Movie Notes...

What’s Francesca doing hawking Air Miles cards in a commercial? Took me a second to recognize the flinty gal from Due South, but there she was… On to some movie news – apparently a lackluster weekend at the box office, as Aeon Flux was the only new one released and came in at number 2 with 13.1 million. Potter was first yet again, and Walk the Line came in at number 3 with another 10 million bringing it’s 3 week total to almost 69 million. I guess Aeon Flux was a mild bomb by some reports. The trailer looked interesting, and being I like sci-fi I was thinking of checking it out, but with money being short I think it’s got rental written all over it. Besides, if it didn’t do great at the box office, they’ll fast track it to DVD anyway. Not to mention the fact that the more I look at the plot, the more I think Serenity did it waaaay better… I read somewhere that the new teaser trailer for X-men 3 will hit the net on Monday. Can’t wait to check it out. Going to be interesting to see a glimpse of what the new directors vision of these movies will be. As long as Halle Berry doesn’t try to hog the screen as is rumored, it should be ok… Best headline of the week for a review of TV mini-series: “Sci-Fi’s ‘Triangle’ a wreck-tangle.” Funny. Kind of ironic that the DVD’s for the movies Sky High and Fantastic Four coming out around the same time. Poor kids nowadays – if they don’t know their comic history, they won’t know who to thank for this “art”. See, Sky High is basically a live action rip off of The Incredibles, which was itself basically a rip off of the Fantastic Four, even though The Incredibles came out to theatres first. Now, I’ve only see the Incredibles, which was pretty good, and have yet to see Fantastic Four which I have heard sucks (what do you expect from the director of Barbershop jumping from that to the big budget FF?). Even though it may be bad, I’d still like to see FF, which is known as the first family of comics in ‘geek’ circles. Genius comic creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby started the Fantastic Four years ago, but thanks to Hollywood rip offs, lack of original plots, and bad directors, kids today may never learn to appreciate the creative history behind the big screen CGI fests…such a shame…