Listening: Lauren Hoffman, Choreography, 'Solipsist'.
Armando is a shark.
Anyway, I noticed that I alluded to a Monster House review. I'll start by saying that Ebert & Roeper gave it an uncomfortably glowing review, so much so that I was encouraged to pay American cash money to see it. For those who go to the movies enough to catch the trailer or whatever, you'll recall that you see the names 'Zemeckis' (I'm not going to check) and 'Spielberg' a lot. Ignore that bit and you've got a pretty okay movie that will annoy the crap out of you. You'll also feel like you've seen this movie before. And you have. I'd like to come up with some funny comment about the Zemeckis-directed 'Ghostbusters', the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man and how the annoying, spastic, cape-wearing chubby kid and other characters not-quite-at-their-target-height are portrayed, but I'm pretty well empty. The facial animation is quite good but if you're distracted by physics not being pulled off quite right (like basketballs bouncing or, uh, arms moving) you'll find yourself marvelling at when it is (such as the excellent movie 'Wimbledon' starring Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst).
In any case, if you want to see classic kid stereotypes interacting in a picture book storyline, this movie is fantastic. If the studio wants to use that on a poster or on the back of the DVD, they can use 'This movie is fantastic!' if they want. Otherwise, just go see 'Cars' again. Seriously.
Oh, and can the hack reviewers of M. Night Shyamalan movies stop referring to the ending, period. Yes, you expected it. Congratulations. No, it's not as dramatic as the Sixth Sense. Write a better story and make it into a movie.
Armando is a shark.
Anyway, I noticed that I alluded to a Monster House review. I'll start by saying that Ebert & Roeper gave it an uncomfortably glowing review, so much so that I was encouraged to pay American cash money to see it. For those who go to the movies enough to catch the trailer or whatever, you'll recall that you see the names 'Zemeckis' (I'm not going to check) and 'Spielberg' a lot. Ignore that bit and you've got a pretty okay movie that will annoy the crap out of you. You'll also feel like you've seen this movie before. And you have. I'd like to come up with some funny comment about the Zemeckis-directed 'Ghostbusters', the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man and how the annoying, spastic, cape-wearing chubby kid and other characters not-quite-at-their-target-height are portrayed, but I'm pretty well empty. The facial animation is quite good but if you're distracted by physics not being pulled off quite right (like basketballs bouncing or, uh, arms moving) you'll find yourself marvelling at when it is (such as the excellent movie 'Wimbledon' starring Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst).
In any case, if you want to see classic kid stereotypes interacting in a picture book storyline, this movie is fantastic. If the studio wants to use that on a poster or on the back of the DVD, they can use 'This movie is fantastic!' if they want. Otherwise, just go see 'Cars' again. Seriously.
Oh, and can the hack reviewers of M. Night Shyamalan movies stop referring to the ending, period. Yes, you expected it. Congratulations. No, it's not as dramatic as the Sixth Sense. Write a better story and make it into a movie.
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