Links for January 14th

Movie of the Week: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

I really tried to enjoy this movie but Adult Sean kept preventing Childhood Sean from doing so.

For example, I couldn’t get past the bad acting, the corny script, the bad CGI and the fact that Snake Eyes had lips (?!?).  Something so simple as “Snake Eyes wears a mask that has no lips and they couldn’t let it slide.

Also, why was Joseph Gordon-Levitt even in this movie?  I’m pretty sure they didn’t use his voice (or didn’t need to) and he only had two scenes.  What a waste of a good actor.  Also why did they combine Cobra Commander and Dr. Mindbender?

Whatever, I still enjoyed it more than Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen because this movie didn’t take itself as seriously.

Movies I’m Interested In Seeing: Summer 2009

Since Wolverine comes out in a few days (how long before the Summer movie season starts in April), it’s about that time to go through what movies I would like to see this summer.  Odds are, I’ll only see the really big movies and every once and awhile catch an indie but I can dream, can’t I?

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