Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Scrooge McSam]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

What am I, chopped liver? I live in Phoenix (ok, Phoenix metro).

Oooooo This is turning into a real party. Should we swing by with the motorcade or do you just wanna meet us?

[Not Afraid]

I'll be waiting for my motoercade Mr. McSam.

[innerSpaceman]

I'm most certainly going to see the Gore flick this weekend. I won't shoot the messenger, so he can motorcade all he wants. I drive around alone in my SUV ... it doesn't mean I have no authority to say the sky is falling.

Being a campmate of Alex, I want to see what the film has to say about what level of global warming is the result of human activity, and what is simply a natural cycle. Either way, I'm also curious to find out - - especially if (as I suspect) it's mostly nature ... what the frell we can do about it.


Besides I need a little gravitas after seeing X-3 last night. The social commentary was played in a lower key than in the other films in this comic book series. It was a fun movie, but likely my least favorite X film. That said, I enjoyed it more than other big summer fare so far, such as Poseidon or The DaVinci Code (neither of which I hated).

[Matterhorn Fan]

I still haven't seen Titanic.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Besides I need a little gravitas after seeing X-3 last night.

Apparently a lot of people will need gravitas. I read today that X-3 is now the second highest opening day ever with about $45 million on Friday, behind only Revenge of the Sith.

[Prudence]

I saw X3 tonight. I thought it was fun. Not super great cinema, and considerably less finesse than the other two, but there were some cool moments.

[NickO'Time]

I have lived a pretty sheltered life. I just saw Treasures of the Sierra Madre, Godfather 2, and 3. Also I'm working on seeing many others. I sometimes wonder if my parents should have introduced them to me. I don't want to blame them because they always worked long hours. I saw Over the Hedge on Tuesday with my wife and loved it.

[Mousey Girl]

We saw Over the Hedge last night. It was cute. I did realize why I prefer matinees, between the ticket prices and the crowded theater...

There were 4 people "holding" 2 entire rows of prime seating. It was a very full theater. I found this incredibly rude. It is one thing to hold a seat while someone hits the concession stand, but don't hold 2 rows of seats on a Saturday night. The majority of the group didn't even show up!!

[xharryb]

Saw X-3 over the weekend. I enjoyed it as a fun action flick that just happened to feature comic characters, but as an overall film not so much. There was just something missing, and I can't fully put my finger on what that something was. Most conversations I've seen about the film have been dominated by the uber comic book geeks whining about all the inconsistencies between the film and the comics, but that wasn't what was wrong for me. In general I felt like they were trying a little bit too hard to "end" the franchise. Of course now that the film has made so much money, they'll be coming up with same lame ways to undo some of what they did in this one.

[scaeagles]

I was sitting at home bored last night with the kids in bed and the wife reading a book, so I decided to split and see X-Men 3.

Enjoyed it, and it is my favorite of the three installments.

Spoiler:

What I couldn't figure out, if they found all those cure weapon rounds, is why Logan didn't use one of those when he went to kill Jean.

I really liked the social commentary involved....how some thought their mutant status was a disease and did want to be cured; how others found it to be offensive; how Magneto didn't care about...crud...drawing a blank on the name....the blue girl once she was cured.