Let it be known that Kevin Smith can also do romantic comedies. Because underneath the crude dialogue and the full frontal nudity (of Jay... ewwww), this movie is a bonafide romantic comedy.

The climactic scene will warm your heart with the sweetness of Danté declaring his love for Rosario Dawson, in front of his best friend (the other clerk), his very recent ex-fiancé, Jay, Silent Bob, and a large man dressed in bondage along with his beloved donkey. So sweet.

Because there's such a lack of new movies this weekend, I decided it was time to see the highest grossing PowerPoint presentation in history, "An Inconvenient Truth".

When I mention to people that I've seen a movie, they usually ask: "Did you like it?". I like the majority of movies I see (and I see the majority of the major releases), so I'm not sure how useful the answer is. But in this case, I think it deserves a more elaborate anwer.

So... dictionary.com defines "like" as "To find pleasant or attractive; enjoy". There's not much in this movie to find pleasant, unless you find the impending destruction of humanity to be a pleasant thought (in which case, seek psychiatric help immediately), and with all due respect to Al Gore, he's not exactly "attractive".

So, did I enjoy it? Not at all. But I'm glad I've seen it, and I think everybody needs to see it.

I assume it will be shown on TV fairly soon, probably on PBS. So those of you who are held hostage by parenthood don't have to waste a precious movie-going night on it, go see "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" instead.

Michael Douglas is completely type-casted now. When is the last time he played a character that wasn't a corporate executive? When did he last do a movie without ever wearing a suit?

But this is an Owen Wilson movie, also somewhat type-casted into the loveable screw-up.

It's a fairly formulaic, but it worked.

How does that work, exactly?
Do I have to use the chair where it is or can I take it home?

Had to go all the way to The Egyptian to see this one. I always feel out of place in that neighborhood, probably because I'm the only one without a tattoo.

This movie draws from the conspiracy atmosphere of "Soylent Green" and the schizophrenia of "Fight Club", but it draws them in crayon. Kind of a neat visual effect, granted, but it gets old after a while.

It's one of those "what's real and what's not" kind of movie. Not exactly my favourite genre, but still, it turned out to be pretty good.

Speaking of that genre, I saw the preview for "The Science of Sleep", the tagline of which is "Close your eyes. Open your heart". Well... if I pay $9.25 to see a movie, I'm gonna keep my eyes open!!! And there'd better be something shown on that screen.

I spend a lot of time at this movie theater, no really, I do.
There's 3 managers who work here (they're the ones without name tags) and one of them is always serious, never smiles.
Well... he's smiling tonight.

The typical midnight-showing of a new release will fill a theater to about 10% of capacity, this movie sold out 3 screens more than an hour before showtime. Now I'm here on the second night and they've had 7 showings so far today, all sold out. I wouldn't be surprised if they sell out every showing this weekend.

I can't remember a movie selling out that many screens in a row, even Star Wars wasn't that crowded on the second day.

The movie deserves it too, it's one fun movie. The dialogue is sometimes hard to understand, but that's ok, you can still understand what's going on.

I liked it. But then again, any movie that starts with Anne Hathaway naked gets my vote.

For a while during the movie we get the impression that it is trying to validate the existence of the fashion industry, but luckily it comes to its senses and eventually tells us that they really are full of themselves.

Spoilers ahead...

A powerful and unseen being from beyond the Heavens sees good in humanity but says we need someone to show us the way. To that end, he sends his only Son down to Earth where he will perform miraculous actions in an attempt to show us the error of our ways.

And he's got these crystals that can grow stuff very quickly. I'll bet he could build an entire world in about 6 days... let's say 7 days, just in case he needs an extra day to rest.

This all sounds vaguely familiar... it's almost as though I've read about this guy before...

 

 

On the bright side, Kevin Spacey is very good, he's the best Superman villain I've seen.

But this movie relies a little too much on special effects and nostalgia. I would have preferred if they tried to make Superman a bit more "modern"... give him a cell phone or something. Maybe some new fancy new gadgets he could have brought back from Krypton.

The storyline has him gone for only 5 years. I would have made it more like 20 years. Make some characters get to know him from scratch.

One question though... does Superman owe alimony now? What if he doesn't pay?

Anyway... looks like SpiderMan 3 will be good.

It's pretty good, interesting to watch. As a documentary on Discovery Channel, it would have been time well spent.

But as a "take-the-bus,wait-in-line,pay-ten-bucks,buy-concessions,sit-down-in-a-theater,spend-two-hours-watching-a-big-screen" movie-going experience, it felt like a waste.

I'd say, watch it when it shows on TV, but don't waste a "movie" on it.