Brussels Land Ho…
4:37 PM. I'm dead tired. But we are here in Brussels. The flight over sucked. Didn't get one second of sleep the entire way. Probably been up for 20+ hrs now. Brussels is a pretty cool city, little small. Grant and I have pretty walked the entire center city part in half a day. Tomorrow brings Bruges and Paris.
Lake Como…
Fucking Amazing!
Limited to no internet access for the foreseeable (sp?) future. So expect few updates.
Shooter…
Man do I want a good sniper film. Snipers rule. So yeah, Shooter is just alright. It gets bonus points for being partly based in Philly and having Kate Mara in the cast. But the plot is way out there and uninteresting.
The five minute back story that they give actually sounded much more interesting than the actual movie plot. On the run in Africa, deserted by your own country, have to fight your way out, then seek revenge on those that deserted you and left you for dead. Much better than the political mumbo jumbo that we get here.
Oh how I want a good sniper film.
Joel Siegel Time: Shooter misses just wide of the mark.
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer…
I'm addicted to crap. I knew this movie would suck going into it, yet I still went into it. I don't know why, sometimes I just have a compulsion to view crap. And it's not like it's a cheap compulsion. At 10 bucks a pop, crappy movie viewing adds up after a while.
So as you can probably tell Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was not that good. Yes, I did enjoy myself on some level. Who wouldn't want to see the Fantastic Four doing their thing on the big screen? But then on a completely different level I weep. The Fantastic Four/Silver Surfer/Galactus is a great marvel story, and it's reduced to a steaming turd pile. I really wish I knew why the movie studios feel so compelled to completely change the greatest stories in comic book history. It’s not even like the Galactus plot line is that complex or based in shit loads of Fantastic Four lore.
But anyway, fun for kids, pleasant for parents, bad for adults, and horrible for fans.
Joel Siegel Moment: "Fantastic Four not so Fantastic" or "Silver Surfer doesn't rise, he sinks!"
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Ocean’s Thirteen…
It's good. Not as good as the first, but much better than the shit that was the 2nd film. I really wish some of the ways that they break into these things had some sense of reality in them. I can suspend my disbelief for only so long. Anyway, it was enjoyable and here is why...
13 Reasons to see Ocean's 13:
- Bernie Mac does not get his nails done
- It's written by the guys that wrote Rounders.
- Super Dave Osborn plays Matt Damon's father
- Caan & Affleck's revolt in Mexico is hilarious
- Vincent Cassel is back as Toulour
- It's Al Fricking Pacino
- Akebono has a cameo
- Eddie Izzard wears mens clothing and plays a technical genius
- The story is actually pretty engaging and interesting.
- Matt Damon wears a fake nose
- Ellen Barkin is a "cougar"
- For the most part it's the Clooney, Pitt, and Damon show.
- Terry Benedict is only in it for a little, and is not that annoying.
Joel Siegel Moment: 13 is not unlucky for Danny Ocean.
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