Slog - Comments on This Weekend at the Movies

Comment by w7ngman

w7ngman — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:21:25 -0800

Do not, I repeat, do NOT see Hellboy 2.

Comment by diggum

diggum — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:27:16 -0800

it's a cockroach. Wall-E's little buddy is not a beetle, but a cockroach.

sincerely,
diggum.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:29:37 -0800

Your problem, w7ngman, was you went into it with too high expectations.

People I trust, looking for summer movies, enjoyed WALL�E, The Wackness (I concur), Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and Brick Lane (I greatly concur).

The Last Mistress was very interesting and a good choice. Glass ... um, well, it's a trip ...

I thought the Seattle Bike-In was a real movie at Cal Anderson? not a movie titled that ...

But I'd say Last Year at Marienbad might be worth seeing, except I'm broke right now.

Comment by levide

levide — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:55:44 -0800

Is "Last Year at Marienbad" in IMAX anywhere? Because that would be, like, the total shit.

Comment by annie

annie — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:14:52 -0800

@2: We received a letter to the editor on this subject. You are correct. I thought a cockroach was a kind of beetle and, not having room to explain the Twinkie thing, that a beetle sounded cuter. I have not corrected it since I thought the letter would run in the letter section at some point, but it has not.

@3: Yes. I did not mean to ital. Will fix that shortly.

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:26:33 -0800

There were so many problems with Hellboy (disappointing since it also had so much promise) it really irks me that they made a sequel.

Comment by w7ngman

w7ngman — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:41:00 -0800

Not really, Will. In fact I wasn't expecting much. It's just that terrible. The Stranger's review got one thing right:

"painfully awful"

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:02:39 -0800

OH well.

I hear the french film "Band of Brothers" is showing at IMAX in a double bill with Marienbad.

Comment by apttitle

apttitle — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:42:08 -0800

Seattle Bike In is screening Jorgen Leth's A SUNDAY IN HELL for anyone who cares.

Comment by RHETT ORACLE

RHETT ORACLE — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:23:38 -0800

In a world of collapsing stock markets, obscene oil prices, an embarrassingly incompetent president, plus inconvenient chlamydia, seeing "Mamma Mia" will finally give your life meaning. Gay people who don't like it have been miraculously cured of their gayness. Five stars and one Streep forever!

Comment by annie

annie — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:45:06 -0800

@9: Anyone who cares should have clicked on the link, which explains--in our very calendar, no less--that the feature is A Sunday in Hell. God, it annoys me when people refuse to click on a link we've provided to explain this exact fact. Please, just reiterate the link, don't provide information we've already explained. Ugh.

Comment by scary tyler moore

scary tyler moore — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:19:42 -0800

just caught the dark night at the 4:20 showing at cinerama. can you believe i got a good seat even though i was at the back of the ticket holder's line?

great flick. lots of shit got blowed up real good. heath ledger (god rest his soul) is so good, you want to see him in every scene, and you get impatient when he isn't! also, the best script ever for a comic book movie. oh, and christian bale isn't bad either.

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:18:35 -0800

I saw both Mamma Mia and Glass this weekend...both are good, each in their own way. Mamma Mia is insanely fun, despite it's dreadful script and lackluster direction. Glass is fascinating and surprisingly humorous, at times.