G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra

I finally decided to let myself endure the horror that is the new wave of 80s cartoon show-movies. I cried to myself in a corner after watching both Transformers movies. (The viewing of the sequel wasn't really out of my own free will). I really expected to do the same with this new rendition of my childhood shows. And while I actually thought it wasn't that bad, (Bad=Transformers, Good=The Mummy...and that's my range, I'm not saying The Mummy was a work of art), I was actually more interested in playing "Spot the actors from Sommer's previous films" throughout this movie. No really, I half expected to see Rachel Weisz make an appearance somewhere.

Let's take a look at the reoccuring actors I was able to spot off the bat:
Actor: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Character: Heavy Duty
Previously in: The Mummy Returns (Lock-Nah)

Actor: Arnold Vosloo
Character: Zartan
Previously in: The Mummy and The Mummy Returns (Imhotep)

Actor: Kevin J. O'Conner
Character: Dr. Mindbender
Previously in: Van Helsing (Igor), The Mummy (Beni), Deep Rising (Joey)

Actor: Brendan Fraser
Character: Sgt. Stone
Previously in: The Mummy trilogy (Rick O'Connell)

Those are the ones I caught, were there any others?

But really though, I half expected this film to be complete trash and it surprised me. Now I'll have to preorder my tickets for the other 80s-cartoon transformations I expect to see in the near future. This includes: Rainbow Bright, Thundercats and Jem.

Iron Man 2

Trailer's out and you can watch it here. If it wasn't so first thing in the morning for me right now, I'd be able to articulate my utmost excitement for this movie. Instead I shall summarize it all and say, "Yippie!"

What the hell is this all about?

So the film industry must really be running out of ideas. We all know that they have no shame when it comes to remaking foreign films or tv shows, especially from the British genre. Re: Coupling, The Office, Kath and Kim, State of Play, Life on Mars...I really could go on, but then I'd forget my point.

Now they've really pissed me off taking a hilarious British film like "Death at a Funeral" and Americanized it.

First watch the trailer for the British version:



btw, if you haven't seen this film, please go rent it today. You'll laugh your socks off.

Here's the new version coming out in Spring 2010.



My soul is crying. How could they do this? My opinions of this film are already low. I'm already expecting great butchering to occur. Will I watch the remake? Most likely not. And if I do, it'd only be because of James Marsden.