Yeah, Emmett and I snuck in to see 21 Jump Street after watching John Carter. Jump Street was very funny, and Tatum was well cast/used.

She's the Man and his SNL hosting gig did convince me he either has some comedic talent or a personality that approximates the possession of same. Whatever it is vanishes into the mist when a role calls for dramatic chops, however.

21 Jump St looks entirely not my sort of comedy, and I don't believe I'll die any the less well-rounded for not having seen it, so I'm pretty okay with skipping it.

If he's good at that sort of comedy, he isn't good at anything I enjoy yet, so he's going to have to cry himself to sleep yet one more night.

I'm reading Development Hell, and it's an interesting book, and I do feel for screenwriters. Well, it kind of makes you feel for everyone, even yourself--as Hec mentioned upthread, it's a fucking miracle anything gets made, much less anything anyone enjoys or lauds.

I'm in the middle of the Total Recall chapter right now, and I took a break to read the entry on Wikipedia to refresh my memory, and I hadn't realised it had that much critical acclaim. I thought people liked it because it was cheesy, not because it was good.

Full disclosure: I don't really like it, and I certainly am not bothered by a remake. I'll totally go see that. But did you guys *like* it? Did you respect it in the morning, or was there a walk of shame involved?

I love it. It's twisty and exciting and fun. And there's this alien with three boobs for some reason.

I could not fucking stand that movie when I saw it in theaters. The ending was the cherry on the sundae - absolutely awful.

Okay--liking it is not the right question. I did you guys think it was good?

I have a hard time taking most of Arnold's roles seriously, though. Give him a Terminator, and it's fine, until he starts having to show signs of emotion...but everything else I've actually sat through--he was really unenjoyable, and the scripts and costars, etc, just couldn't make up for the sucking vacuum (no reference intended) that is his presence.

Saw 21 Jump Street tonight, laughed a billion times. Recommended! Also, Channing Tatum, quite funny! ita, you will love it!!!

I had to check the datestamp to make sure this wasn't an April Fool's (haven't seen it myself, just didn't expect that much enthusiasm about it).

Never seen Total Recall.

I enjoyed Total Recall and would say it was good for an Arnold movie. The plot was more interesting and twisty than his usual kill a lot of people while spouting one-liners affairs.

Then again, I also really liked Last Action Hero, which a lot of people panned, so who knows?

I thought Total Recall was pretty cheesy when it originally came out and have not bothered to rewatch it. I enjoyed it somewhat but only because I liked big budget dystopian Mars.