Slog - Comments on This Weekend at the Movies http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_23 First, some news: Karen Allen is going to return for the next Indiana Jones movie. Even better: Spielberg has stated that the movie will feature no CG. Nice. Now onto movies that are actually open, beginning with, of course, The Simpsons Movie. From Andrew Wright's review: "[W]arts, post-freshness dating, needless Green Day cameos, and all, the simple fact is that I laughed more here—particularly in the first 20-minute chunk—than at any other movie this year. I'm not booing, I'm saying Boo-urns." Also opening: Talk to Me ("With a better script, and more life in the camera, Talk to Me might... Copyright 2008 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:01:22 -0800 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:43:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle I'm more excited by Stardust than Sunshine.

My friends and relations who saw Stardust loved it!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_23#c771633 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_23#c771633 Arts Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:00:56 -0800 Comment by Jude Fawley I still love Marion Ravenwood (was that her name? Ok, maybe I don't love her that much but I'm glad she's coming back)

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_23#c771752 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_23#c771752 Arts Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:30:34 -0800 Comment by mattymatt Y'know, the rapid-aging scene at the end of "Last Crusade" is recognized for its pioneering use of CG techniques.

I'm just saying.

]]> mattymatt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_23#c771765 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_23#c771765 Arts Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:16:10 -0800 Comment by Jay Was it? If I recall correctly the aging scene was pretty much a straight up stop motion animation, similar to some of the ILM effects in Poltergeist, but I guess I could be wrong.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_23#c771878 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_23#c771878 Arts Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:02:34 -0800 Comment by wench Wow... I loved Karen Allen! She was awesome in the first movie.

]]> wench http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_23#c772115 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_23#c772115 Arts Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:43:31 -0800