Movies!!!

Looks like 2009 might be a pretty kick ass year for cinema.  I heard recessions are good for the box office.  When people’s lives suck they want to go sit in the dark, skipping out on the 15 dollar popcorn of course, and watch something that doesn’t suck.  I think these movies look like they don’t suck.

So pros: I really like the way Brad Pitt says Nazi, and I like Hitler throwing a tantrum at the end. Also, it has Neal from “Freaks and Geeks” which will be weird, but probably awesome. Probably some kind of Red Badge of Courage thing going on there. Cons:  At one point, I heard a rumour that Leonardo Dicaprio was going to play a super sadistic Aryan uber-Nazi.  Apparently that is not true. Bummer.  Also Mike Meyers is in it which could be cool, as long as his character doesn’t have a retarded accent.  Finally, I thought Death Proof was decent except that all the Tarantino-dialogue felt really awkward and tacked on.  This movie does not need long speeches about the difference between Fanta and Coke and Captain America’s symbollic importance to the resistance. Stick to scalping Nazis and it will probably turn out fine.

I am fucking stoked about this. Written by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, this trailer makes it look like they managed to craft an original story that incorparates the original Maurice Sendak classic, without bastardizing it (a la Cat in the Hat) or losing all novelty by hugging desperately to the source material (cough cough Watchmen).  If I had a little kid and knew how to sew, I would be all about making him a hooded Max outfit.  Good use of the Arcade Fire too.