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Charlize Theron is probably going to need a restraining order...against our love
Movies: Four Christmases vs. Transporter 3
File this under “Hollywood is running out of ideas”. Four Christmases stars Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as an upscale San Francisco couple who find their vacation plans ruined by dense fog on Christmas morning. What do they do? Go to four family Christmases of course! Drag every cliché situation out of the closet here. Embarrassing stories, outrageous relatives, and some good old fashioned relationship drama turn what should have been a fun, albeit mundane holiday into hell for the two characters.
Starved for action? Maybe you’d be interested in Transporter 3…or maybe not. The third installment in the film series starring B-level star Jason Statham takes wheelman Frank Martin on a trip through Europe as he reluctantly transports the kidnapped daughter of the head of Ukraine’s Environmental Protection Agency from France to Ukraine. Through all of the danger and their seemingly disparate attitudes, the two fall for each other. Oh, and there’s a bomb attached to Frank’s neck so he explodes if he goes more than 20 feet from the car or something.
The Edge: Neither. Four Christmases looks like a crappy comedy starring two thespians who otherwise do some pretty great work. Transporter 3 is an entry in a film franchise that should have stopped after the first movie.
DVDs: Hancock vs. 24: Redemption
I thought Hancock sucked when it was in theaters, and I still haven’t changed my mind. Will Smith as a drunken super-hero would normally be a great movie…if there was an actual fucking plot somewhere in there. I guess they’re angels or robots or something, but after an hour with no real threat or super-villain, I stopped following the plot and focused mainly on Charlize Theron. However, if you do decide to pick up the DVD of Hancock, here’s what you can expect to find inside: Superhumans: The Making of Hancock, Seeing the Future, Building a Better Hero, Suiting Up, Home Life, and a few more.
You may or may not have noticed a distinct lack of the show 24 this fall. That’s because there were some pretty big bumps in the road for the show following the writer’s strike. However, “that show with the annoying clock”, or “The Jack Bauer Comedy Hour” as I like to call it, does have new material. Enter 24: Redemption, the show’s first new material in over a year and a half. The plot follows Jack Bauer as he inevitably has to save the world and act all surly as he does it. The real purpose here is to bridge the gap between seasons 6 and 7. The DVD release features ten extra minutes of content not shown in the TV airing, commentary, and a few other standard extras.
The Edge: Neither. The first offering is a bad movie that’s only mildly entertaining because of Jason Bateman and my future bride Charlize Theron. 24 is great, but only if you’ve been following the story since the beginning.
Posted by Cory Roop, Cory Roop on Nov 25, 2008 @ 12:00 am