I grew up watching television and movies. My sister and I would watch pretty much every movie that we came across, which was a lot considering we grew up with a black box (free porn when I was 11 years old? fuck yeah!). I can’t really call myself a movie buff as I’m not familiar with some of the jargon they tend to throw around like neorealist or cinema verite, but when you’ve seen the vast majority of Hollywood movies that came out in the last two decades, you pick up a thing or two. I’m a product of the post modern generation.
Last night, I watched How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and Yes Man. I know, I know. Why the hell would you watch those mediocre movies? Maybe I got nostalgic. Maybe I miss the days when I was younger and would watch crappy movies. But the thing is, I enjoyed myself. They were entertaining movies. I’m no snob but I know what makes a movie good. They could have been much better, but they weren’t. They were missing something. Yes Man was a competant movie but nothing really made it a classic like Dumb and Dumber or Ace Ventura. It felt like a follow up to Liar Liar without the supernatural element. I was still entertaining, though. There were some clever jokes in there and Zooey Deschanel is pretty fucking hot.
Have you heard of Watchmen? Of course you have. I’ll admit it. I put off reading it for years until a few months ago, when I just read it straight through at once. I was somewhat prompted by the movie coming out within months. Seeing the trailer piqued my interest, but reading the book completely turned me off of the movie. “They are going to ruin MY Watchmen!” are some of the nerdiest thoughts you can read, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think that to some degree. But after watching a few clips, I’m coming back around. It might turn out alright. Those that have already seen it have good things to say about it. It won’t be perfect, no adaptation really is (especially ones from comic books), but it might be pretty good. If Kevin Smith likes it, I can’t really complain much. I’ll just be annoyed and voice my displeasure after watching the living fuck out of it on IMAX.