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No, no one said it was good, but no one said Daredevil or Fantastic Four was good either, and I thought they were fine.
Not so sure about the Ghost Rider cast and crew.
I think they were, though! Mark Steven Johnson reportedly put up his own money to fund an action sequence he wanted, and Nicolas Cage has a Ghost Rider tattoo (and apparently wrote parts of the script).
I liked the first Fantastic 4 but I thought the second one was pretty lame. I really didn't like Daredevil but then I saw the directors cut and loved it (basically the theatrical release cut the heart out of the movie). I still want to see Ghost Rider. But it's not real high up on my list.
Catch and Release: decent rental(Yay! Kevin Smith.) Timothy Olyphant in eyeliner: seriously foamy...Ooh, Mr. Bullock. If he'd show up, I'd stop avoiding funerals.
I liked it too erika. The notion of Kevin Smith writing for celestial seasonings boxes cracked me up.
The kids and I went out and tried to see a movie but there wasn't a thing playing that the three of us wanted to see enough to pay for. Pretty sad.
Last night we went to see the 2007 short animated film Oscar nominees. Not as good as previous years, but there was a gorgeous Russian film and a Canadian Film Board (love them) short which was amazingly animated and had a very Buffista feel: [link]
I thought the script was a little muddled, but it was breathtaking nonetheless.
I saw "Spiderwick Chronicles". It was pretty good but felt too rushed. The running time was about 1 1/2 hours, and it probably could have used another 10-15 minutes at least to develop the characters and the story. *** For example, the family moves into a new home (at night) and the very first night Jared encounters the brownie and finds the Field Guide. Really, couldn't they have had a few odd things happen over the course of a few days before he finds the field guide? Couldn't they have show some of the wonder of the magical world? Seems a pretty gruesome place. Also, Freddie Highmore seemed to be struggling to get an American accent down. It made things feel off with his characters. ***
I would have liked the Russian one better if it had been about half as long. An animated short should not feel that endless and plodding. (It felt very much like reading a Russian novel, which I suppose was the point, but OMG.)
The Canadian one was my favorite in terms of overall mood and style, but I think the Lennon one will win.
Yeah, the Russian one was way long. Beautiful but VERY Russian. And WTF with the really ugly animals in Peter and the Wolf?
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters tonight. Lots of fun!