Movies! And Videos!

[heidi]

Kid-free-yesterday allowed Aaron and I to see a double-feature of our own making: Superman Returns, then POTC.

First, the worst thing we saw was the trailer for Rocky Balboa. Yes, a new Rocky movie, 30ish years after the first. WTF? Why? What is the point? Wibble!

Aaron says the best thing he saw was the trailer for Spiderman 3, but I was getting popcorn and missed it. I hear it's somewhere on youtube?

As far as movies go, our spoiler-free reviews are, POTC? 8. Supe? 3.


Jack.

Ah, Jack is amazing. Also, the return of Barbosa, squee. Norrington's snark. Elizabeth's swords - and I know some didn't like her snit-fit but I did (wasn't sure about the IC-ness of her shackling Jack, though, but I liked her guilt trip afterwards). The Turner Family Reuinion. The Hammerhead pirate. Jack, and dirt. The dog, as a god. The hamsterwheels. Jack, and rum. The amazing triad-of-swordplay.

Yes, I think the witch, whose name I forgot, was the one Davy fell in love with - the musicbox & necklace are too similar - and I can't wait to see how Jack gets out of the craken and Will completes his vow and Elizabeth marries all three of them. That's got to be legal somewhere in El Caribe, isn't it?

Probably Tortuga.

We couldn't remember if the bloke from East India was in the first film. Was he?

But before we saw POTC, we saw Superman.

Alas, Superman, you are not as fun to watch as Batman or Spiderman or any X-Men, collectively or individually, and I can't suss out why. But my major-comic-book-geek of a husband agrees that in many ways, Superman was

I've read good reviews of Superman.
I'm sure it would've been a wonderful film in 1987 or something.
Richard/Clark/Lois seems like a good idea.
I liked Martha. Also, Jimmy and Old Jimmy. The electromagnetic pulse was clever. Parker was usually good but she's looking older than she should.

But oh my god the galactic stupidity.

Lois leaving her cell makes no sense. It's likely it would be out of range *anyway*, at the house but at least on the boat so why not take the damned thing? And bringing her son on a reporting job? And *not recognizing* Clark as Superman when they're *both* MIA the exact same time?

There was more pain to the brain but recounting it just makes me more desperate to see Batman Begins again. Or kneel before Zod.

Oh, and whoever said John Glover shouldve played Lex? Yes, as the meta-ness could only have improved the film. Meh.

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ETA:
And, gacked form slytherincess and legomymalfoy, 1500 music videos from the 80s! I am off to hunt down Scandal's Goodbye to You and mabe the JoBoxers, too...

WOW! Aztec Camera's Somewhere In My Heart, which I saw *once* in 1987 on 120 Minutes! Also, Curiosity Killed the Cat! : looks for anything from Bros :

Comments

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

There's this trailer for Spiderman 3. Was that the one that Aaron saw?

[anchoredhope.livejournal.com]

A large part of why i'm looking forward to spiderman 3 is so that I can go "ooh! Cleveland!" when they show their city scenes.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Like how Chicago people reacted to Batman Begins?

[selinakyle47.livejournal.com]

Lucky you. We only get to see one of those (think it'll be POTC) because our kid-free times are so limited.

[hathorx.livejournal.com]

Well, I looked it up and POTC doesn't come out till August 2 in France.. grrr...! Saw the trailers for Superman and they didn't make me want to go see the movie, so I wasn't surprised by your post. I'm more of a Marvel fan anyways :)

[hedwig-snowy.livejournal.com]

Patty Smyth...ahhhhhhhhhhhh..D'oh!!!

However, Warrior was better! ;)

[lisarene.livejournal.com]

I agree about Superman. I liked it, but I kept thinking through the whole thing, "This isn't as good as Batman." But then afterward I thought, Superman is really such a different kind of hero than Batman or Spiderman. Where they are sexy and more dark, Superman has always been a paragon of moral ideals and romance. I almost don't think it's fair to compare them.

Yes, Lois is always an idiot for not figuring it out, but that's integral to the Superman story. So, I guess for a superhero movie, it didn't wow me with tons of action and suspense. But for a Superman movie, and the kind of hero that he is, I thought it was good.

Plus, how creepily similar was Brandon Routh to Christopher Reeve? It was really uncanny.

[butindreams.livejournal.com]

I agree - you can't really criticize this movie for the whole "not recognizing Clark as Superman" thing, that just comes with the territory. It's still ridiculous, though. ;)

Also, apparently he was spotted by a casting agent and asked to audition because of the resemblance. It's definitely creepy.

[shelaghc.livejournal.com]

And, gacked form [info]slytherincess and [info]legomymalfoy, 1500 music videos from the 80s! I am off to hunt down Scandal's Goodbye to You and mabe the JoBoxers, too...

I'd rather if these were downloadable.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I think most are, on youtube. It's just, this has them so nicely alphabetized...

[sinisteral.livejournal.com]

I was reading the local movie reviews before watching PotC and was horrified with the ratings--two star? But I went to watch it anyway and enjoyed it very much. Jack was amazing and I am also rooting for the threesome marriage that you've suggested :)

In terms of superheroes, I have always preferred Batman or Spiderman over Superman. Although the recent movie did deserve its praises, I wasn't as deeply interested. I guess Superman was just somewhat too powerful and inhuman to relate to. That's my excuse, anyway.

[jayabear.livejournal.com]

Btw, what is the name of the creepy East India company man who like, wants to arrest everyone who starred in the first film? I suspect he wasn't in PotC, otherwise he wouldn't have been so bitter and arrested all central characters from that film.

Jack rocked. The water pirates were creepy. And this film certainly made me jump a lot more that the last one.

Sorry if I am squeeing all over your journal, but I only just finished seeing it like, an hour ago. So :)

~j

[heinous_bitca.livejournal.com]

Tom Hollander, and no, he wasn't in the first movie.

He WAS, however, Mr. Collins in the Keira Knightley remake of Pride & Prejudice.

[jayabear.livejournal.com]

Ah. XD Omg, that's why he's so bitter, she snubbed him in a completely different film!

Sorry, just a bit to easily amused at the moment. :D

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

He WAS, however, Mr. Collins in the Keira Knightley remake of Pride & Prejudice.

I find that so meta and wibble-inducing.

But in a good-ish way.