4/1/2009

I'm tired of talking about the missing updates, or buffers of comics, or whatever like that. Remember when I would just try to get the comic up on time and write reviews about movies down here? Let's do that.

So let's see... I saw Watchmen. I enjoyed it... although I must say, it definitely had more sex scenes and blood in it than I expected or remembered. You may want to consider such things when you set out to see this particular Superhero movie. The main complaints I heard about this one were that people who knew the story well felt that a lot was left out or changed, and that people who didn't know the story at all weren't able to entirely follow the plot. For me however, it was just right, as I read the graphic novel about two years ago... I remembered exactly enough to follow the plot and enjoy seeing key scenes come to life on the big screen, but forgot enough not to notice most changes and omissions. I recommend you go back in time two years and do the same thing.

Saw Slumdog Millionaire... It won Best Picture, and it was certainly a good movie, but... I don't know if it deserved best picture. I dunno, let me check what the competition was. ... Okay I didn't see any of the other movies. So y'know, maybe it was just a slow year, y'know seeing as how the academy doesn't see fit to nominate Superhero or animated movies nowadays. Or at least not in that category. (They had to split animated movies into their own category, after Beauty and the Beast made all the live-action movies all insecure.) Without giving too much away, and I don't want to because it was a pretty good movie, let me just say that it felt lacking in originality to me... felt like it was a story that we had somewhat heard before. That being said, the movie is still at least an 8.

Oh, I also saw I Love You Man, and uh, not much to say about that one except that I thought it was really good. Really funny, probably the definitive treatment on "bro-ness" in this modern world. And y'know, I gotta say... coming from a cast and crew that usually known for crudeness, this movie surprises you with its maturity... not that there's any lack of crudeness mind you, just that this maturity shines though a little in other ways. The movie is much, much funnier and more insightful than you might think from viewing the trailer... I'd say this is a movie that everyone should see. With the possible exception of old people. Or maybe just married people who don't have any single friends anymore, as this movie could potentially raise some bitterness and why rock the boat?

I saw Monsters vs. Aliens, and I gotta say, really really funny movie. VERY original too as a matter of fact. I actually kinda wanna see it again, in 3D this time. And while the movie is not the first film to be shown in 3D recently, to me it seems the most justified in doing so... my reason for thinking this? Monsters vs. Aliens is largely, despite its surprising splashes of heart and thoughtful themes, an homage to the campy classic horror films of yester-year. So in the first scene, when an object comes unreasonably close to the screen, for no other reason than to show off the 3D, sure it comes off as a gimmick, but an entirely genre-appropriate gimmick. This one is only a notch or so beneath movies such as Kung Fu Panda and Horton Hears a Who. I recommend it.

And one thing that really, REALLY excited me were the previews shown before MvA. Two movies are coming out that I will definitely be seeing. They are:

A computer animated feature with an all-star cast,
starring and titled: Astro Boy.

A live-action adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are.

Are you guys excited? I'm excited. :^).