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Robert Downey, Jr., Is Either Awesome Or A Douche Or Probably Both
Posted on August 18, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr., The Dark Knight, movies | Leave a Comment
This item from Gawker is pretty hilarious insofar as Downey is fantastically bitter about the acclaim heaped on The Dark Knight in comparison to Iron Man, but the conclusion bugs me:
And don’t bother warning him about possible reprisals for such loose talk. “You know, you’re never too old to burn your bridges because I believe [...]
I Can’t Seem To Think Of A Relevant Zoolander Quote
Posted on August 12, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Tropic Thunder, movies | 3 Comments
I find this inexplicably odd: No one seems to care about Robert Downey, Jr., wearing blackface, but lots of people seem to care about Ben Stiller using the word “retard” in order to make a nearly identical joke in the same movie.
I have no real commentary here, I just find it odd.
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Things I Don’t Care About
Posted on July 28, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Things I Don't Care About, W, movies | Leave a Comment
(Part twenty-two in an ongoing series)
Oliver Stone’s take on President Douchebag.
But in case you care, the trailer came out this weekend:
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The Dark Knight
Posted on July 21, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under The Dark Knight, movies | 3 Comments
For my money, Batman Begins was the greatest superhero movie ever made. I have a huge soft spot for Spider-Man, but I’d be lying if I didn’t acknowledge the superiority of Christopher Nolan’s examination of Batman’s origins. For two years, I’ve hoped Nolan and his crew would somehow meet the expectations they created with their [...]
Watchmen Trailer
Posted on July 17, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Watchmen, movies | 1 Comment
Holy crap.
I still don’t know if the movie will work, but the trailer sure does look amazing.
Although… It looks amazing in large part due to the last shot on Mars. Do you think they might’ve blown it by showing so much of what should be the visual highlight of the movie nearly a year early?
But [...]
Things I Was Apparently Supposed To Know
Posted on July 16, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Comedy Central, The Dark Knight, movies | 4 Comments
Well, maybe only one thing: That there are no pictures of Two-Face available anywhere online, even though hundreds of people have seen sneak previews of the film already and the film is two days from release and I remember hearing some photos leaked a month or two ago. So, theoretically, what looked like a publicity [...]
I Hate Comedy Central
Posted on July 16, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under The Dark Knight, movies | 4 Comments
I had avoided seeing what Two-Face was going to look like in The Dark Knight because it was something that I thought would be much more enjoyable to see only when and how Christopher Nolan & Co. wanted to present it on the big screen… Until exactly two minutes ago. When it was ruined for [...]
At Least They Included Shawshank
Posted on July 11, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Spider-Man, movies | Leave a Comment
Via The Plank, the London Times lists their version of the top twenty movie endings. I don’t agree with all of it (The Wizard of Oz’s ending is dreadful) and I haven’t seen several of the classics on the list, but the list as a whole is decent and the topic makes for some good [...]
Quick Review: WALL-E
Posted on July 2, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under WALL-E, movies | 1 Comment
I don’t know how they manage it, but Pixar is so many light years beyond anyone else making “family” movies that they must be somehow cheating. WALL-E is thoroughly enjoyable and I would highly recommend it to anyone.
The animation, as we expect from Pixar, is nearly perfect given the technology available. The robots all move [...]
Awesome Entry In Stephen Colbert’s ‘Make McCain Interesting’ Green Screen Challenge
Posted on June 20, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under John McCain, Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction, The Colbert Report, movies | Leave a Comment
This is hysterical1:
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Personally, I would have inserted McCain into the dinner table scene from Jurassic Park. (You know, the one with, “Rape of the natural world!” “The only one on my side is the bloodsucking lawyer!” “You slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and [...]
Another Peek At Watchmen
Posted on May 27, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Watchmen, comic books, movies | Leave a Comment
Hope you all had a nice holiday weekend.
I expected all of the movie news this morning to revolve around Indy’s massive box office haul (I didn’t see it yet, myself), but instead I found something a bit more unexpected. Any fans of Watchmen will want to see the photograph of the Minutemen as shot for [...]
Someone Explain This To Me
Posted on May 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2000 presidential election, Phone Booth, Recount, movies | Leave a Comment
Or don’t, because the explanation would likely be boring as well.
Anyway, why the heck did HBO make a movie (or is it a miniseries?) about the 2000 Florida vote counting disaster? I can’t recall hearing of a more boring premise for a movie, and I own a copy of Phone Booth. (The movie consists entirely [...]
“Exactly, Kitty. Like Sea Monkeys.”
Posted on May 20, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bioshock, Superman Returns, libertarians, movies, science, video games | Leave a Comment
Andrew Sullivan posts a link to the story of a group “trying to create quasi-sovereign, libertarian ocean communities on strange looking platforms”. My first thought was, “Holy crap- Andrew Ryan!”1 But then I saw that the Wired writer had already name-checked Bioshock in the original piece. So, let’s see, can I still out-nerd Wired? Ooh, [...]
Must… Give… Marvel… Ten More Dollars…
Posted on May 16, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Iron Man, Pete Stark, movies | Leave a Comment
The headline “Stark endorses Obama” appeared in my RSS reader and I honestly thought that either the character of Iron Man would be endorsing Obama in an upcoming comic book or that Robert Downey, Jr., was appearing at a real-life event. This wouldn’t be so terrible if I didn’t know perfectly well that a Democratic [...]
That’s How Dad Did It, That’s How America Does It, And… It’s Worked Out Pretty Well So Far
Posted on May 16, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Iron Man, comic books, foreign policy, imperialism, movies | Leave a Comment
Highly recommended: Spencer Ackerman on Iron Man’s historical relationship to American imperialism.
Ackerman’s essay is a light read for a Friday, but it deals with some important issues. The thesis concerning Iron Man’s central metaphor is certainly arguable, but I both tend to agree with Ackerman and think you might enjoy the essay even if you [...]
Iron Man Joins The Shortlist Of Greatest Superhero Movies Ever
Posted on May 2, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Iron Man, movies | Leave a Comment
Quick programming note: I’m in Vegas(!) tomorrow through Wednesday. Don’t expect much from me after this extended review (and possibly a few short posts later today) until late next week.
Moving along, I saw Iron Man last night. It was tremendously awesome. I’m going to go ahead and stick the whole review under a jump so [...]
Uhoh
Posted on May 1, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Iron Man, movies, public transportation, taxis | Leave a Comment
I just realized that today is May 1, ie, the day DC cabbies are supposed to have meters installed or else not be on the streets. And I’m going to the Uptown for the midnight showing of Iron Man. There is no public transportation between Cleveland Park and my house at 2am…
The odds that I [...]
I Can’t Wait For His Take On Iron Man Next Week
Posted on April 25, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Stephen Hunter, movies | 1 Comment
I always look forward to Stephen Hunter’s reviews of certain-to-be-crap movies, but he outdoes himself with his pan of Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay.
Much has been written about Camp X-Ray, and it certainly doesn’t need me to defend it, but “Harold & Kumar’s” evocation of it left me shocked, shocked. Whatever its thousands [...]
Chabon And Spider-Man: Both Awesome
Posted on April 11, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Michael Chabon, Spider-Man 2, movies | Leave a Comment
Alright, this is really cool (to me, anyway):
Michael Chabon’s version of the Spider-Man 2 screenplay is available at McSweeney’s. No subscription required or anything like that, but they say it won’t be up for too long, so take a look now.
Chabon’s version of the screenplay wasn’t the one ultimately used, but he did receive some [...]
Movies I Won’t Be Seeing: 21
Posted on March 28, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 21, Bringing Down the House, gambling, movies | Leave a Comment
Bringing Down the House was a decent book that was made worth reading in large part by its “true story” angle. It wasn’t quite told with a reported non-fiction approach (the book was narrated more in the style of a novel), but the facts and characters weren’t fictionalized (as far as I know) to make [...]
