But when I head up the stairs, they just melt away.
Perhaps there are so many gripes that they canel each other out. Flyers beat the Craps - can't stand either of 'em. yankees schmankees. Bush/Cheney Limited LIABILITY Company ruins the world every minute of the day...
But the Orioles have a decent record.
And my [name brand] portable music player still works.
Not paying for gas, because I walk or bike to work.
The dog smiles at me.
Penguins are up 3-0.
But I am not letting jerks off the hook. Ever.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
I Am Legend (legendarily awful)
My good pal KiKi Downing writes of great movie-related things such as Wes Anderson Movies, Steve Buscemi and William H. Macy. I have to report on an awful movie. Because I don't watch many movies anymore, especially newer movies. But I had a weak moment and watched one.
Okay, a neighbor rented it and offered it because the disc wasn't due for a couple of days. So I don't hate the movie, because I didn't put any time, effort or money into renting it.
I Am Legend had promise. I love plague-wiping-out-civilation stories. I LOVE zombie stories (and stories with zombie-like creatures). I love German Shepherds, and dogs in general.
And I like Will Smith. Some might call it a "guilty pleasure", but I'm not worried about it. He's cool and funny, an Silly. Parents Just don't Understand is a riot. The song Summertime is such a groove that anyone who doesn't like it needs their Soul examined. Fresh Prince of Bel Air gave us some good laughs. And Will Smith has an affinity for Baltimore, but honestly I liked him before I lived here.
So Will Smith made fun movies. Bad Boys was a fun "Cop Buddy" story, like the Miami Vice tv show meets 48 Hrs. Independence Day - a perfect summer blockbuster kind of movie (back when I actually went to movie theaters). Men In Black, another summer blockbuster, was fun and enjoyable. It reminded me of the 1970's Disney films like Freaky Friday that I enjoyed so much as a kid. Apparently the movie Six Degrees of Separation is really good and his best job of all, but I haven't watched that one yet. I will - it's just that so many people I respect people say it's good, so I trust their judgment.
Then there was Enemy of the State, which was cool on so many levels: government conspiracy, political corruption, super-secret government activity, Gene Hackman, a total tribute to The Conversation, Baltimore (even though they used B'more as a stand-in for D.C.), Jon Voight and Jack Black, explosions, and a cat.
Side note: Just before the scene when Gene Hackman poses as a B'more City cop and meets with Jon Voight during a rainstorm, Jen chatted up Jon Voight on her way to work and gave him her business card. That business card is in J.V.'s pocket as the scene is filmed. How cool is that?
So anyway, I still like Will Smith. I stand by him.
Back to the movie. I Am Legend showed many things and had so many potential stories that "they" spent no time on any of them. To me, it looked like there was a leader of the zombies with an agenda, but that story never developed. The dog story was there, but how far can you go with a dog story? The developing-vaccine-turning-into-a-devastating-plague story never develop. Then came the religious nuts. That didn't develop (thankfully).
In the end, there was some military compound safehold. I think this movie was made just as a fix to 28 Days Later, which had such GREAT zombie movie promise, but crapped ot halfway through and turned into some story about military troops turning into horrible rapists. That sucked.
I'll take Shaun Of The Dead any day.
jb
Okay, a neighbor rented it and offered it because the disc wasn't due for a couple of days. So I don't hate the movie, because I didn't put any time, effort or money into renting it.
I Am Legend had promise. I love plague-wiping-out-civilation stories. I LOVE zombie stories (and stories with zombie-like creatures). I love German Shepherds, and dogs in general.
And I like Will Smith. Some might call it a "guilty pleasure", but I'm not worried about it. He's cool and funny, an Silly. Parents Just don't Understand is a riot. The song Summertime is such a groove that anyone who doesn't like it needs their Soul examined. Fresh Prince of Bel Air gave us some good laughs. And Will Smith has an affinity for Baltimore, but honestly I liked him before I lived here.
So Will Smith made fun movies. Bad Boys was a fun "Cop Buddy" story, like the Miami Vice tv show meets 48 Hrs. Independence Day - a perfect summer blockbuster kind of movie (back when I actually went to movie theaters). Men In Black, another summer blockbuster, was fun and enjoyable. It reminded me of the 1970's Disney films like Freaky Friday that I enjoyed so much as a kid. Apparently the movie Six Degrees of Separation is really good and his best job of all, but I haven't watched that one yet. I will - it's just that so many people I respect people say it's good, so I trust their judgment.
Then there was Enemy of the State, which was cool on so many levels: government conspiracy, political corruption, super-secret government activity, Gene Hackman, a total tribute to The Conversation, Baltimore (even though they used B'more as a stand-in for D.C.), Jon Voight and Jack Black, explosions, and a cat.
Side note: Just before the scene when Gene Hackman poses as a B'more City cop and meets with Jon Voight during a rainstorm, Jen chatted up Jon Voight on her way to work and gave him her business card. That business card is in J.V.'s pocket as the scene is filmed. How cool is that?
So anyway, I still like Will Smith. I stand by him.
Back to the movie. I Am Legend showed many things and had so many potential stories that "they" spent no time on any of them. To me, it looked like there was a leader of the zombies with an agenda, but that story never developed. The dog story was there, but how far can you go with a dog story? The developing-vaccine-turning-into-a-devastating-plague story never develop. Then came the religious nuts. That didn't develop (thankfully).
In the end, there was some military compound safehold. I think this movie was made just as a fix to 28 Days Later, which had such GREAT zombie movie promise, but crapped ot halfway through and turned into some story about military troops turning into horrible rapists. That sucked.
I'll take Shaun Of The Dead any day.
jb
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