Slowly Learning...

Here are the three latest films in short...

Wanted: Fantastic action film. Think Matrix meets Fight Club, but without as much story as Fight Club, and with better acting than Matrix. Not overly deep, but one of the most entertaining movies I've seen lately, and isn't that what really counts?

WALL·E: Yes he's cute, yes it's another well done Pixar film. And thankfully this one falls mostly into the good Pixar films that are a little different (see also Incredibles, Monsters Inc, and to some extent Finding Nemo). Is it without it's problems? No. First off, on a minor note, the "predicted" human future. It was a little funny seeing everyone over the top fat and lazy, but it almost seemed a little preachy at times. "Repent and change your ways or the human race will become fat, lazy and trash the entire planet!" But I can overlook that because they didn't come right out and preach that. The biggest issue was the inclusion of live action. I love pixar movies and the way most can reel you in, but you completely break up the flow and the feeling of emersion if you cut away to real people (and as much as I love Fred Willard, he does not belong at all).

Hancock: I loved the idea, a super hero who doesn't care, and I hoped they could pull it off. And I guess in some ways they did. What really threw me through was the fact that Charlize Theron was in the film (as one of the three major characters) yet this was never told to us in any previews. *Semi-Spoiler Alert* Now I know that she is part of the "twist" and that they wanted to keep that a secret, but if you have one of the biggest female names in Hollywood in your film as a major character, yet you don't hype that at all then it pretty obvious the first time you see her that there is going to be a twist involving her. So it doesn't really work well at hiding her. However I did enjoy seeing MR. F married to Jason Bateman, and she did do quite a good job. However in the end the film was watchable and entertaining, but not fantastic.

RATINGS: Worth Rewatching In the Theatres (as I have already done); Worth Seeing For Full Price (especially if you have kids); Worth Seeing Once (but maybe wait for a matinee or something cheaper).

PS - I cannot wait to see how Death Race turns out (can it be as awesomely bad as the original?), and props to anyone who caught the Arrested Development reference.