Movie Report

A few films I've seen recently:

X-Men: The Last Stand – I love the X-Men movies. Except why does Storm have to be reminded she has interesting powers she could use? It was exciting, and how about them tattoos? And hey, we get to see how Grover turned out as an adult.

Georgy Girl – I've known the song my whole life so late one night I watched the movie. It was fascinating morally. The dumped on girl gets the silly mod boy, but then he's not really for the getting, but she gets the cold fashion girl's baby, and then she marries the gross lecherous old rich guy who works for her dad? "Bring out all the love you hide, and oh what a change there 'd be," indeed.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – This is a really clever and darkly hysterical movie. I'm surprised it didn't get a wider release or more acclaim. Robert Downey Jr. is brilliant as always and Val Kilmer is fantastic and really funny. They're great together and their dialogue is sharp and runs over each other realistically. It's successfully self-referential and a slick combo of dark humor with film noir and hardboiled detective flicks, studded with Bond and Raymond Chandler references. I recommend this one.

District B13 – What is it that would make this movie so much worse if it was American? It's Paris in the apocalyptic future and the bad section of town has been walled off. Maybe it's coz our US action heroes for this sort of thing are too pumped up and stiff to run and jump like cats.

The Family Stone – I enjoyed this movie quite a lot. It's in the vein of Home for the Holidays. Sarah Jessica Parker is surprisingly good in this. Irreverently heart warming and genuinely funny and moving in turns.

A Sound of Thunder – I have had to ask glenn the title of this movie three times after he reminded me that I saw it, and then I had to ask him what it was about again. Ah yes, the incredibly, painfully bad time wave movie where the past alters the future and the results are incredibly violent ape reptiles rather than apes in SUVs like we got.

The Lake House – Only the dog time jumps in this one. I think. Two comments for those of you who see this: First, don't you think the father actually Did believe in interacting with his environment if he built a house with no bathroom? And second, when the credits rolled I yelled "Bring back Jack!" I have some questions for that dog. This is of course a silly movie to see for a romantic lark with logic left at home.