Shrooms - DVD Movie Revew
Jen and I watched Shrooms this weekend on the DVR. It was one of those cool movie releases that HDNet does with Magnolia Pictures (I think all are owned by Mark Cuban) where they release it in the theater, for one night on HDNet and then also in the stores on DVD all on the same day.
Anyway, Shrooms wasn’t the best movie that I have ever seen from Magnolia Pictures.
Shrooms is a drug-fueled suspense movie involving a group of kids traveling to Ireland for a “trip” literally and figuratively. There are Irish country folk that would scare any hill people from West Virginia. There are many scenes running through the woods. There are many visual effects that make you feel like you are stoned in a scene of Altered States.
Anyway, there is a surprise ending. Overall the movie wasn’t particularly engaging. It was a bit creepy, but it didn’t really have those awesome jump scenes that make you jump out of your seat.
The Messengers - DVD Movie Review
I like scary movies. This movie was better than your average scary movie. It had creepy kids. It had crawling ghosts. It had Dylan McDermott. Anyway, it didn’t do anything original. It was like the Amityville Horror and Stir of Echoes combined. The plotline didn’t explain a lot of things. The characters weren’t really well developed.
Still, the movie had us jumping and creeped out a little bit. It was fun to watch even though it wasn’t that great a movie overall. Compared to some of the other stinkers in the genre, I think if you like scary movies, you will dig this flick.
The Golden Compass - DVD Movie Review
Whoever was in charge of the book, or movie script or whatever resulted in the finished movie “The Golden Compass,” really hates the church. I don’t know why, how, where, when, or whatever. In fact, I don’t really care. That isn’t my battle.
That being said, “The Golden Compass” was quite an entertaining movie. Between the little girl, the battling polar bear, the air pirates, Nicole Kidman as the Magisterium (SP?) and all the CGI action, I loved this movie. Really entertaining. I recommend it highly to anyone who likes fantasy movies and doesn’t have a hatred for kids stuff. I know a lot of people out there hate kids movies for some reason. If that is the case then you might not like this, but for everyone else, I think you will dig it.
I love the idea that everyone in the world has a weird “spirit animal” called a demon. I look forward to the follow up movies.
Fans Try to Save “The 4400″
Last time I checked, the idea of sending a bunch of stuff to the producers of a show was a hack bit that the fans of “Jericho” did when the network canceled that dogshit show last year. Now, fans of “The 4400″ are following suit by having bags and bags of sunflower seeds sent to USA Networks in hopes of saving the sci-fi show.
I was on the 4400 bandwagon bigtime early. I converted other people into 4400 fans after I watched the first two seasons in about 3 days. I was totally amazed by the whole show. I hung onto every word from one episode to the next. Then it all went to shit.
I had to stop watching the show. The actors felt the additional pressure of a larger fanbase and couldn’t help themselves from blatant overacting. The writing lost its edge as the show devolved into formulaic garbage. Peter Coyote left the show and it seemed to have all gone South thereafter.
Don’t bother trying to save this sinking ship. It is over. Nobody cares about Jordan Collier and his disciples. I couldn’t even make it through this most recent season. Jen and I made a conscious decision to just let it go. Please, people. Let it go. Look at it objectively. It isn’t good anymore.
Goliath is Dead - Giants Beat Pats
Who would have thought that the Giants would beat the Pats in the Superbowl? Most people didn’t give the Giants a chance and with a little bit of luck and some decent performances, the Giants were able to pull it off.
For the record, I still don’t believe in Eli. I wonder how long through the next season the Giants fans will give Eli the benefit of the doubt before they start trying to run him out of town again?
I give them until week 6.
Gregg Easterbrook On Spygate
I don’t buy the fact that this is just random timing that more info is coming out today about SpyGate. Just like during the ALCS before game 7 when the media “found out” about HGH allegations involving Paul Byrd of the Cleveland Indians, it is the media trying to put themselves in the limelight during the sport’s biggest day.
Still, timing aside, if these allegations are true that the Pats taped St. Louis’ walk-through the day before their first Super Bowl win, in which St. Louis went over every one of their trick plays and unseen formations, then this whole deal could get ugly. Some sideline taping is one thing. Secretly taping a practice is quite another.
I do agree with Easterbrook that this could be the biggest cheating scandal since the Chicago Black Sox. Everyone who reads this blog knows that I don’t like the Pats. Still, I would never wish any of this on the game of football and the NFL. This isn’t good for anyone including people who dislike the Pats.
I dislike the Pats because they have been so damn dominant and because Bill Belichick sucked so badly when he was in Cleveland. I would hate to think that my hate of this team would come up being tainted by some bona fide cheating, rather than just competitive juices.
Warning: include_once(/home/.zadora/clyndall/filteringcraig/sidebar/wp-content/plugins/simplepie-plugin-for-wordpress/processing/none.php) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/clyndall/filteringcraig/sidebar/wp-content/plugins/simplepie-plugin-for-wordpress/simplepie_wordpress_2.php on line 782
Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/.zadora/clyndall/filteringcraig/sidebar/wp-content/plugins/simplepie-plugin-for-wordpress/processing/none.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/clyndall/filteringcraig/sidebar/wp-content/plugins/simplepie-plugin-for-wordpress/simplepie_wordpress_2.php on line 782
Warning: /sidebar/wp-content/cache/acb25f6e85ad39fc0d5d8a09df1c4d6b.spc is not writeable in /home/clyndall/filteringcraig/sidebar/wp-content/plugins/simplepie-plugin-for-wordpress/simplepie.inc on line 1623
Warning: fopen(/home/.zadora/clyndall/filteringcraig/sidebar/wp-content/plugins/simplepie-plugin-for-wordpress/templates/sideblog.tmpl) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/clyndall/filteringcraig/sidebar/wp-content/plugins/simplepie-plugin-for-wordpress/simplepie_wordpress_2.php on line 805
Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for /home/.zadora/clyndall/filteringcraig/sidebar/wp-content/plugins/simplepie-plugin-for-wordpress/templates/sideblog.tmpl in /home/clyndall/filteringcraig/sidebar/wp-content/plugins/simplepie-plugin-for-wordpress/simplepie_wordpress_2.php on line 806
Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/clyndall/filteringcraig/sidebar/wp-content/plugins/simplepie-plugin-for-wordpress/simplepie_wordpress_2.php on line 806
Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/clyndall/filteringcraig/sidebar/wp-content/plugins/simplepie-plugin-for-wordpress/simplepie_wordpress_2.php on line 807
