Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull


In 1957, intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is on the verge of losing his job at a prestigious university thanks to some questionable activities he's undertaken recently. He then meets up with a young rebel named Mutt (Shia LaBeouf) who asks Indy to go on another grand adventure: recover a legendary skull made out of crystal which allegedly will allow its owner to rule the world. Traveling down to Peru to an ancient lost city, Indy and Mutt must dodge an evil Russian agent, Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett), who is after the same object.
I learned 2 things while watching the 4th installment of the Indiana Jones series. 1) Nazis are better villains than Russians. 2) Religious artifacts are much more interesting than spacemen and flying saucers. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was disappointing. Jamie says "3".

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

27 Dresses

DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB!

Jane (Katherine Heigl) is the living embodiment of the old saying "always a bridesmaid, never a bride." Just when she thinks her life can't get any lonelier, her sister Tess (Malin Akerman) announces her engagement to the man of Jane's dreams. But which sibling will eventually end up standing at the altar first?

Katherine Heigl shouldn't quit her day job. Like most actors who star on popular television shows...they all dream of finding success on big screen films. Last year Heigl found success in "KNOCKED UP". However, most of of the films success was given to the director/writer and other actors. I tended to agree. Heigl wasn't bad in the film, she simply wasn't memorable.

The same can be said for 27 DRESSES. She isn't bad in the film, she isn't memorable. To her credit, I don't know if being memorable is possible was starring in a film like 27D. One of my biggest pet-peeves in romantic-comedies is when a good looking / hot chick can't find a date. 27D suffers from this tired premise. Jamie says "4".