Beach bash monster movies

Yes folks the genre is NOT dead....it's just been returned to the indies from whence it was spawned. Stomp! Shout! Scream! is an irreverant small production film with loads of charm. It was shown at the Sarasota film festival here and I got a chance to borrow a friends DVD. Probably the best part was the music. Using, among others, a group out of Atlanta, Catfight!, the music provides the necessary....um vibe...to pull this movie off. IMDB can give you more specific plot information and other reviews here. Overall, it was cheesy, throwback fun, short enough not to feel like it ate your entire evening but long enough to provide plenty of chuckles.

Boston part Deux

Boston kicks ass....and it's women the best part. There is not a better combination of warmth, friendliness and outright sarcasm...just my type. I like somebody who'll get tear you a new one for not knowing who the Sox (and there is only one Sox here....sorry Chicago) are playing tonight. I like edge when something stupid gets said like "I only really watch the Yankees", or "The Bucs won a superbowl you know." I also really and truly appreciate it when I'm not the person being aimed at. Or my favorite, watching somebody from Orlando asking a bartender to show anything but the Red Sox game....classic just classic. I won't forget this night for a long long time. Just watch the Bruins talk right now that seems to be touchy.

Scented soap?!?!??!?

Ohhh yeah one question to end the evening....do I really look like a green apple scented soap kinda guy!?

Boston and Flux

Welcome from Boston...love the buildings. I guess coming from Florida I NEVER see brownstones and they're all over the place here. Well after a day of travelling I'm exhausted...guess I shouldn't have started drinking beer so early. The Starbucks mocha just ain't keeping up. Did get to watch a new movie tonight. Aeon Flux. Pretty good, liked Charlize Theron. My biggest complaint is they went for a grand slam home run. They took a huge swing when they should be playing small ball. This means the movie is rushed in introducing characters and, setting up the conflict, and resolving a MAJOR conflict.

MAJOR SPOILER: Why does a rebellion movie have to end with the fall of the system? Set it up, play with it, have fun with it. The system in this case had a nice twist, guaranteed continuation of the human race or a single-shot existence. But the main character never even has a second thought on this....single minded with a single goal. The only inner-conflict of the main character is hollow....a decision that wouldn't have mattered in long run. The movie could have ended with the public finding out about the the experimentation and cloning. This would have left the movie at a good ending point and set up discussions on what the public would do...if the movie did well a second one could have picked up at that point. As it is there is really nowhere this can go now.