Gimme back my crystal skull!

[yesno]

I need to know whether to see this!  Such mixed messages.  The reviews on Metacritic span the entire spectrum.  Usually there's some consensus.

Unrelated point, but I read this phrase in a pan of the new Narnia:

"It takes about a half hour for the bad news to sink in: "Prince Caspian" has little character interest and depicts no earthshaking moral conflict. The Christian allegory, unmistakable in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," is nowhere to be found in "Prince Caspian." Not even its former outlines are apparent. Alas, Lewis without Christianity just isn't Lewis."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/15/DDIS10M921.DTL

Holy shit, is that wrong.  Prince Caspian was one of the Christian-est things I've ever seen.*  This ain't just my opinion.  It's like saying you didn't like the movie because it didn't have any magic lions.


*(That is neither good nor bad in my book.  I'm not a believer myself, but I'm not about to cut myself off from centuries of intellectual and artistic tradition, and I rather enjoy tracing out Christian themes in art.  Oh, medieval literature classes.  Some of the things I've heard friends of mine say about C.S. Lewis apparently being part of the George Bush propaganda machine seemed as blinkered as the Christian crusade against Phil Pullman (you probably know him as "Philip")).

[Emily]

for me this movie was like Independence Day meets National Treasure: Book of Secrets and Indiana just like stumbled on the set. I was disappointed he never said "This skull BELONGS in a MUSEUM!"

look forward to Tuesday's show!

[samir]

their TREASURE was KNOWLEDGE!

that's the line where i lost it.

[Wes]

I feel bad for a lot of you, who may as well have been watching this on a tiny iPod screen instead of seeing it - like I did - the way it was meant to be seen: in a theater, sitting in the same row as a guy who had on a blinking, glow-in-the-dark Eagles hat.

[Gagneaux]

Oh, Emily. I didn't even think about that possible quote. I too wish it was in the film.

Yep ... I still like this movie. I figure Tom will shame this opinion on Tuesday, but I like what I like.

[todd]

The opening shot of this movie is a smiling, CGI prairie dog.
The opening shot of this movie is a SMILING, CGI PRAIRIE DOG!
THE OPENING SHOT OF THIS MOVIE IS A SMILING, CGI PRAIRIE DOG!!

[Gagneaux]

The opening shot of this movie is an awesome smiling, CGI prairie dog.
The opening shot of this movie is a AN AWESOME SMILING, CGI PRAIRIE DOG!
THE OPENING SHOT OF THIS MOVIE IS AN AWESOMELY AWESOME SMILING, CGI PRAIRIE DOG!!

fixed ?

[Laurie]

There were only two other people in this gigantic theater when I saw it: My mommy and some lady who sat a few rows behind us. TRUE STORY.

[Josh]

There were only two other people in this gigantic theater when I saw it: My mommy and some lady who sat a few rows behind us. TRUE STORY.

Is the theater in your house? 

Just kidding... it's hip hop weekend everyone's out starfucking and riding those little mopeds come on!

[Laurie]

There were only two other people in this gigantic theater when I saw it: My mommy and some lady who sat a few rows behind us. TRUE STORY.

Is the theater in your house? 

Just kidding... it's hip hop weekend everyone's out starfucking and riding those little mopeds come on!

I KNOW. Have you noticed all the broads walking around in bikinis and monokinis with high heels? I feel like I'm in a 2 Live Crew video. Jesus Christ, I just want to pick up some shit at Kid Robot, and my eyeballs are assaulted by muffin tops everywhere.

I also love that the first thing you see when you enter Miami Beach is a gigantic flashing sign that says "NO OPEN CONTAINERS."

PS: Since Dave brought up the movie, I have to ask. How do we feel about Tony Stark listening to Suicidal Tendencies?

[Chris L]

I need to know whether to see this!  Such mixed messages.  The reviews on Metacritic span the entire spectrum.  Usually there's some consensus.

Don't do it.  It's the belated third sequel of a highly flawed series and the most generous consensus on it is that it's merely "ok."  In two weeks you'll have practically forgotten this geriatric cash grab of a movie exists.

[chrisfoll577]

I need to know whether to see this!  Such mixed messages.  The reviews on Metacritic span the entire spectrum.  Usually there's some consensus.

For a dilemma like this... there is only one arbiter of taste to turn to...

...that's right, The Movie Boy.

Three Out of Four Stars!

[Martin]

Just watched it! Packed house!

[Gagneaux]

PS: Since Dave brought up the movie, I have to ask. How do we feel about Tony Stark listening to Suicidal Tendencies?

Wow, I thought I was the only one who thought that was an odd choice.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Yeah, that was weird.  I always had Iron Man pegged as more of a Cro-Mags fan.