I loved Shrek II. Jennifer Saunders and Antonio Banderas. :snap:

Remember, I said that "Cars" wasn't just inferior, it was cynical and evil. They could have changed the movie William Hurt was talking about in "Kiss of the Spider Woman" to "Cars" with no loss of dramatic impact.

I didn't hate Cars. It was just too formulaic, I felt as if I'd seen it a dozen times. But, it was sweet and I enjoyed watching it. I saw it again on DVD, and feel no need to ever see it again. It is possibly the only Pixar film I do not own in my home library.


That said, I'm thrilled they're making rides and attractions based on it, to be installed in a new land at that better-looking, but still completely crappy park next to Disneyland. Sometimes the worst movies make the best spin-off entertainments. Case in point: The Lion King was a thousand times better as a parade than a movie, and ten times better as a stage show than a movie. The original movie was its worst incarnation. (Yes, I know, big hit film. It sucked.)

The Boy wants to see Clash of the Titans. I was never able to sit through the first one. I may just have to take him to see this one.

I loved the original Clash. Too bad that it looks like Sam Worthington won't be showing as much skin throughout the movie as Harry Hamlin did in the original.

His other fixation is seeing the new Tron, when it comes out. He gave me the money he earned at The Old People's to buy him the original.

He is a self proclaimed nerd/geek and darn proud of it.

There is a FANTASTIC Hidden Mickey in Tron. Tell him to keep an eye out for it and wee if he spots it. Hint: it is not the usual simple 3 circle shape - it's more defined.

I just made it through the first 20 minutes of Planet 51. That's as far as I got. Blech.

That may be the oddest parenting advice I've ever seen.

Clash of the Titans was a surprisingly perfect Easter romp of a movie. It struck a better tone than the original, imo. Corny, but not overwhelmingly so.

The 2-D version was fine. I've heard the most craptacular stuff about the tacked-on 3-D version.


Oh, and I really enjoyed the tribute to the original movie.


No, not the shot of the mechanical owl. The tribute to Harryhausen's stop motion work. The lead actor, Sam Worthington. Perfect as an inanimate object somehow made to move and speak.


Really, he was the weak link. Zero charisma. Actually, I think he had negative charisma. He's like a void in an otherwise fun film, with fun performances. (Loved seeing Mad Mikkelsen again - whom some of you might remember as the baddie from Casino Royale).

I liked Sam in Avatar and even in Terminator 4. I think he should stick to character roles, though. He was a pathetic leading man in an otherwise enjoyable movie.