Cuing Up Summer
May. 29th, 2005 08:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rsadelleSo far this year, I'm two for two on watermelons. Moviegoing has been somewhat more hit and miss.
On Thursday we saw Mindhunters. It was bad. Very bad. Do not see this movie.
IMDb trivia says, "The studio did not cast any character as a lead. Director Renny Harlin wanted no dummy characters or obvious victims, and established a sense that 'anyone could die at any moment' in the film," but I knew from the opening scene that Kathryn Morris was our hero.
There was one genuinely funny moment, as opposed to the unintentionally funny moments. Sara reveals her trick and says that LL Cool J's fingers will glow because he's the killer. His fingers don't glow. She turns around with the light and Jonny Lee Miller's fingers glow. To which he says, "Well, isn't this awkward?"
On Friday we saw Unleashed. It was really, really good. You should definitely go see it.
Yesterday we saw Kingdom of Heaven. It's not very good, but it's not horrible either. It's too long, too much of the dialogue is wooden, and Orlando Bloom can't pull of that kind of hero. Also, the ending sucked. Richard the Lionheart does not have to appear in every crusades movie ever made and it should have ended when she took his hand on the road. On the other hand, there are some beautiful shots and it's not thoroughly unenjoyable. It did make me come home and watch King Arthur. Clive Owen's a much better hero.
Lessons learned: If Orlando Bloom ever decides to give up acting, he should now have sufficient experience to become a blacksmith. All Liam Neeson does these days is teach boys how to fight.
Today we saw Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. I don't think it's supposed to be a comedy, but it's freakin' hilarious.
The movie begins, after the Star Wars logo prompted an exuberant "Woohoo!" from the guy behind us, with, "War!" I expected a Mel Brooks song and dance number to accompany that.
The opening battle scene is actually pretty good, which is surprising given what George did to the end of Episode I.
But then we have a lightsaber fight with Count Dooku. My thought: "I see your schwartz is as big as mine."
Some other stuff happens, and Anakin eventually says to Palpatine, "You know the Dark Side?" My thought: Why, yes, I do. Darkside & Tattooing is in Redding.
Obi-Wan: *Goes on and on to Padme about Anakin turning to the Dark Side.*
Thought 1: Blah blah Dark Sidecakes.
Thought 2: She's heavily pregnant. Shouldn't her breasts be bigger?
At some point Organa shows up. My thought: And now miscellaneous Jimmy Smits.
Darth Vader tears himself out of the med equipment and takes his first halting steps. My thought: It's alive!
And now if some kind soul would point me toward some good post-Episode III Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon, I'd be most grateful.
Tomorrow morning between 9:30 and 10 we kick off a six-hour marathon watching of the original trilogy, which I have never seen before.
On Thursday we saw Mindhunters. It was bad. Very bad. Do not see this movie.
IMDb trivia says, "The studio did not cast any character as a lead. Director Renny Harlin wanted no dummy characters or obvious victims, and established a sense that 'anyone could die at any moment' in the film," but I knew from the opening scene that Kathryn Morris was our hero.
There was one genuinely funny moment, as opposed to the unintentionally funny moments. Sara reveals her trick and says that LL Cool J's fingers will glow because he's the killer. His fingers don't glow. She turns around with the light and Jonny Lee Miller's fingers glow. To which he says, "Well, isn't this awkward?"
On Friday we saw Unleashed. It was really, really good. You should definitely go see it.
Yesterday we saw Kingdom of Heaven. It's not very good, but it's not horrible either. It's too long, too much of the dialogue is wooden, and Orlando Bloom can't pull of that kind of hero. Also, the ending sucked. Richard the Lionheart does not have to appear in every crusades movie ever made and it should have ended when she took his hand on the road. On the other hand, there are some beautiful shots and it's not thoroughly unenjoyable. It did make me come home and watch King Arthur. Clive Owen's a much better hero.
Lessons learned: If Orlando Bloom ever decides to give up acting, he should now have sufficient experience to become a blacksmith. All Liam Neeson does these days is teach boys how to fight.
Today we saw Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. I don't think it's supposed to be a comedy, but it's freakin' hilarious.
The movie begins, after the Star Wars logo prompted an exuberant "Woohoo!" from the guy behind us, with, "War!" I expected a Mel Brooks song and dance number to accompany that.
The opening battle scene is actually pretty good, which is surprising given what George did to the end of Episode I.
But then we have a lightsaber fight with Count Dooku. My thought: "I see your schwartz is as big as mine."
Some other stuff happens, and Anakin eventually says to Palpatine, "You know the Dark Side?" My thought: Why, yes, I do. Darkside & Tattooing is in Redding.
Obi-Wan: *Goes on and on to Padme about Anakin turning to the Dark Side.*
Thought 1: Blah blah Dark Sidecakes.
Thought 2: She's heavily pregnant. Shouldn't her breasts be bigger?
At some point Organa shows up. My thought: And now miscellaneous Jimmy Smits.
Darth Vader tears himself out of the med equipment and takes his first halting steps. My thought: It's alive!
And now if some kind soul would point me toward some good post-Episode III Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon, I'd be most grateful.
Tomorrow morning between 9:30 and 10 we kick off a six-hour marathon watching of the original trilogy, which I have never seen before.
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Date: 2005-05-30 04:28 pm (UTC)I kept waiting for C3P0 to say "But R2, I don't know *any*thing about delivering babies!" As long as George was referencing other movies, he might as well throw GWTW in there.
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Date: 2005-05-30 04:41 pm (UTC)If I was writing RotS as fanfic (I want to but I won't), this is one of the things that would not get overlooked like in the movie.
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Date: 2005-05-30 05:35 pm (UTC)