that just flew past me in the theatre.

I'm s huge lover of the dvd extra but I know that a film should not be made better by being explained. It really should be coherent on the screen, but knowing stuff I know now, I like the movie even better.

Has anybody ever heard of a movie called Afterlife by Joss Whedon? It appears to be an unproduced thing from a while back, but there's very little info I can fish out online.