I wasn't paying attention to Chronicle, and suddenly I can't take my eyes off the trailer. I wonder if my interest will grow or wane between now and opening, but right now I like the angle on suddenly powered teenagers.

We saw Sherlock Holmes tonight, and I did like it, definitely. Except...I think Benedict Cumberbatch has ruined me for all other Sherlocks. All I could keep thinking was one of the 3 following things: (1) "BBC Sherlock doesn't punch people this much!" (2) "Actually, he's kind of 19th-century Tony Stark," and (3) "Seriously, Veronica Mars could have figured out this nefarious plot -- aren't you supposed to be the world's greatest detective?"

That said, I really did like it. Although I never need to see Stephen Fry naked ever again. (I'd hate to spoil that singular experience for people who are waiting for the DVD.)

And we got crappy trailers, except for Dark Knight Verbs and Men in Black, which I totally forgot was coming out, so that gave me a happy. But then we got some horrific-looking musical about the '80s, which...just NO. And a trailer for Battleship: The Movie. I almost peed myself when I realized that's what it was.

I eagerly await Jenga: The Movie: This Time It's Geometrical!

I eagerly await Jenga: The Movie: This Time It's Geometrical!

Oh come on. You'd go see a Tetris movie.

I said Tetris on FB, didn't I? I can't keep my geometrically based games straight!

Scrabble: The Movie: They're Going to Need Every Triple Word Score to Make it out ALIVE!

I wasn't paying attention to Chronicle, and suddenly I can't take my eyes off the trailer. I wonder if my interest will grow or wane between now and opening, but right now I like the angle on suddenly powered teenagers.

I just watched the trailer a few days ago and I agree. It looks really interesting, although there are a lot of shots in the trailer that don't seem found-footage-y, so I wonder if it cheats.

Oh come on. You'd go see a Tetris movie.

Who wouldn't?

Just got back from Tinker, tailor an d I loved it. It's really not a thriller, more like an extended meditation on the duplicity that thrillers are about. It keeps you in the dark about what's happening for long stretches, which slowly adds up. All the actors are FANTASTIC. Oldman is brilliant, my boy Colin Firth rocks and Bumbershoot Cummerbund has a larger role than I expected and is great. Tom Hardy is also very good, even if he is so pretty as to be almost blinding at moments.

DO NOT FORGET MARK STRONG.

Sorry. He's still triggering strong (no pun intended) reactions in me a week or so later.

I just watched Aliens. The Special Edition, which seemed to be preferred by the Internet and James Cameron. I looked up what was added and I liked nearly everything that was included. Does the theatrical cut not mention that Ripley had a daughter at all?? Because those scenes completely recontextualize her relationship with Newt, which is kind of the heart of the damn movie.

I was kind of surprised that it was not the non-stop actionfest I figured it was from my memory and its reputation. It takes 45 minutes for them to get to the damn planet, and another 15 or 20 minutes for the aliens to attack. Of course, when they did, I realized James Cameron had made that initial attack so much more effective because I had been waiting for it the whole damn movie and didn't know when it was going to happen. It's funny that the entire reason the aliens bleed acid is because they needed a reason for the first crew not to just shoot the damn thing, and they spend this movie just shooting the damn things. To their detriment.

Oddly enough, I think Alien is a better film than Aliens, despite having fewer explosions. It has a much tighter focus, and it doesn't have Hudson whining incessantly or Newt screaming all the time. (Oh, she's goddamn adorable, but she sure does scream a lot.) It was clearer to me that Alien was a classic than Aliens for some reason. I felt like Aliens could have had a little fat trimmed, but then again, I was watching the extra-fatty Special Edition.

"Get away from her, you BITCH!" is still amazing.

I'm going to go ahead and complete the franchise. I'm intrigued by what I've read about the Assembly Cut of Alien 3, which most people agree is much better than the theatrical version (despite not being a true Director's Cut). And I haven't seen Alien Resurrection since reading all those things about Joss's script and the fact that it's sort of a proto-Firefly.

Tim Burton and Robert Downey Jr. may team up for Bryan Fuller’s Pinocchio: [link]

Woo hey. That sounds interesting.

Tom Hardy is also very good, even if he is so pretty as to be almost blinding at moments.

Mmm, Tom Hardy... what?