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Space, the final frontier… again.

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Yesterday before working in the yard (which was looooong over due BTW) and visiting the MIL for mother’s day, the wife and I went to see the 2009 reboot of Star Trek. I really enjoyed the movie, so I won’t ruin it for anyone by posting spoilers… besides, there are enough of those around the web for you to read if you really want to.

The movie offered enough to bring new people to the series, while keeping some of the old to please the trekkies. Famous lines like “I’m a doctor, not a …” and “I’m giving it all she’s got captain” find they way into the movie. I wasn’t too sure about the entire cast line up going into the movie, but after seeing it I feel like everyone filled their rolls very well. I’m looking forward to seeing more Star Trek movies with this crew.

I’m my no means a trekkie… I watched TOS and TNG but hated DS9, Voyager and Enterprise. Heck, I still have yet to see Star Trek: Nemesis which came out in 2002. Doh!

Vantage Point

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With 88 Minutes having already wasted a few hours of my life, I didn’t think I’d be able to pick a worse movie, so I browsed through the Comcast OnDemand listing again and came to Vantage Point.

Not only did this movie suck, it’s gimmick did not work at all, in fact I think it was absolutely annoying. You basically get to re-watch the first 20-ish minutes of the movie three or four times, each from a different “vantage point”.

You get the same movie, without the annoying “rewind” if you start your movie about half way in.

88 Minutes

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Being home from work sick, and having already watched The Clone Wars I was getting incredibly board. So I found myself browsing the Comcast OnDemand movie listings. I cam across 88 Minutes staring Al Pachino.

Aside from a tooth brush scene early on the movie, this was actually pretty dull and boring. You have Al Pachino with really bad hair running around for an hour and a half as women in his life are murdered in a way similar to killer he put away a few years before.

Don’t waste your money on this one… wait till it ends up on TV or the free movie section.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

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During the whole marketing blitz that accompanied the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated movie, I really had no desire to see it. That was until I started watching the animated series that followed. I’m really enjoying the series… funky animation and all.

I went to Wal*Mart today to pick up a few things, and was back in the electronics section looking for a speciffic gift for my father-in-law, when I found myself facing the newly released DVD of The Clone Wars. So, I decided to pick up a copy.

The movie was fun to watch, and certainly less painful to watch than Star Wars: Episode I – Episode III. The animation, though different, makes the lightsaber battles even cooler.

Samuel L. Jackson and Christopher Lee return in the animated film reprising the roles of Mace Windu and Count Dooku. And believe it or not, Anthony Daniels also returns as C-3PO (he’s been C-3PO in all the movies).

Aside from that, it’s just Star Wars. Some will like it, some won’t. I did.