watching movies one cup at a time

I never read the original comic book this movie is based on. And I never knew anybody who read it either. But of course since Spiderman and X-men made a freighter-load of money, the non-stop barrage of comic book movies is not going to stop any time soon. As comic book characters go, Ghost Rider is more supernatural than superhero. There is a lot of heavy God/Devil/Evil stuff throughout the movie and the main enemy is essentially the anti-christ. But it never gets deep. This is an inch-deep action movie and it knows it. If your looking for some cheap thrills, this will do. Read the rest of this entry »

I don’t care what anyone says, I liked this movie. I heard a lot of smack being talked about it around the time of it’s release. Everyone was making a big deal about it’s $180 million dollar budget and how it was going to bomb and ruin the filmmakers. There was a lot of talk as well about some supposed controversy surrounding the original novels that the story is based on and how that was going to sink the movie. Well I say nonsense. The movie was good and in my opinion it was a helluva lot better than Narnia, which everyone seems to get all crazy about. Read the rest of this entry »

I rented this one thinking it might be a light, fun romantic comedy. I should have known better. I’m not a Dane Cook fan and this just cements my opinion that he is just not funny. Not only is this movie not funny, it’s often just plain gross. I suspect Dane Cook agreed to do this movie because he got to be in about 50 sex scenes with naked women. Just scene after scene, like an endless wave of naked Dane Cook coming to ruin your day. No thanks. And I’m really not a fan of Jessica Alba either. Just not that interesting at all. Read the rest of this entry »