Finally Fantastic

Well, another day, another dollar. Tomorrow, that dollar will be spent. Such is life.

Presently, I'm debating going to a late show of 'War of the Worlds'. I'm kinda leery about it. Don't get me wrong. I'm sure it's gonna be a great movie. Spielberg films always are. It's just that Tommy boy's been acting a little odd lately.

Maybe it's cause he's doing a girl fifteen years younger than he is. Maybe now that he doesn't have to worry about his professional PR rep tell him what to say and do, he can feel free to spout whatever pops into his mind these days. (I would have loved to have seen that interview last week with Matt L.) He's free to be himself and, boy, I bet people are wondering 'Who the hell is this guy?'

A discussion for another day, I suppose. I have enough issues in my own life that I don't have the time/inclination to worry about some Hollywood superstar who makes more money per film than my family will ever earn in their combined lifetimes. But, I'm not bitter.

Anyway, I did go and see 'Fantastic Four' monday night. I got a free pass to a preview show after work. My only regret is that I couldn't get a date.

Back to FF. It's a good popcorn, set the mind to neutral and suspend disbelief movie. Ioan Griffudd is a cool actor. He was great in 'King Arthur'. I've heard he did a good job in the 'Hornblower' tv movies, too. Ironically, I caught a glimpse of him in '102 Dalmations' the other night while I was channel hopping and stopped for a moment on the Disney Channel.

Jessica Alba's sexy as ever. She's an odd choice for Sue Storm, though. I'd've figured they'd get a buxom blonde like Jessica Simpson to play the role. Longtime FF fans will know what I mean.

The other cast members fit the roles pretty well. The only problem I had was the editing. The movie kinda jumped from a crucial scene on the space station back to everyone being back on earth with no explanation of how they got there.

The fx were pretty cool. The story could've used some finetuning and more interaction between Reed and Sue. Ioan played the 'Scientist without a clue' part perfectly.

Enough for now. I just bought a ticket online for a late showing of 'War of the Worlds'. gotta get ready.

ttfn,

Chris