Category: movies

Denise mentioned on the DFWBlogs mailing list that she had two spare movie passes that she wouldn’t be able to use.

I suggested that she give them to a couple, if they wanted them. But, no one else spoke up, so she offered them to me. So, I’ll be going to see The Transporter at the Cinemark Legacy in Plano this evening (the 8:10 showing, perhaps).

Of course, I’m only using one of the movie passes; so, if you’d like to join me, just give me a call.

I recorded The Thirteenth Floor on TiVo and watched it Sunday afternoon. I wasn’t expecting to particularly enjoy it, but it was surprisingly good.

I first heard about the movie back in 1999 (when it was released). A friend of mine had seen it and was pleased with the plot development. I asked to hear more about it and only after reassuring him that I had no plans to see it did he “spoil” it for me.

At the time, the trailers and TV commercials looked pretty lame. But, after hearing the premise and the ending, I was intrigued. So, that’s what lead me to set the TiVo to record it.

You probably don’t recognize the name “Craig Bierko”, as he was primarily in some mid-90s sitcoms. But, he starred as the main character, Douglas Hall, and he played the part well.

I don’t want to give too much away, but the movie reminded me in some ways of Minority Report — so, if you liked that, you might like this as well. Just do yourself a favor, and don’t read the descriptions of it on IMDB, as even those give a bit too much away.

I don’t buy many DVDs, but I may just have to get this one.

Spoilers beyond this point. There was one part that confused me a bit at the end. Douglas goes up one meta-level and traverses from his reality to the real reality. But, how is that even possible, if he’s just a bunch of electronic circuits?

I see that there’s a new trailer available for the new Bond movie “Die Another Day” (trailer released Sept 5th). I’ve been somewhat disappointed with the Bond movies since GoldenEye (Tomorrow Never Dies had a bizarre plot while TWINE had poor acting from the non-Brosnan players), but I have my hopes up for this one :).

(the trailer requires QuickTime, no surprise there)

As mentioned on MetaFilter, I really enjoyed the trailer for the new Seinfeld movie (QuickTime required). The trailer has no actual scenes from the movie, as far as I can tell, but it heartily makes fun of one-liners from trailers (“in a land that time forgot…”).

Part of the discussion on MetaFilter is whether the voiceover artist in the trailer is the actual voiceover artist, or wether it’s dubbed onto an actor. Though I suspect that it’s an actor, I’m not sure, and I would be interested in finding out.