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8. Babylon 5 - the Lost Tales
Oh look - it's the exorcist IN SPACE! But what does it have to do with Babylon 5?
9. Clerks 2
Why did I watch this again?
10. Flock of Dodos
I wonder how many people in favour of the so-called "theory" of intelligent design realize that they are actually calling their God stupid. I mean, design - I doubt it, but then, I'm an atheist. But intelligent? Don't make me laugh.
11. La Famiglia
Perhaps not the most exciting movie, but quite good. Also, the aging is done really well.
12. The Philadelphia Experiment
So, there's military scientists basically creating a black hole, crappy special effects, WWII sailors lost in the 80's, an 80's girl with either Stockholm syndrome or the usual fetish for lost time travelers and a random crossdresser. Also, I have my suspicions about the hero - he was definitely flirting with that nice crossdresser in the jail...
13. Columbo likes the nightlife
This is my theory about Columbo: he is psychic and every time he actually meets the correct criminal, he immediately knows. The rest is just finding the evidence he already knows is there somewhere.
14. Odds 777
Cinderella stories are nothing new, but somehow I don't imagine Hollywood making a version of this - even if it's fun. They like their heroines younger and slimmer most of the time. I liked the scenes at Bakken - it's amazing how like itself it looks, and yet so different. It's just embarrasing that I've never actually been at Bakkens Hvile...
15. Nattens engel (Angel of the night)
It gets one point for being a Danish vampire movie, which is rare enough to deserve a little credit. Unfortunately, this wanna-be-Tarantino movie doesn't really deserve any other credit. Typical. I should have left it as a vaguely silly movie I watched as a very young teenager, shouldn't I? Why did I rewatch it?
16. Eastern Promises
Weee, it's the homoerotic gangster movie with naked Viggo Mortensen. Yes, I'm shallow.
17. Lost Boys 2 - the Tribe
Boring.
18. Twilight
Well, I can honestly say it's not the worst vampire movie I watched this month. That's not saying much. Edward and Bella really are a match made in heaven - his creepy, emo stalker to her obsessive, emo clingy girl. And at least it didn't take itself seriously. Of course, it's a movie with sparkly vampires (that didn't even sparkle properly) playing baseball - what's to take serious?
19. 21 Jump Street season 1.
I didn't actually watch this back when TV3 showed it - just a tad too young. But it's entertaining enough - even if part of my amusement is derived from trying to guess what they are going to make an earring out of next. Besides, young Johnny Depp :-)
20. The Forbidden Kingdom
I've realized the problem with movies about the Monkey King. Well, the two main problems. First, since Sun Wukong is such a powerful character, you have to get into convoluted stories and bring in other characters to be the actual main characters to make it interesting. Second, an actor dressed up as Sun Wukong will most likely look silly. Which is probably why my favourite version is an old animated Chinese movie and my second favourite is Colonel Sun from Mark Salzman's "The Laughing Sutra". Anyway, this movie was entertaining enough, but I am the only one wondering how come the Monkey King - a creature literally born of stone - would be slowed down by petriciation? Isn't he kind of stone already?
Oh look - it's the exorcist IN SPACE! But what does it have to do with Babylon 5?
9. Clerks 2
Why did I watch this again?
10. Flock of Dodos
I wonder how many people in favour of the so-called "theory" of intelligent design realize that they are actually calling their God stupid. I mean, design - I doubt it, but then, I'm an atheist. But intelligent? Don't make me laugh.
11. La Famiglia
Perhaps not the most exciting movie, but quite good. Also, the aging is done really well.
12. The Philadelphia Experiment
So, there's military scientists basically creating a black hole, crappy special effects, WWII sailors lost in the 80's, an 80's girl with either Stockholm syndrome or the usual fetish for lost time travelers and a random crossdresser. Also, I have my suspicions about the hero - he was definitely flirting with that nice crossdresser in the jail...
13. Columbo likes the nightlife
This is my theory about Columbo: he is psychic and every time he actually meets the correct criminal, he immediately knows. The rest is just finding the evidence he already knows is there somewhere.
14. Odds 777
Cinderella stories are nothing new, but somehow I don't imagine Hollywood making a version of this - even if it's fun. They like their heroines younger and slimmer most of the time. I liked the scenes at Bakken - it's amazing how like itself it looks, and yet so different. It's just embarrasing that I've never actually been at Bakkens Hvile...
15. Nattens engel (Angel of the night)
It gets one point for being a Danish vampire movie, which is rare enough to deserve a little credit. Unfortunately, this wanna-be-Tarantino movie doesn't really deserve any other credit. Typical. I should have left it as a vaguely silly movie I watched as a very young teenager, shouldn't I? Why did I rewatch it?
16. Eastern Promises
Weee, it's the homoerotic gangster movie with naked Viggo Mortensen. Yes, I'm shallow.
17. Lost Boys 2 - the Tribe
Boring.
18. Twilight
Well, I can honestly say it's not the worst vampire movie I watched this month. That's not saying much. Edward and Bella really are a match made in heaven - his creepy, emo stalker to her obsessive, emo clingy girl. And at least it didn't take itself seriously. Of course, it's a movie with sparkly vampires (that didn't even sparkle properly) playing baseball - what's to take serious?
19. 21 Jump Street season 1.
I didn't actually watch this back when TV3 showed it - just a tad too young. But it's entertaining enough - even if part of my amusement is derived from trying to guess what they are going to make an earring out of next. Besides, young Johnny Depp :-)
20. The Forbidden Kingdom
I've realized the problem with movies about the Monkey King. Well, the two main problems. First, since Sun Wukong is such a powerful character, you have to get into convoluted stories and bring in other characters to be the actual main characters to make it interesting. Second, an actor dressed up as Sun Wukong will most likely look silly. Which is probably why my favourite version is an old animated Chinese movie and my second favourite is Colonel Sun from Mark Salzman's "The Laughing Sutra". Anyway, this movie was entertaining enough, but I am the only one wondering how come the Monkey King - a creature literally born of stone - would be slowed down by petriciation? Isn't he kind of stone already?
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