Hellboy II: I'm reeely psyched for this one! Looks like del Toro is channeling his Pan's Labyrinth vision here to a serious degree, and for me that's a good thing.
Hancock: Y'know, the Marvel-style superhero-as-Joe-Schlub-everyman meme was cool and cutting-edge once upon a time. I don't have high expectations. Altho' this does seem to be something of a comedy.
Benjamin Button: I got a bit of a "Fountain" sort of vibe from this one, but maybe that was just me.
Kung Fu Panda: I like Jack Black, but I think I'd need to chug a biggie-size glass of insulin here.
Eagle Eye: Looks like a good ride, tho' I suspect we've seen much of this before.
HERE THERE BE (MILD) SPOILERS (Sorry, lj-cuts just never work for me).
Indy: Yeah, the "magnetism" thing weirded me out too. "The metal in the gunpowder"? Huh?
I think Cate got twenty bucks a week and all the scenery she could chew, and looked like she was lovin' it. I did sense a bit o' Brit coming through her Natasha-Fatale Russky accent.
It was good to see Karen Allen back again and looking like Karen Allen.
The situation with Mutt Williams does lead one to suspect the franchise isn't over yet, eh? Indy's whip even gets an understudy.
auntie_elspeth loved it, I liked it. Although it had tons of action, I felt it had insufficient drama. I spent half of the movie waiting for a proper start, and half waiting for a proper ending. I think the difference gets missed in a lot of summer blockbusters, and it did here. It wasn't the roller-coaster I was expecting. I was expecting shocks and twists and a freakin' awesome climax. Not so much.
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Date: 2008-05-23 02:23 am (UTC)Hancock: Y'know, the Marvel-style superhero-as-Joe-Schlub-everyman meme was cool and cutting-edge once upon a time. I don't have high expectations. Altho' this does seem to be something of a comedy.
Benjamin Button: I got a bit of a "Fountain" sort of vibe from this one, but maybe that was just me.
Kung Fu Panda: I like Jack Black, but I think I'd need to chug a biggie-size glass of insulin here.
Eagle Eye: Looks like a good ride, tho' I suspect we've seen much of this before.
HERE THERE BE (MILD) SPOILERS (Sorry, lj-cuts just never work for me).
Indy:
Yeah, the "magnetism" thing weirded me out too. "The metal in the gunpowder"? Huh?
I think Cate got twenty bucks a week and all the scenery she could chew, and looked like she was lovin' it. I did sense a bit o' Brit coming through her Natasha-Fatale Russky accent.
It was good to see Karen Allen back again and looking like Karen Allen.
The situation with Mutt Williams does lead one to suspect the franchise isn't over yet, eh? Indy's whip even gets an understudy.