Finally saw Avatar last night (in Imax 3-D). Visually it was amazing - just an insane level of detail. Shame about the script.
I've decided one of Cameron's biggest problem is he's incapable of writing a remotely compelling
human
villain. Cyborgs and Aliens? Those he's fine with, but with humans just end up one-dimensional (or less) mwahahaha mustache-twirlers. The closest thing to an interesting human villain was Paul Reiser in Aliens, and he was straight-up comic relief plus poetic justice. He was trying the same thing with Giovanni Ribisi, but he was (1) nowhere near as fun to hate as Reiser and (A) didn't get an appropriate comeuppance.
The other major villain in Avatar had less personality than the Alien mother and nowhere near as believable a motivation.
Initial reviews of Iron Man 2 are not positive.
You know, as long as it isn't as bad as Spider-Man 3 (and god DAMN, there's not much that could be, and I include Fantastic Four 2 in that list), I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy it.
Danny Trejo is so fucking awesome: [link]
I just jacked this punk up and told him, “You know what, bitch? I’ll beat your ass. I nominated him director. Now fuck you. Do whatever he says.” This guy looks at me, almost starts crying, and says, “Hey, I’m trying to stay in character.” I was, “Well, your character’s about to get his ass beat.”
So then I turn around. Charles Bronson is standing right behind me, and he’s watching this. And the last thing you want anybody to see is that you could be violent on a movie set. I look at Charlie, and he saw what I was doing. But he says, “You know, Danny. I like the way you deal with people.”
I was out yesterday, and stuck at home waiting for the annual check-up of the A/C. So I watched an early '40s musical that's been on the TiVo for a while, Time Out for Rhythm.
I can't say it's a great musical. I'll be generous and say that there's a plot involving two talent agents, the established star that one loves, and the newcomer that the other one loves.
But if you like the music of the early '40s, this is a must-see. Rudy Vallee plays one of the agents, and Ann Miller plays the newcomer. The Three Stooges show up four or five times (I lost count) in a 75-minute movie, and while I don't normally care for their work, I liked a lot of what they did here. For less-known names, Rosemary Lane plays the established star, and Allan Jenkins plays the agents' assistant/piano player/arranger/and so on. Along with Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra.
And some wonderful songs, as well. "As If You Didn't Know" ought to be a standard, and the title song is a nice uptempo number. Some great early '40s effects go along with the novelty "The Boogie Woogie Man," and Allen Jenkins tries to dance with Ann Miller in "The Gentleman Prefers to Dance."
Maybe not great, but lots of fun.
Note to viewers: There's a post-credits sequence for
Iron Man 2.
There's a post-credits sequence for Iron Man 2.
Starring Samuel Jackson as The Mighty Thor?
I think all Buffistas would love "Jennifer's Body"
I did.
It was bloody though.
But funny and femmeslashy and things Buffistas like.
It, I think, describes the women frenemy thing so well.
We may start doing more editorial stuff on our site, and I may get to write more. That would be the first movie I would write about. That and Kontroll.
We watched Jennifer's Body recently and enjoyed it. Kind of like a low rent/horror Heathers.
