Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Summer Blockbuster


I love this time of year! It's when Hollywood goes nuts and puts out spectacle they think that mankind would like to see for the reasonable freakshow price of $8.00 a ticket. It's also when every wannabe big time company puts out knock offs of all the big hype movies that are headed to the big screen. You can only imagine my excitement when I was in Blockbuster the other day and saw this...











Well I snatched it up as fast as I could. Nobody was going to beat me to this monstrosity. It didn't boast a big budget, an all star cast, or even decent reviews. What it did have was the quote, "It's like The Matrix, Aliens, and Starship Troopers rolled in one". Even for a person that openly will go out of his way to rent a movie that he thinks will be bad, this one was a stand out. It had everything. Poor writing. Poor acting. Shaky camera work. Really bad and inconsistent special effects. Bad editing. The sound obviously had some issues because the middle two-thirds sounded as if it had been dubbed in the producers' parents' bathroom and it didn't synch up to the action at all. The mouths were moving in a totally disjointed fashion in comparison to the sound. All in a mad rush to get it out the week before Transformers hits theaters.

If you like poorly put together movies then I would recommend this Blockbuster New Release! Dagromm gives it an A-.

On a side note my son, who was very eager by the way to see Transmorphers, recently wanted to watch Austin Powers. We capitulated and rented it online so that he could see it. I don't know what he had heard or what exactly he had expected, but everytime some slightly sexual scene would come on screen he would sit up attentively and say things like, "ok" and "here we go". It was really uncomfortable for me and Mrs. Dagromm. I finally called him out on it, said that I don't know wat he was expecting, but we weren't watching any freaky movies during dinner. It still makes me giggle.

13 comments:

Q said...

You should have rented Pirates! for your son instead of Austin Powers. He would have loved that movie and not once would he have been waiting for the slight hint of sex...

Susan said...

I'm going to go and try to rent this tonight. If not Pirates! is definately coming home with me.

Dagromm said...

Q - No, I don't think you understand that wasn't what I wanted at all.

Susan - There are two versions of Pirates! make sure you get the right one.

Q said...

Susan, one of them is the Skinemax version. The other one is the GOOD one...

Dagromm said...

Susan - I agree with Q.

Kofi said...

$8? Where do you live again?

Movie prices here range from $10.50 to $12.75 at the new place at the mall.

I miss $8 movies...

heather said...

i'm with kofi. i miss $8 movies. cheeks and i went to go see surfs up (wait for the video) and it cost me $14.50 to get in. for a freakin matinee for crying out loud! it's $10.75 each for anything after 4:30pm.

Tera said...

I think I'd rather see the new Die Hard...whatchamacallit movie. I like Bruce Willis

Dagromm said...

Kofi - Actually I don't think we even pay $8/ticket here in NoTex. maybe, but I think it's more in the $7-$7.50 range.

Heather - That's to bad. I thought that looked funny.

Tera - I've never seen the second one, but I'm curious about the new one.

Churlita said...

At first I thought you were talking about the Transformers movie and I was sad. My girls and I were planning on seeing it. I think we'll stay away from Transmorfers, though

Tera said...

Churlita you have good eyes!!! Off to see it then! Phew!!!! *wiping forehead*

Dagromm said...

Churlita - That's what I love about the movie. They obviously make it because they think they can make a quick buck from the folks that don't notice the difference.

Tera - It's safe to go see Transformers. It's good.

Cyber D said...

Your son cracks me up!