The Return of Movie Posts

Between snow & a sore throat, I've been home for the past 5 days. I guess I should use some of that time to catch up on the list of movies I've seen. My last post on the topic was in June, so this is long overdue.

• The Court Jester. It was really strange seeing Angela Lansbury when she was so young.
  
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Starfighters. This movie has no plot whatsoever; it's just a string of events that happen.
  
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. This is not nearly as good as the first FF movie, and that wasn't anything more than a dumb but entertaining super-hero flick.
  
• Iron Man. Now this is how do do a super-hero movie. Everybody says Robert Downey Jr. is perfect for the role. They say it because it's true.
  
• Double Indemnity.
  
• Best in Show. Teena has commented that Christopher Guest's movies are all pretty much the same, with the only difference being the subject in which the characters are involved. I can't argue with that, but they're still funny.
  
• Ocean's 13. I have a weakness for caper movies.
  
• The Muppet Show, Season 2. It's a wonderful thing when a fondly remembered show from your childhood lives up to your recollections even after you're an adult.
  
• Wall-E. Oh man, does Pixar make some great movies. Simply delightful.
  
• Indian Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Well, it's better than Temple of Doom.
  
• The Mist. A very scary & brutal adaptation of a Stephen King story.
  
• Planet of the Apes. The original, not Burton's remake. I had never actually seen this before, or if I had, I was so young that I don't remember a thing.
  
• The Ghost and the Darkness.
  
• The Fountain.
  
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
  
• Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs. I think the first Futurama (direct to DVD) movie was better, even with way too many call backs to the series. Still damn funny, though.
  
• Cinematic Titanic: Doomsday Machine. An incredibly incoherent movie that simply demands to be made fun of.
  
• The Muppet Show, Season 1. The first season isn't as strong as later ones. I guess that's why it took us longer to finish this even though we bought it before the second season.
  
• A Hard Day's Night. I love the bit where somebody asks Ringo if he's a Mod or a Rocker and he replies, "I'm a Mocker."
  
• The Dark Knight. I think there's some kind of rule stating that anybody who reviews this movie has to mention Heath Ledger's amazing performance as the Joker, but this really feels like a film & a half. I think it would have been better if they could have moved most of the Two-Face story to another movie.
  
• Clash of the Titans.
  
• Amazon Women on the Moon.
  
• Avatar the Last Airbender, book 2 Earth, vol. 1.
  
• Cinematic Titanic: The Wasp Woman.
  
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2004. The Daily Show's election coverage from 4 years ago.
  
• Ghost Rider. This is the cheesiest movie I have EVER seen. And the thing is, I cannot tell whether or not they were trying to be cheesy. I suspect they were, but I'm not certain.
  
• Avatar the Last Airbender, book 2 Earth, vol. 2.
  
• Cloverfield. I think the monster was, for some reason, attracted to the video camera the characters were carrying around for the entire movie.
  
• 28 Weeks Later.
  
• Avatar the Last Airbender, book 2 Earth, vol. 3.
  
• Hairspray. They really should have just cast a woman in the Edna Turnblad role. As it is, you just spend too much time thinking, "That's John Travolta in a fat suit & drag."
  
• Six Feet Under - The Complete Series. Teena & I watched this with some friends. It took us a long, long time to get through the whole series, but it was definitely time well spent. The final episode lives up to the hype surrounding it. Just an amazing series all the way around.

I am not caught up yet (this only gets us to mid-September), but I think that's enough for now. Good to stop on a high note. I'm hoping it won't be another 6 months before I get back to posting about movies again.