I was going to the movies…

OK, I went to see “Hellboy 2” last Friday (I took advantage of a loooong lunch break and also the fact nobody in my family wanted to see it with me) and last Sunday we went (the whole family) to see “Hancock”.

“Hancock”
Surprisingly enough, there were no “super” villains on this movie. Which makes it really interesting. In any superhero movie I’ve ever seen, there is someone with the skills or powers to counteract the superhero’s abilities. Not here. You can focus then, in what is going on with the person. Hancock is an alcoholic, irate, selfish person. With superpowers. Can fly, do not age, bullets cannot pierce his skin, etc; think of Superman. But then he is lonely. Until he saves a guy who wants to change the world and as a side project starts by trying to change Hancock. I will say no more of the story; but to me it was the best part of the movie.

The acting, direction, effects and everything else took a backseat to the story for me. I think Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman were good enough to carry their parts, and Will Smith was acceptable; he was believable, but something was missing.

Overall score: 7

“HB 2: The Golden Army”
This is a “love-it or hate-it” movie. I have to tell you that I love Guillermo del Toro as a director; I went to see “Cronos” in Guadalajara when he was starting his career and then followed him through “Mimic”, “Blade 2”, “El Espinazo del Diablo”, “HellBoy” and “El Laberinto del Fauno”. It had been one of my complains that he does not seem to work much directing (I know he has participated producing a lot more movies; but…).

Anyway; compared to HB 1, this movie lacks the fast pace and the “true” villain (Rasputin that time). However (as “Hancock” did) this allow you to pay more attention to the character and what he really thinks and the way he acts. Remember that HB is 60 years old, but mentally is like a teenager (as explained in the first movie). There are several sequences that show that, but the one that takes the price is when he and Abe Sapien get drunk while listening to Barry Manilow (!?!?!?!!!). Effects, makeup and the creativity to show that many characters (and the underground world that is hiding from us Humans) are the best. Reminded me a little of the Artemis Fowl’s universe.

I liked the movie a lot; the only “complaint” I have is that seems to me the ending was a little weak; I can only hope this was because there is a third movie on the works, but nothing has been “leaked” to the press, so I do not know.

Overall score: 8.5

And that’s the way it happened. By the way, since we are preparing for the road trip, I had been really busy lately and had not enough time to post more. I expect that to be corrected with the daily (hopefully) updates during the trip.

See you around.

Atone, alone.

I do not know. The story is OK, the characters lack some emotion but you can understand what is going on, the interactions seem to lack deepness, but in overall I do not think it is that bad. Of course; knowing that it comes from a book gives me a very low expectation of what it could be. I have to read the book now, I am sure there were many things left out and imagination works better when you are reading (at least for me).

Anyway; I got “Hard Candy” and yesterday night we started watching it. We were so tired that we got asleep in the first half hour. We will give it another go tonight.

The last two days I was in San Marcos, CA. And yesterday my boss wanted to have a conversation with me; but he does not like to be in the factory (the one in San Marcos, he likes to be here in Tijuana; go figures). So, he invited me for an early dinner at a Thai food restaurant. We did not make it there; since there were two more people invited, one of them (KC the sales guy) suggested we should go to the St0ne Bistro, next to the brewery. I was on the freeway when they called me and gave me directions to the place.

I’ve been considering stopping by a number of times, but did not have the will to do it. The reason being, they have a really good beer. And if I stopped by I would drink some. And then I had to drive to Tijuana later, maybe not a good idea to drive in US with alcohol in your blood stream. But, as the Mexican saying goes: “when the Captain gives orders, the sailors follow them” (this is a very loose translation, but that is the meaning).

There we were. The place is really good; it has tables inside and big window doors that open to the patio and gardens. Really good environment, there were a couple of families there (5:00 pm) and everybody was quiet and enjoying themselves. I was amazed at the number of available beers they have (I counted 105; 32 on tap and 73 on bottle) and the variety of them and the fact they changed the beer menu in a daily basis (I asked and they changed only 1 to 3 beers on tap daily and also a limited number of the bottled ones; so if you like one you have a good opportunity to repeat). The food is good; the mac’n cheese is really good and the onion rings are amazing. Everything is organic or with the least amount of conservatives; which I think this is supposed to be good.

I had a couple of beers (I couldn’t help myself here!); a Cucapa Chupacabras Pale Ale (the tap handle pictured in the middle) and an Arrogant Bastard (they had Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA on tap, but I was in control; could not let it happen; maybe next time!). And that was enough; I was tired (after the 10+ hours for each day on meeting) and didn’t want to risk myself a DUI or something like that.

In any case I headed home around 7:30, and by that time a lot of people were arriving carrying beach chairs and blankets, etc. Every Wednesday they have an event called “Late Night Movies” and people go and drink and watch movies in the garden! They were going to show “El Mariachi”. And then, the 12th anniversary party is coming (August 16th). It is a brewery meet, with food and beer tasting. You get a souvenir glass and the opportunity to try 10 different beers (is a 6 ounces glass, so overall you drink like 4 or 5 beers). I will be there again.

Well, today is a slow day; next week will be frantic (starting with the weekend; since my brother-in-law Arqui’s birthday is coming and we will celebrate Saturday or Sunday; I’m not sure now) and is month close week for us at work. But, vacations are a week away and we will surely enjoy them.

See you around.

When in doubt, keep your mouth shut…

This is an excellent advice; however, one I usually do not follow.

OK, here come the reviews

Juno:
Ellen Page rocks! Figuratively and literally. I do not know if they would have found a better actress to play the part; I believe that the main reason for her making it work is that she is not that known (I know she appears in “X-Men 3” and I want to see “Smart People” but not because of her). The story rocks! I also think Jennifer Gardner made a hell of an impression on the “expecting mom” character; I started to hate her for being so annoying. Which is exactly why I think she nail the role down. I enjoyed the movie; and the dad/stepmom interactions with Juno were really good. Not that I want any of my daughters to go through what Juno went, but I would like to think of me as a cool dad (like Mac McGuff). Overall score: 8.

Jumper:
As will mentions in his comment; there is a sense of unfulfillment. Too many questions without answers, I know this is based on a book by Steven Gould; and you can see for yourself what happen to good books when they are “converted” into movies. ‘Nuff said. Overall score: 6 (it is entertaining; and I got to know there is an interesting book around!)

Grace is Gone:
The parallels with my family are really interesting; both daughters’ characters mirror what I perceive Mediana and Pinka to behave at home. My wife loved it, but got asleep ¾ into it; I had to wake her up to finish the movie. In my case, I almost cried, but got over it and kept watching the film. Strong emotional story. I do not know if I would do the same in that case, but I had had to wonder, since my wife sometimes has an infatuation with the idea of dying. Overall score 8.5 (it is slow at the end; the scene between the dad and his brother really got to me).

Bonus review:
My Own Private Idaho!!!!
Finally I finished watching it; it was anticlimactic. After all the expectation and excitement I had going into it, I had to watch it at work (on my lunch time). The first hour (or so) was what I had seen before; the second part of it (what I missed the first time I set to watch it) was difficult to digest. I still will have a second look at it; this time I will watch it uninterrupted. Let’s see what happens; so far score: 8.

And this is all folks (for the moment!)

See you around.

Good/Good Weekend

Here I am; after a really good weekend.

Every blue moon; I like to take a bath (on the bathtub we have in the second floor bathroom; I usually shower, but I was trying to relax today), today was the day; I prepare some “jamon serrano” and Manchego cheese, downed it with some beer and started reading “Mistress of the Art of Death”. I had an hour for myself to relax (which I did).

The weekend started in an alarming tone. Mi wife, because of her job was out of the house on Thursday afternoon, and “threatened” to return until midnight Friday. I was not happy; and on Wednesday night we discussed it (just the latest in a serial discussion we have every time she has to spend any personal time away from me because of her job). So I got mad at her and did not return her calls while she was away. She talked to my daughters and my mother-in-law; but when she returned on Friday it was her turn to be angry at me. We did not speak that night.

Saturday morning, Pinka started “investigating” why we were not talking to each other and then (prodded by her mother) decided to play Cupid to parents. I was downstairs and Bonita was upstairs, so Pinka started climbing the stairs up and down until she convinced us to start talking again. At the time, we were still feeling upset at each other and agreed not to hold it against each other, but also to wait until later to have the “serious” conversation.

The main reason of taking it lightly was to wait until tempers got to a safe level and the secondary reason was that Polaco’ sister in law was to be married and the party was Saturday night; and after all the anticipation (this had been on the works for over a year) we would not miss the event! Too much to gossip afterwards. So, we headed out shopping and got outfits for Mediana, Bonita and even I got a couple of shirts (I have this meeting Tuesday and Wednesday, so I have to look sharp, well sharper than usual ;^)).

When we returned, we called Vicky and learned that she was going to have lunch with the ex-boyfriend we like and we happily included ourselves in the plan. We went to this sushi place and had just something to nibble (we were not so hungry, since we had a late breakfast at the vegetarian place we like *); we had small talk with Vicky and her suitor and left early; to give them some space.

We took off to the wedding around 20:00 and were expecting the worst. Mary (Polaco’ sister in law) is not known for her taste and we were pleasantly surprised to see the good taste applied for all aspects of the wedding; except the number of people involved on the wedding (we counted 43 people showing up during the ceremony, like 4 ring bearers!). We had a good time; danced a little and drank a little (another sober night for me!!) and at midnight we returned home. We just missed on some fight within the groom’s family, but we will know the details later during the week.

Today was “Lazy Sunday”; we left early to try to pick some nice movies from Bl0ckbuster; we got “Juno” (liked very much), “Jumper” (something was missing), “Grace is gone” (OK, slow at time) and “Atonement” (**). Reviews will be posted tomorrow.

But after we watched the first three movies, Bonita and I started talking about what happened last week between us. After some back and forth accusations, we finally agreed that I do not like supporting her in this job because I do not like the way they treat her there; she is really interested in my job and we have to share and ask for what we want in a more clearer way (we were currently doing a lot of guesswork about what we wanted from each other); so I think we are doing better now. I told her I am really proud of the fact that she is well known and has an excellent reputation in the HR community and really want her to be happy doing whatever she likes to do (work, not work; change careers, stay in HR; ask for my help, do no ask; etc.) specially if she is happy about it.

So, after that I decided to take a bath. It was a stressful conversation, but not as stressful as I expected it to be. In any case I have been feeling a little winded up and needed to decompress; mission accomplished. Overall, it was a good weekend.

See you around.

(*) On a side note; we ran into our first "compadres" at the restaurante. This is a story I will write in detail later; now just know that we ended up not talking to them since 2002.

(**) My wife loved the movie; I have not seen it yet, tomorrow is the day. After that I will read the book; then I can put my two cents opinion on will and (s)wine's discussion.

Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

Suddenly, out of the blue; we went to the movies yesterday night. After complaining about the price of the tickets (I know is cheaper than in the US, but tickets increased almost 40% price in the last year! Bandits!); we sat down to watch “Get Smart”.

At first I was not really sure I wanted to see the movie. I was expecting a lot of stupid humor; but I was really surprised by two things: in comedy (as in many other things, [what a cliché]) timing is everything, and here the fast pace of the jokes makes them really enjoyable, I laughed out loud more several times; the second one was that only two or three jokes were non enjoyable (one of them was REALLY gross!).

I am giving the credit to the “Special Consultants” they had for the movie. They are the original writers of the series: Buck Henry and Mel Brooks (*). I am not really sure if they really participated in any aspect of this movie, but the writers and director really did a great job avoiding the typical error in comedy that is to wait to much for the joke to develop. In one of the sequences, Agent 23 (“The Rock”) is complaining about another agent for jamming the copy machine. After Agent Larabee dismisses this complain; a frustrated Agent 23 takes the stapler and then staple a paper to Larabee’s forehead. I did not see it coming and that is exactly what made it enjoyable.

Most of the jokes will develop and then the unexpected will happen; when I watched “Kung Fu Panda” I was able to tell my daughters what was about to happen prior to happening. Not this time.

Of course a lot had to do with the director going for the straight face joke and the actors running away with it; so special mention to Anne Hathaway (love her), Steve Carell (who is so enjoyable in “The Office”), Dwayne Johnson (The Rock), Alan Arkin (at time I was not sure if he was really acting or just playing along) and the four guys that stayed in the office (two nerds and two agents that had to stay; really good interactions).

The only other joke I will mention is the answer to the question appearing as title of the post. Smart (Carell) and his boss (Arkin) are driving though a golf driving range, and then crash with a shack that has a swordfish in one of the walls. They stopped in front of a small airport and then Smart asks his boss: “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”

(End reading if you do not want to curse me later; of course if you already watched the movie or do not have plans to watch it do not worry about this)

BIG SPOILER HERE

The boss answers: “I do not know, Were you thinking; ‘Holy shit, holy shit, a swordfish almost went though my head’? If so, then yes”.

END OF SPOILER

See you around.

(*) As comedy goes, I always liked Mel Brooks' movies. Particularly "History of the World, Part 1"; I do not why, just loved that movie.

Movies again!

Well, yesterday I took Mediana and Pinka to the movies; to see Kung Fu Panda. I’ve read a little about the screening at Cannes and the actors doing the voices of the movie (Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane in English; Omar Chaparro, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Bruno Pinasco, Erika Edwards and Cesar Evora in Spanish); but I did not expected the movie to be that good.

We watched the movie in Spanish, I have not seen the English version yet; but for all of you that do not know; Mexico has a really good dubbing industry (40-20 years ago it was even better), Telly Savalas was known to say that he really preferred his dubbed voice in the Mexican broadcast of Kojak (hear here as the Eagle’s voice); and the Flintstones and other cartoons (Count Duckula!) were really great; the Shrek movies were also really good and they made a really good work this time. Of course, saying “Pot-Belly Panda” in Spanish sounds really funny (is Panda Panzon, with the accent in the “zon” for the curious).

The story is also good; I agree to many of the things mentioned there; specially the “there are no accidents” bit, since is part of the family philosophy. We also had great laughs, made us almost cry and ended up with a good feeling overall. I will now get the English version to compare.

See you around.

Coming soon!!!

Being in the movie review business lately made me reflect back on a comment I made about trailer watching.

For Mexicans, I am not referring to transportation. I am referring to the movie advances you will see before the movie starts or before you get to the DVD menu.

When I go to the theater (sorry Will, but even though I had a couple of Englishmen as English teachers I got stuck with the American orthography) I want to be early, the reason being that if I am early I get to watch the trailers.

I know, all trailers look great (well… not all of them, but close enough); I have a hypothesis (I have not prove it) that can explain it: What you see on the trailer is a summary of the movie best scenes, usually in the wrong order; so when you get to see the movie you will feel “surprised” enough to still like the movie. Or maybe is just me.

In any case, I did not see any trailer for “Indy does the Crystal Skull” or “Narnia 2; Still kicking” which is interesting. Why, you ask? (Or maybe you don’t) I believe there are no accidents in life. I think that everything that happens is because, in sometimes a very convoluted way (to avoid sayin in a sick way), you look for it. I will get back to this, however in the movie section of my mind this means that I did not wanted to see the trailers for Indy 4 and/or Narnia 2 because I want to feel REALLY surprised when I see the movie; because YES, I WILL SEE THEM! and I WANT TO FEEL SURPRISED!! (even though I already read all the Narnia books and I expect Indy to do what he does usually).

Now, back to the “there are no accidents in life”.

This is really hard to explain when you suffered something catastrophic (it has happened to me already, ask me in person if you want to know; but, maybe you rather not) and I will take out the natural disasters of the equation, because that is just Earth trying to get rid of us.

But in any other event, whether is that you were in the wrong side of the city o you did not recognize the car moving sideways before it hit you or you did not shut up before the other guy start hitting you (or hitting on you, for some people it could be scarier if this is the case!); all those cases... even as we call them accidents... could have happened in a different way... when you do different things...

Let’s discussion begin!!! (yes, I am lazy today!!)
See you later.

On being a "rifle"... (what?)

In the school slang, when you are copying homework of an exam from one of your classmates you will be called "fusil" (rifle).

So, today's my day to be a "fusil". I have 5 (3 actually) movies to see (we went to Blockbuster yesterday) and I will be posting my reviews during the day. As a special threat for me (and maybe for some of you) I will use the "critical" eye during movie watching.

See you in a while.

(Back to yesterday night)

12:30 a.m. I just finished to watch Hitman. Here goes the review. (Yes I know, I started before the original post; I can cheat a bit, I think, after all I am a "rifle" today!!!)

Hitman (2007)

I am not a big fan of Timothy Olyphant, neither of Game-to-Film movies. Then, why did I rent this movie? Well, I just bough the hype, I think. OK, let's start with this.

I could not understand the basic premise of having a "secret" organization when all the members are running around with the bar codes tattoed in the back of their heads; I would say they are pretty obvious. And, what purpose the bar code had? I never saw anybody scanning them or using them for any reason. I would like to know if they use the barcode to identify them or to charge for services (like, "OK you want #47, it will cost you $10 Mill; but in the Clearance section there is #13, he is a bit of bad luck but... you can have it for only $999,999!!").

Anyhoo; good cinematics, nice-looking leading lady (Olga Kurylenko -> Nina; I have not seen Paris, jet'aime, so I did not know her) but she can not act; the interaction between #47 and Nina is akward, but very believable (in the sense that #47 is like a killer-monk and does not know how to interact with women and she appears nekked [this is not for kids movie]). Special effects, nothing major to report. Music, nothing major to report.

So, bonus point for Nina --> 5 (out of 10, I will follow school-type grading).

Next!!!
10:00 a.m.

You Kill Me (2007)

I have something for Téa Leoni, ever since I watched her for the first time in "The Naked Truth" (old TV show in 1995) and I have always liked Ben Kingsley, specially in "House of Sand and Fog" and a little in "Lucky Number Slevin". So, it looks promising. Add Bill Pullman, Dennis Farina, Luke Wilson, Philip Baker Hall, etc. Very strong cast, of course is a comedy (dark), and those are difficult to pull.

In any case, they did it for me. Kingsley plays the role of a hitman (is there a theme here?) that is also an alcoholic; thus his addition is not letting him do his job properly. After he fails to kill an Irish mob boss (Farina) he is exiled by his uncle boss (Baker Hall, playing a Polish mob boss based on Buffalo) to San Francisco, until he recovers.

He starts going to AA meetings and working at a funerary (as a make-up artist (?) and general help). He meets Laurel (Leoni) in the first funeral he works and fancies her. Wilson is his sponsor at the AA and Pullman is his landlord/nanny. He starts applying the AA principles in his life (including the honesty part; he talks about his line of work at the meetings, that I did not buy completely, but, what the hell, is a comedy! and I like the actors!! [do you see to double standard here?]).

I do not want to spoil it, because I think people with the right sense of humor might like it. My wife really liked it and I know she does not like comedies to start with, but, she also likes Téa (and loved "Fun with Dick and Jane", strange). The final part is a bit cliché, but it is a Hollywood movie! Deal with it (I am talking to myself here).

Score: 8 out of 10 (bonuses points because my wife liked it and Téa Leoni).

Next!!!

12:45

I Am Legend (2007)

We are rolling here! However, I have to recognize I do not want to start watching "My Own Private Idaho". Maybe to do with big expectations; in any case, after this movie we will watch "There Will Be Blood" and My-House Premiere of MOPI will start in Primetime!

OK, Will Smith is bald, Ben Kingsley is bald, Tim Olyphant played a bald charachter in "Hitman", maybe the theme is baldness!! Not hitmen!! After I finish all 5 movies will let you know.

Acting -> Great!! "Sam" the dog, played a major role in the movie; she seems to be really intelligent, and because she is speech impaired I give her the Oscar (wait, this already happened!! *). Special thanks to "Fred, the mannequin" in the special appearance he made. The same for the kid almost at the end. Very similar acting skills.

In a serious note, Will Smith rocks. I was close to hate the story on "I, Robot", but simply because I know from heart all of Asimov's robot stories and novels; but he performed really good (and I like Bridget Moynahan). "MIB" (the first one) was good, "Bad Boys" (the first one, with Téa Leoni!!) was good, "Wild, Wild West" not so much (I blame it on Kevin Kline), then we got to see what he can do in "Pursuit of Happiness" and in a "castawaian" setup he did not embarrassed himself now. I need to read the book right now to confirm they kept the story close to the original, but at this moment I liked the movie. Great sound edition (knowing how to keep the silences is important, remember "2001"). And if you liked Anna (Alice Braga) you have to see "Solo Dios Sabe".

Overall score 8.5 out of 10 (I am strict, but since there were no bonuses here, this is a great score for a movie!)

Next!!!

5:30

There Will Be Blood (2007)

I knew it was based on a book; but I was not aware it was that loooooong! It made me sleepy for a while, so unless I change my rules it will not be OK.

I do not understand how a movie that can not keep the audience (me) interested will have so many Oscar nominations. I saw "Michael Clayton" and "No Country for Old Men" (and loved them **), I have not seen "Atonement" (my wife did and loved it, but in a comment, the commenter said there is a big difference between the movie and the book) so I do not know what to make of it. But for this movie to have those many nominations... I mean 3 out of 4 were based in books, I have not read any of those books, but a little time spent looking information for them showed me what I suspected: Oil! is the longest of them, Atonement is the second and a rather far third is No Country for Old Men.

OK enough ranting, I can not bend my rules here
Score: 5 out of 10 (bonus point because at the end I got interested again, the cinematography and Paul Dano, who makes it interesting beyond his inconsistent acting and Daniel Day-Lewis giving a very good performance).

So... "two little movies to be seen under the sun; one just burned and there is one"
Next!!!

0:30 a.m(Next day)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Disaster!!!! I wait for my wife to finish watching "Capadocia" so we start watching MOPI at 9:30 p.m.

It is what I remember (I watched more that half the movie the first time) and I am liking it but I am so tired that I sleep at the 25 minutes mark.

Dear readers; I have to apologize for this let down. I will continue watching the movie tomorrow (today) and post the report at night.

Yes, I know, I should not have procrastinated since the beginning and we would be better of, but... this is life. 4 out of 5 is not so bad and it will get its own review!!

See you around.

(*) in a side note, my Mexican-ness does not allow me to say something like "got the Oscar because speech impared" or like that without apologizing to all the speech impaired people who is reading this (that includes me, I usually grunt and point so people understand me).

(**) I actually more than like anything from the Coen brothers; since "Blood Simple" up to now, passing "Barton Fink", "The Big Lebowski", "Fargo", "The Hudsucker Proxy", even "Intolerable Cruelty"; pretty much all of them.

Iron man review # 12345600000003

Hello all, we made it back safe and sound! Got back to Tijuana yesterday around 8:00 p.m. but I felt so tired that I only unloaded the van an went to sleep. This morning I checked on the blogs and saw a couple of new comments (nice to meet you (s)wine) and a question from Will. Did I like "Iron man" the same I liked "Definitively maybe"? I decided to answer with my review of the movie. but first I asked my family about it: my daughters and my wife liked it,my brother and mother in law (which went on their own to watch it) loved it.

A little background here: I lived in Guadalajara (central Mexico, Mexico's second city) for eight and a half years; I attended college there and stayed working as a college teacher for almost five years. When studying I had to attend a couple of courses unrelated to Engineering (I have a BSEE) and one of them was "Cinema appreciation" (in 1987) and several years later (1993) I found myself alone in the city and to fill my Saturday mornings decided to attend an "advance" course of the same (I learned to appreciate my time on Saturday mornings more and to love Peter Greenaway movies!!). So, every time I go to the movies I could use the critical eye I "developed" during those lessons or (as usually happens) just sit down and drop my expectations to the point where if I do not get sleepy with the movie then it's considered to be OK. I had almost left a movie once in my life ("Salo, 100 days of Sodoma and Gomorra" by Pier Paolo Pasolini, not for the faint of heart) and actually left a theater twice (one with some friends in Guadalajara, when they became offended by the homosexual theme of "My own private Idaho" and one in TJ with my wife when they call her from her work because of an emergency). Then my opinion of a movie could be very optimistic.

"Iron man" got me entertained for the duration. Then gets the "it's OK" treatment. But, I would have to complain (and if you have not seen it read lightly because I might spoil it for you) that if you see the trailer you almost saw the movie. Because you "know" what will happen (if you are a comics' follower) and therefore there are not much surprises.

Now applying the critical eye: Robert Downey Jr. gives a very good performance; you can not say the same of Gwyneth Paltrow or Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges is so-so (he is a believable villain). But I think that, considering the small amount of effects the movie has, acting should have been more important. There is no "click" between Paltrow and Downey Jr.; and the friendhip between Howard and Downey Jr. is close to nothing. The script is just enough, the music gave me nothing (I saw "August Rush" a month ago and I got to know Kaki King from there!) and the camera work was adecuate.

The one thing I liked was to have all these actors in the movie. With Edward Norton as Hulk (coming soon!!) and the teaser scene at the end of the "Iron man" you can expect at least some buzz regarding comic-to-film transformations. Let's hope is going to be more than OK.

See you around.