Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[mousepod]

When Howard Stern raved about how great the movie was last Thursday, I got nervous. As much as I find his show entertaining, I have zero respect for his taste in pop culture - bad metal music, "dancing with the stars" etc. Being a comic fan and an admirer of most things Raimi (I don't have much of an appetite for the Hercules/Xena stuff) - I'll probably hit a matinée this weekend. I know I'll regret it.

[Snowflake]

I can't believe it, it seems I've missed Meet the Robinsons in the theaters.
I should see Spiderman, but the reviews here on LoT do nothing to encourage me and beyond the Kevin Brownlow screening, I could not really get worked up for the SF International Film Festival (though I probably should have).

All the good movies that are new to DVD are still on LONG wait or VERY LONG WAIT in my netflix queue......

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by mousepod

...an admirer of most things Raimi (I don't have much of an appetite for the Hercules/Xena stuff) - I'll probably hit a matinée this weekend. I know I'll regret it.

Being a similarly minded Raimi fan, the first one entertained me, the second one disappointed me. I have zero hope for this one.

Am I happy? Well, I would have much rather it be a good movie that I want to go see, but knowing that it's going to be bad, yes I'm happy I don't have to go sit through it in a theater.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by mousepod

I'll probably hit a matinée this weekend. I know I'll regret it.

I read this as. "I'll probably hit a manatee this weekend."

I know I'd regret it. OH, THE HUGE MANATEE!

[mousepod]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

I read this as. "I'll probably hit a manatee this weekend."

I know I'd regret it. OH, THE HUGE MANATEE!

Ouch. On so many different levels.

[katiesue]

We saw Meet the Robinsons this weekend. It was fun. Maddy loved it but I'm not sure it has a lot of repeatability. I'm sure we'll own it on DVD. We kept the 3d glasses just for that purpose.

[Alex]

I'm going to have to go watch A Simple Plan to remind myself of what Raimi is capable of.

[Ghoulish Delight]

This is...intriguing.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

This is...intriguing.

There is no way that will be good. F'n remakes.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

There is no way that will be good. F'n remakes.

Normally I'd agree, but Evil Dead II? And the fact that this is listed as a remake of Within the Woods is particularly fascinating. What the hell does that mean? The original Evil Dead was a remake of Within the Woods to begin with. And Evil Dead II was a remake of THAT (don't let the II fool you, it was a remake not a sequel), and then THAT had a sequel. All by Raimi (I know you know this, Jen, just thinking out loud here). So I'm rather intrigued by a remake of a movie that's been remade twice already.