Who are you and what have you done with Alex?

ETA: Ugh, they took something that could have been good, and turned it into a talking dog flick. Maybe we were better off BEFORE computer animation/effects.

Kick Ass was...well, just ok. The main story involving Kick Ass is really rather boring and way too long. It would have been a better movie if they just cut everything and put out a 20 minute movie that was just the Hit Girl/Big Daddy storyline.

One man's opinion. Another's is KICK ASS IS RAD

The third act dragged a bit because they did not bring anything new to the game, but that's true of most comedies. That they kept adding to the mix through the 2nd act is par for the course, and all I will expect of a comedy film.

And that this was. I laughed my ass off. It's Kill Bill for Kids (though with an R rating, kids will have to wait for the DVD).

The scenes with Nicolas Cage and little Chloe Moretz are pure gold. She's beyond radical as Hit Girl. Nick Cage hasn't been this good in forever, and he's hysterical as Big Daddy.

Red Mist also a riot. The Kick Ass character and storyline were the lesser moments - - but I like the twist on this type of story (and I can't say too much more of that without spoilorz ... don't want to get into that yet ... EVERYONE GO SEE THIS MOVIE THIS WEEKEND - and then we'll talk about it).



8 Stars. Laugh Riot. Takes No Prisoners. Kicks Some Serious Ass.

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Continuing our unprecedented Oscar nom coverage, Up in the Air.

I really admire a film that can use the single most obvious bit of symbolism ("baggage") with so much subtlety and nuance. Reitman pulled it off by, I felt, borrowing heavily from the vernacular of the stage. The dialog, the prop symbolism, set pieces like his apartment just dripping with analogy. It felt very much like a filmed stage play, and I mean that in the very best way.



I wouldn't have voted for it for best pic, but it's yet another one that I think deserved the nomination and would have been a deserving winner. Don't know if it's due to the expanded nominee list or what, but there seem to be a lot of those this year.

Up in the Air demonstrates my favorite kind of drama - funny, clever, well-paced, and with a different sort of backdrop. Having a romance without the "romance" is nice.

And, George Clooney, damn, he just gets hotter and hotter.

Like Cary Grant and tuxedos, George Clooney was specially created by god to wear suits. Any time he spends not wearing a suit is like spitting in god's eye.

In parts of the film he's wearing a suit but sans tie, which is my favorite look.

I have mixed feelings about the "man in his suit takes his ease" look. I don't think it's classy to not be able to wait to rip off that tie. The look is really only a good look if it's understood that it's driven by practicality, i.e., that one has not had a chance to go home and change or, as in Clooney's case, that one has packed lightly. I doubt Cary Grant was ever shown going to an event in a suit but without a properly knotted tie.

The African Queen is on DVD. Yay! Got it the other day with a giftcard from my b-day! I love this movie. So glad it's finally on DVD.
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Hah, with Dr. Parnassus under his belt, it seems like Gilliam has found the fortitude to tempt fate once again