Ooh, it’s a pretty nerdy week for DVDs. We’ve got a couple movies that were overlooked in the theater and should far much better at home.

Read my original review HERE.

When I talked about Hellboy II on Sticky Floor Friday, I urged everyone to see it the weekend it came out, because it was going to get trounced and forgotten the following week. Well, that was an understatement. 7 days later a little movie called The Dark Knight was released and laid waste to Hellboy’s meager $34 million #1 opening. It’s a shame, because Hellboy is a truly imaginative film and one of the best of 2008. Everyone was overshadowed by Bruce Wayne this summer, but now is the time to repent. Pick up Hellboy II and I guarantee you won’t regret it. Once you see the Tooth Fairies, you’ll be hooked.

THE VERDICT: Buy The Big, Red Bastard!

I was ultimately outnumbered in my support of Clone Wars, but I stand by my review that it’s a great introduction to an amazing television show. Now that it’s on the air, the Clone Wars cartoon is proving there are still viable stories to tell in the Star Wars universe. And since the movie was originally part of the TV series, it’ll stand up much better on the small screen. I’ve read blogs where people think Lucas released it in theaters to “trick” unknowing moviegoers into buying a product intended for television. If that were the case, they would have heavily promoted the movie and crammed it down our throats. Instead, it was released with minimal expectations and advertising, and proved to be an entertaining piece of fluff.

You know, people hold Genndy Tartakovsky’s “Clone Wars” cartoon in high regard, but if the second season was released in theaters, people would have griped about how it was a money grab. I saw a special screening of that entire season in a theater, and walked away with the same feeling as the newest Clone Wars movie — fun as a TV show and cool to see on the big screen, but lacking scope. If people would have been asked to pay money to see the original “Clone Wars” series, I bet the perception would be a lot different today.

THE VERDICT: Wah, wah, wah George Lucas! Check it out if you’re not a bitter fanboy.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 at 9:00 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.

Ooh, it’s a pretty nerdy week for DVDs. We’ve got a couple movies that were overlooked in the theater and should far much better at home.

Read my original review HERE.

When I talked about Hellboy II on Sticky Floor Friday, I urged everyone to see it the weekend it came out, because it was going to get trounced and forgotten the following week. Well, that was an understatement. 7 days later a little movie called The Dark Knight was released and laid waste to Hellboy’s meager $34 million #1 opening. It’s a shame, because Hellboy is a truly imaginative film and one of the best of 2008. Everyone was overshadowed by Bruce Wayne this summer, but now is the time to repent. Pick up Hellboy II and I guarantee you won’t regret it. Once you see the Tooth Fairies, you’ll be hooked.

THE VERDICT: Buy The Big, Red Bastard!

I was ultimately outnumbered in my support of Clone Wars, but I stand by my review that it’s a great introduction to an amazing television show. Now that it’s on the air, the Clone Wars cartoon is proving there are still viable stories to tell in the Star Wars universe. And since the movie was originally part of the TV series, it’ll stand up much better on the small screen. I’ve read blogs where people think Lucas released it in theaters to “trick” unknowing moviegoers into buying a product intended for television. If that were the case, they would have heavily promoted the movie and crammed it down our throats. Instead, it was released with minimal expectations and advertising, and proved to be an entertaining piece of fluff.

You know, people hold Genndy Tartakovsky’s “Clone Wars” cartoon in high regard, but if the second season was released in theaters, people would have griped about how it was a money grab. I saw a special screening of that entire season in a theater, and walked away with the same feeling as the newest Clone Wars movie — fun as a TV show and cool to see on the big screen, but lacking scope. If people would have been asked to pay money to see the original “Clone Wars” series, I bet the perception would be a lot different today.

THE VERDICT: Wah, wah, wah George Lucas! Check it out if you’re not a bitter fanboy.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 at 9:00 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.