'Hell Bound'
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All I know about Europa Report is mr. flea showed the kids the trailer and it freaked Dillo out so hard he literally had a hysterical crying fit and they called me at work (like I could do anything over the phone!) and he went to bed with his sister in my bed with ALL his stuffed animals.
But you may be less sensitive than a 7 year old boy.
oh shit! poor thing.
OK, yeah. That's a rental, where I can stop the film and go away.
Riddick is 1/2 a fun Pitch Black re-hash and 1/2 a poor attempt at topping it, where everything, including the moral compass, falls apart.
The first half is very cool, though, so you can see that, and if you stay for 3/4, you can leave before the rapey references become overtones.
Oh no. A hulu review...EP Daily?...said the same thing about the first half and, well, there is a dog-like character that I'm given to think doesn't die, so I was so there.
I _wanted_ it to be a Pitch Black rehash...now I'm pretty sure I can give it a pass. Thanks for saving me the dosh, ita !
The entire conceit hinges on him being smarter than everyone else in the room. So at the point where it looks like he makes the only error in judgement that we can spot, it really stands out, and it precipitates the tailspin for the characters for the rest of the movie. It's hard to be sympathetic when you're thinking "WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST DO THE THING WITH THE THING WHEN THE THING BEFORE???"
And then had a better reason for the same damned tailspin, since it's their fucking fictional scenario...
TCM has North by Northwest on tonight. FYI.
I caught Giant last night, right at the beginning! Such a fantastic movie. Elizabeth Taylor's Leslie Benedict is the most badass character in the movie.
After finally getting up to the Griffith Observatory, I want to watch Rebel without a Cause again. Which I know will end up being followed by Giant and East of Eden.
James Dean, man.