You don’t need a review to tell you that Dragonball Evolution is a bad movie. You know it at an instinctive level, like you know that fire is hot or that spiders are terrifying.
I went to go see it because I wanted to answer a crucial question: Is it so bad it’s good, or is it just so bad it’s bad?
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These days, the content of a film passes through many hands before it lands in the DVD factory to be shrink-wrapped and shipped off to stores. If you really think about it, it’s amazing that more major films aren’t leaked on the Internet long before their release. Apparently, the upcoming “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” suffered from the perfect blend of fan interest and lack of respect to end up on the internet on April 1st. At first, it seemed like a joke. But those who downloaded it soon discovered that it was for real.
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In these troubling times, it’s nice to know that an interquel movie about street racing can make a bajillion dollars at the box office. With a rating of 22% on Rotten Tomatoes, Fast & Furious has still managed to bring in no less than $72.5 million - more than the second film in the series, Tokyo Drift, made in its entire run.
Is it possible that Fast & Furious has discovered the magical formula that will allow the film industry to survive in these belt-tightening times? If only we could figure out exactly what it is. Established franchise? Vin Diesel? About ten minutes of Michelle Rodriguez? Lines like “I appreciate a fine body, regardless of the make?”
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So New Line wants to reboot A Nightmare on Elm Street. I don’t honestly understand why. There is nothing about that movie that says “missed potential” to me. It pretty much fulfills exactly what it set out to do. But for whatever reason, New Line felt they could make more money off of it, and so the reboot charges on. With - get this - Jackie Earle Haley in the lead role.
Why not Robert Englund? I don’t know. They wanted to take the character in a more serious direction, and maybe Robert wouldn’t be along for the ride if he couldn’t crack a lot of puns. Haley has a huge amount of geek cred after his lauded performance as Rorschach in “Watchmen,” and he definitely has the Freddy look, but I’m still not sure I’m 100% on board for this.
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This is an important reminder that season 3 of The Venture Bros. is now out in stores. Not much can top the total awesomeness of the Season 2 box art, but making the DVD and Blu-Ray boxes look like the packaging of an old Atari game comes pretty close.
So, what kind of bonus features can you expect on the third installment of Venture?
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I, for one, am sick and tired of everything everyone says anymore being prefaced by something about the economy. “Well, in this economy…” “With this current economic climate…” “Times are tough all around, and…” It’s like, thanks. For a minute there, I’d forgotten about the impending societal collapse. But I appreciate the reminder! Really!
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I wanted to write a hilarious and awesome April Fool’s day post for you all, until I realized that a) I had no good ideas, and b) there is already an actual film-related news item out there that sounds like a bad April Fool’s Day joke.. And no, I’m not talking about that Three Stooges thing, although that one blows my mind too. Harvey Milk as a Stooge? Really? But no, I’m talking about something a little more personal.
You see, when I was twelve years old, Sherlock Holmes was my god. I’d read all the stories multiple times and loved every bit of them. Years later, I, along with every other female on the planet, fell hard for Jude Law. Fast forward another few years, and I saw Kiss Kiss Bang Bang for the first time. That’s when I first fell for Robert Downey Jr.
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Like a fungus, except not.
There are some movies that just don’t quite hit you the first time around. You walk away feeling a little underwhelmed, maybe confused, not quite sure how to feel about the whole thing. About five days later you realize you can’t stop talking about it and you want to see it again. You’re looking up clips on YouTube and browsing discussion forums on IMDB. (A dangerous game, but you simply can’t help yourself.) It’s never the same experience for everyone, but I have a feeling I’m not the only one who had this experience with some of these movies. As always, please light up the comments section with contributions of your own.
Magnolia
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To call “Where the Wild Things Are” a beloved children’s book is an understatement. For many, the Maurice Sendak classic was as treasured as a favorite toy or blankie, a part of one’s childhood that could never be forgotten or replaced. Like many of its kind, the book is only ten sentences long, but the story it tells is much deeper than most children can find the words to explain, even if they understand it perfectly.
The upcoming Spike Jonze film adaptation has been the subject of much discussion, hype, and controversy in the past year or so. For a while, it looked like the film might be canned because it was “too dark” to appeal to the target demographic. Francis Spufford, in his book The Child That Books Built, calls the source material “one of the very few picture books to make an entirely deliberate, and beautiful, use of the psychoanalytic story of anger.” It’s hard to avoid dipping your toe into darkness when you’re telling such a story.
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I’ve already dealt with Quantum of Solace’s merits as a film, but now that the DVD’s out, it’s time to revisit what the latest Bond flick looks like on the small screen. Here’s a hint: smaller. Like most action films, it suffers a little from the shrinkage. Bond films are better the more you’re absorbed in their world, even with their enhanced realism since Craig took on the mantle. Unless you have a home theater, it’s tough to duplicate the experience of seeing Quantum of Solace at the local multiplex.
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