Notes: Transformers 2

This movie sucked so hard I could dryvac my floor with it.

What Space Horror Movie Am I Watching?

1. The primary spacecraft featured in this film is
A. Long and skinny with a big thingy at one end.
B. Long and skinny with a big thingy at both ends.

2. The spacecraft in question appears to have been designed by
A. NASA
B. H.R. Geiger

3. The ship is crewed by 8 multicultural astronauts, including
A. Asian people
B. Black people

4. In the cryptic message left by the previous mission's commander, the viewer is left staring into the insane man's
A. Eyes
B. Eye sockets

5. There is an airlock explosion. The crew attempts a rescue in the vacuum of space with
A. One guy in a spacesuit and two guys without
B. One guy in a spacesuit and one guy without

6. The death toll from this rescue is
A. 1
B. 0

7. The naked psychotic villain that kills everyone is convinced he is communing with
A. God
B. Satan

8. His body is disfigured by horrible
A. Burns
B. Scars

9. He kills people primarily using
A. One knife
B. Some crazy assortment of knives

10. In the end, the ship's big science machine is activated. This is a
A. Good thing
B. Bad thing

If you answered A to all or most of these questions, you are watching Sunshine. If you answered B, you are watching Event Horizon. There is a slim, non-zero chance that you may be watching 2001: A Space Odyssey and just not paying very close attention.

Movin'

I actually DID get tagged for this one, so in the interests of pointless list making, here goes.

The last film I bought:
The Incredibles. I love this film, despite the Ayn Randiness of it's core message. It's just fun. Am I the only one who thinks Elastigirl is sexy? The Internet says NO, I am not! (Eww)

The last film I watched:
At home, start to finish? Return of the Jedi. Because I needed to like Star Wars again.
In the theater? Kingdom of Heaven. I know I said I'd never see it, but I was drawn there by circumstances beyond my control. Meh.

Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:
This is not a top five, since the pool of selection is too wide to seriously narrow down to a handful. Like the meme says though, this is a good list of stuff I end up watching a lot.

Star Wars. The originals, pre-special edition. Duh.

The Road to El Dorado. Part of the appeal is the complete counter-culture non Disneyness of it. It's fun, slightly subversive, expertly performed by Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh, and the most likely film interpretation of Mage: The Sorceror's Crusade.

Dark City. I can't stand Keifer Sutherland, but creepy lispy Keifer can be my Obi-Wan any day. No more Mister Quick! Mister Quick, dead.

Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail. There will come a point of senility in my life where Monty Python quotes will be my only means of communication with the outside world. Sir Not-Appearing-in-this-Film. Scene 24. Blue. Ni!

Fight Club. Possibly the most violent movie ever made before the advent of Kill Bill. I'm not counting Robocop, Rambo, or Hot Shots Part Deux because that might be inconvenient to the preceding statement. Either way, who doesn't love watching Ed Norton beating the living crap out of himself while plotting the anarchist destruction of the credit industry?

Finally, tag five people to do this meme:
Uh, whoever hasn't done it who still wants to.

Kung Fu Madness

The return of Hong Kong Jackie Chan

From the Shaolin Soccer people: Kung Fu Hustle [trailer]

My Reclining Squirrel Kung Fu Stance Is Eminently Defeatable