Turns out now is not the time for sleep. Well, it is, but I guess I’m not taking part. I dunno. I don’t have anything else to do, but I doubt I could fall asleep if I tried.
On a very related note, the third Lord of the Rings movie is long. And not as good as I remember it being. I watched the first two the past two nights, and I didn’t remember this as a trilogy that got steadily worse, but that’s what I picked up this time. Oh well. I think this was the second time I’ve seen Return of the King, and I would be pretty comfortable with never seeing it again.
I’ve tossed the idea around of watching all three back to back in their extended versions. I said to a friend, “I don’t know anyone who has done it.” “That’s because its embarrassing!” Now I realize that watching them all is a very bad idea, not only because it would take close to a day, but because they’re not that good.
I guess I’ll go to bed.
Did some theater hopping today. I’m getting familiar with where each theater is by its number.
Hancock was meh. If you saw I Am Legend and were disappointed when it failed to reach its potential, then you will be very disappointed with Hancock.
Next was Wall-e. Wall-e is loaded with social commentary, which I wasn’t expecting. Anyway, Wall-e is pretty much a smaller, cuter Johnny 5, and you do end up caring for the characters, even though they’re robots.
We popped in on Wanted while waiting for the next movie to start. I’d seen Wanted before in its entirety. It still sucks. This is sad because it makes Wanted the second movie to break the Morgan Freeman Rule. Oh well, we still got to hear Morgan Freeman say “motherfucker.”
Get Smart was ok. Most of its jokes were pretty spread out, but they were all pretty good.
I don’t expect anything else decent to come out until the Dark Knight.
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We prefaced the movie with an Iron Man game at Laser Quest (half hour game).
That’s right - we did Iron Man, then Iron Man.
Good movie. I have to admit, I never read the comics, but I think I read a few issues of Spiderman with Iron Man crossovers. So I went into the movie completely unfamiliar with Iron Man’s story. He is a much more American superhero than most others (with maybe the exception of Batman). By this I mean he is a successful businessman, and his powers come from something he made with his own ingenuity.
There is something else about Iron Man that is different from most other superheroes, and it really jumped out at me in the fight scenes: Iron Man can’t really will himself over an obstacle. Other superheroes can push themselves further than what you expected of them, but if Iron Man’s suit breaks, he’s kinda fucked. I wonder if they’ll ever address that.
Also, Jeff Bridges plays the bad guy in this movie. It took me a while to realize it was him, but it totally is. If you ever want to really amuse yourself during this movie, just picture him as the Dude.
But I have to admit, I missed something. Jack and I left early because he had to wake up early in the morning. We usually stay for the credits if the movie was good. But we missed a scene with Sammy J as the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. that plays after the credits. So if you go to see this movie, stay for that scene.
Please, believe me: the movie is even worse than the title of this post. I was a fool. I did not heed good advice. I even talked to Ned about the movie, and I still went to see it. He warned me about the “Hollywood math”, but the previews and the concept looked so good.
Five minutes in, it was all over. Well, it was really over from the opening line (”Winner, winner, chicken dinner!”) but at about five minutes in we had already (correctly) predicted the ending. Yes, it is that formulaic, and even though the movie is about math that is still a bad thing. It stays entertainingish, with threats like “If I see you in here again, I will break your cheekbone with a small hammer. And then I will kill you.”
Final Warning: Do Not See This Movie.
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