movies

Like Independence Day but with no who, why, or explanation. The heroes were fine, but where was the Rage Against the Machine tribute? Still, it beat Cloverfield: at least they used tripods.

"This iiiiiisssss Christmas music!" Run DMC, for the win.

Johnny Depp. Anne Hathaway. Alice in Wonderland is going to be great. No, not this one. This one. Ha ha ha.

Star Trek came out today, and I'm missing it because I'm stuck on a mountain in Alaska. I'll catch it stale a month from now. Just as well: seeing movies in Manhattan is horrible. Today, if the weather cooperates, we back-carry supplies up to 14,200 feet.

Space Truckers stands on its own as a solid B movie, but it forced a comparison to Battlefield Earth, which is in my opinion The Worst Movie Ever. That title matters: it is your zero, your point of calibration for judging everything else. You need to see it to understand.

They are making a Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li movie, and of all the characters they could pick, they chose Chun Li? Ryu was clearly superior, with a real background and a reason to fight. Of course they chose the cheap character. Also, Gambit is finally in the Wolverine trailer.

I have famously low movie standards; suspend my disbelief for two hours and I'm happy. In the Name of the King still failed. The king's death scene had the theater laughing. Then I saw the director was Uwe Boll, and it all made sense.