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Jumper….oh the humanity

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Wow. What a mess. Jumper. Either I’m carsick or that movie was really bad. Maybe both.
I haven’t assimilated the true badness yet. I’ve never had a proctology exam, but I imagine it’s something like what I just experienced. How’s that for graphic?
If nothing else, the teaser for Indy IV [...]

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Snap judgement I’ll regret later

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

And another thing about Cloverfield reviews, specifically the complaint about the main characters being “yuppies”, and wouldn’t it have made a better movie to show “real” people. The cynical side of me says the movie reviewers are forced-ennui bohemian types who resent yuppies anyway, even when they are being eaten by monsters. I [...]

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Cloverfield – awesome

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Just saw Cloverfield, and it was better than I though it would be. Intense, thought the characters were true to the setting and the situations, really well done. Some reviews called out the “vapid and shallow twenty-something characters”. Well…it’s NYC, and the characters are supposed to be in their twenties. I’d [...]

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Branching out into other areas where I lack skill – movie reviews

December 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Just saw “I am Legend” No — it’s not the book, but the movie is never the book. It’s never bothered me as a read/movie goer, and I suspect it won’t bother should I ever win the life lotto and publish a book that is turned into a film. This was a [...]

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