Slog - Comments on Super Over-the-Top http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop In this week's paper, I reviewed Hancock. It was pretty...blah. ...the trailers, with Will Smith as a drunken misanthrope flying into buildings and tossing whales around with impunity, suggested the kind of brainless summer fun that Smith used to supply with films like Men in Black. Unfortunately, as with I Am Legend and I, Robot, Smith has developed the unfortunate tendency to make all his popcorn flicks as heavy as a brain-dead Hamlet. Everything now has to have gravity and weight, and a simple redemptive superhero comedy simply wouldn't do for the erstwhile Mr. July. But then I read... Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:13:09 -0800 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:02:03 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elenchos I don't think that justice thing is true vis a vis winning. Uwe Boll, siding with injustice as always, won his fights against his critics.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065787 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065787 Film Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:36:58 -0800 Comment by Versace To be fair, i think Mr Denby said "most enjoyable" movie of the summer, not best. I enjoy the hell out of some Showgirls, but that don't make it good.

]]> Versace http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065788 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065788 Film Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:36:59 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant Right. Thanks, Versace. In my blood-boiling rage, I misquoted him. I will change to reflect that.

And elenchos: Uwe Boll confuses justice with his movies before he goes out to fight his critics.

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065791 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065791 Film Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:40:59 -0800 Comment by Mary T I will pay money to see you fight David Denby. You will totally kick his ass, Paul.

]]> Mary T http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065801 Film Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:47:37 -0800 Comment by Versace and as long as we are challenging New Yorker critics to battle... i want dibs on Sasha.

]]> Versace http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065809 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065809 Film Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:52:52 -0800 Comment by Just Sayin' Bummer - I got excited when early reviews suggested Hancock was bad enough to end Will Smith's assault on America.

]]> Just Sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065810 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065810 Film Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:55:12 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle The interesting thing is that both the New Yorker review you linked and the Wall Street Journal review glow about Charlize Theron, but other reviews found her character "insipid".

Based on Battle for Seattle, I'm going to have to guess you're probably right, Paul, and the New Yorker and WSJ are out to lunch.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065813 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065813 Film Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:58:37 -0800 Comment by Blunderplank MiB was brainless? Excuse me but I knew what "Orion's Belt" meant from the very beginning and knowledge like that doesn't come from a GED.

]]> Blunderplank http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065820 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065820 Film Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:02:44 -0800 Comment by PopTart Challenge him to a pasta sauce drinking contest, you'd totally beat him.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065851 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065851 Film Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:35:17 -0800 Comment by chasman Methinks Mr Denby may currently find himself in a suitable financial situation to hire Floyd "Money" Mayweather to take his place in such a fight.

I'm not making any libelous accusations, mind you, I'm just saying.

]]> chasman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065953 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065953 Film Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:19:07 -0800 Comment by uchicago OMG, I didn't read any of that, but I totally used to have that car in maroon. Theend. It was amazing.

]]> uchicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065970 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065970 Film Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:58:12 -0800 Comment by Anne David Denby has poop where his brains should be.

]]> Anne http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1065985 Film Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:58:43 -0800 Comment by E. Dettmar Did you read Denby's review of _Iron Man_? I'd swear that he didn't see the movie--he must have paid a twelve-year-old to describe it to him--it's weirdly inaccurate. I support the crack thesis.

]]> E. Dettmar http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1066150 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/super_overthetop#c1066150 Film Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:02:03 -0800