Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

The third biggest movie of the summer is finally out on DVD today, and I for one am excited to revisit Indy. I mean, look how excited I was before I saw the movie! Yes, this movie is flawed, but I was on board with most of the outrageous story because it was handled with sheer exuberance. It’s FUN to watch Indiana Jones and Mutt Williams get chased through campus. It’s FUN to see him battle Russians. It’s even FUN to watch them outrun killer ants. And while it does fall off the rails towards the end, everything leading up to it (yes, including the nuclear blast) is ENTERTAINING. It’s a ridiculous, preposterous movie that goes way beyond the storylines of previous Indy adventures. But isn’t that what a good adventure sequel should do?

THE VERDICT: Buy it unless you’re my brother John, who felt very much like Stan and Kyle did on South Park

Dance of the Dead

Haven’t seen this movie yet, but my friend George Feucht is the cinematographer. I’ve shot with him before and he’s a talented guy, I’m excited to see what he did with this cool little zombie flick.

THE VERDICT: If You’re Mad at George Lucas, Give This George a Shot Instead!

Alien-Predator Total Destruction Collection

Contains all the Alien, Predator, and AVP movies. At the behest of this box set, I would buy it, destroy Alien Vs. Predator Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem, and maybe Alien3, and just enjoy the Alien and Predator franchises for the greatness they USED to be. By the way, I have a special fondness for Alien: Resurrection, which is why I haven’t ordered it destroyed. What can I say? I’m a sucker for Ron Perlman, swimming aliens, and aborted Ripley clones.

THE VERDICT: Kind of a neat package, but if you’re a fan of the Alien or Predator series, you probably own the essentials.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 at 12:11 am and is filed under Film, Tuesday Toys!. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

The third biggest movie of the summer is finally out on DVD today, and I for one am excited to revisit Indy. I mean, look how excited I was before I saw the movie! Yes, this movie is flawed, but I was on board with most of the outrageous story because it was handled with sheer exuberance. It’s FUN to watch Indiana Jones and Mutt Williams get chased through campus. It’s FUN to see him battle Russians. It’s even FUN to watch them outrun killer ants. And while it does fall off the rails towards the end, everything leading up to it (yes, including the nuclear blast) is ENTERTAINING. It’s a ridiculous, preposterous movie that goes way beyond the storylines of previous Indy adventures. But isn’t that what a good adventure sequel should do?

THE VERDICT: Buy it unless you’re my brother John, who felt very much like Stan and Kyle did on South Park

Dance of the Dead

Haven’t seen this movie yet, but my friend George Feucht is the cinematographer. I’ve shot with him before and he’s a talented guy, I’m excited to see what he did with this cool little zombie flick.

THE VERDICT: If You’re Mad at George Lucas, Give This George a Shot Instead!

Alien-Predator Total Destruction Collection

Contains all the Alien, Predator, and AVP movies. At the behest of this box set, I would buy it, destroy Alien Vs. Predator Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem, and maybe Alien3, and just enjoy the Alien and Predator franchises for the greatness they USED to be. By the way, I have a special fondness for Alien: Resurrection, which is why I haven’t ordered it destroyed. What can I say? I’m a sucker for Ron Perlman, swimming aliens, and aborted Ripley clones.

THE VERDICT: Kind of a neat package, but if you’re a fan of the Alien or Predator series, you probably own the essentials.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 at 12:11 am and is filed under Film, Tuesday Toys!. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.