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May. 6th, 2009 10:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spintheiryarnsI took Monday off from mainlining Lost to watch a movie with Dominic Monaghan, Nigerian drug smugglers, and a mysterious island. This may not have been the best idea in the world.
As it turned out, though, the plot of Wolverine really didn't matter so much. It was a fun movie, sure-- it wasn't Iron Man or The Incredible Hulk, but it wasn't X3 either. The pacing of the story bugged me so much that after half an hour or so I decided to just think of it as an exercise in cramming in as many side characters as possible. And I liked it just fine that way! We got Deadpool (the first thing I did when I got home was download all the Deadpool comics I could find, trufax) and baby Scott and baby Emma! And The Blob! Plus hey, you know, Hugh Jackman is eternally incredibly sexy and blew shit up and roared a lot! And Liev Schreiber made a pretty excellent Sabretooth.
So in summary: Not great, not terrible, plenty fun enough to be worth my ten bucks. I really don't have a lot to say about it :/
Trailer report:
* Re Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: OMG OMG OMG YOU GUYS. They bred Transformers with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and FILMED PART OF IT IN MY HOMETOWN. I am so excited for this, regardless of the actual quality of the movie, that I might explode before I ever get to actually see it.
* I never saw the first Night at the Museum movie, because I was working as a museum guard at the time and a few of the pieces I was seeing daily wigged me out badly enough all on their own. Battle of the Smithsonian looks hilarious and amazing, though, and I think maybe it's time I caught up.
* I will be going to Terminator Salvation, of course. I am still kind of wary of a Terminator movie that's about John instead of Sarah, but if there are cyborgs involved I'm there.
* Did I mention that Pandorum looks awesome? It really does.
* Away We Go looks ~*~quirkily indie~*~ enough for about five movies. Um, no thanks.
* The commercial about Jack the Rapper was replaced a few weeks ago with one about a chimpanzee. I am still mourning that there will never actually be a kids' movie called Jack the Rapper.
Star Trek tomorrow night. Eeeeeeeeeeeee. Also coming soon: The Brothers Bloom and Up.
As it turned out, though, the plot of Wolverine really didn't matter so much. It was a fun movie, sure-- it wasn't Iron Man or The Incredible Hulk, but it wasn't X3 either. The pacing of the story bugged me so much that after half an hour or so I decided to just think of it as an exercise in cramming in as many side characters as possible. And I liked it just fine that way! We got Deadpool (the first thing I did when I got home was download all the Deadpool comics I could find, trufax) and baby Scott and baby Emma! And The Blob! Plus hey, you know, Hugh Jackman is eternally incredibly sexy and blew shit up and roared a lot! And Liev Schreiber made a pretty excellent Sabretooth.
So in summary: Not great, not terrible, plenty fun enough to be worth my ten bucks. I really don't have a lot to say about it :/
Trailer report:
* Re Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: OMG OMG OMG YOU GUYS. They bred Transformers with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and FILMED PART OF IT IN MY HOMETOWN. I am so excited for this, regardless of the actual quality of the movie, that I might explode before I ever get to actually see it.
* I never saw the first Night at the Museum movie, because I was working as a museum guard at the time and a few of the pieces I was seeing daily wigged me out badly enough all on their own. Battle of the Smithsonian looks hilarious and amazing, though, and I think maybe it's time I caught up.
* I will be going to Terminator Salvation, of course. I am still kind of wary of a Terminator movie that's about John instead of Sarah, but if there are cyborgs involved I'm there.
* Did I mention that Pandorum looks awesome? It really does.
* Away We Go looks ~*~quirkily indie~*~ enough for about five movies. Um, no thanks.
* The commercial about Jack the Rapper was replaced a few weeks ago with one about a chimpanzee. I am still mourning that there will never actually be a kids' movie called Jack the Rapper.
Star Trek tomorrow night. Eeeeeeeeeeeee. Also coming soon: The Brothers Bloom and Up.
