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Thursday
Aug072008

Rumor: Christina Hendricks as Poison Ivy FTW.

DateThursday, August 7, 2008 at 12:56AM

Not much after the release of The Dark Knight, the rumors began circulating about the next one. At this point I can't imagine many solid facts have been worked out in regards to what it will be, other than there WILL be another one.

In this vein I'm announcing the start a rumor of my own with one major difference; mine doesn't suck. "Angelina Jolie as Catwoman?" Boring, been done a hundred times. Also good luck casting her for less than $20-$30million. "Johnny Depp as the Riddler?" Tim Burton is the only director that can get a decent performance out of Johnny and there's no way I'm letting him back at the Batman helm. "But Sven!" you may say "what about Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the Penguin? He's a great actor!" That he is! However, the flaw lies not with the actor but the character. Have you ever seen the Penguin before? He uses an umbrella modified into a gun as a weapon. That's possibly the worst gimmick ever. Lame. So, I give you...


Christina Hendricks as Poison Ivy, for the win.



With the need for a new villain, possible female lead/love interest for Bruce Wayne, and with Christopher Nolan's push to step the outside the pedantic, the crimson haired seductress Poison Ivy is the perfect choice from Batman's Rogues Gallery.

For those of you who haven't heard of the smoking hot red head that is Christina Hendricks, she's can currently be seen playing Joan Holloway on the hit AMC show Mad Men. Where I know her from though, was as Saffron on Joss Whedon's Firefly series. If you haven't seen her yet, I highly recommend renting either of these two series, stat. You won't be disappointed.

Starting from the moment an announcement like this was being made, the nerd-polsion of interest in Batman 3 would send hordes of geeks to stand in line, Ad infinitum. Necessitating some sort of grandfather clock filled time travel tunnel to get in to see this movie opening day.

This needs to happen.

*Image courtesy of this guy, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

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Tuesday
Jul012008

Wanted

DateTuesday, July 1, 2008 at 01:18AM

If the Academy Awards were decided based on the best looking, well dressed characters firing the most bullets through each others' heads in slow motion, this movie would have the Best Picture category locked up through the next century. While I feel that would be a fine stick to measure by, unfortunately the myopic neanderthals at the Academy don't have the artistic vision that I and the filmmakers of Wanted share.

Wanted is a movie that doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is and I love it for it. It's an unapologetic patchwork of fast paced action, witty dialogue and well dressed actors with just enough threads of plot to sew it all together into a three piece suit of badassery. And with James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie bringing their considerable acting talent to bare on this movie just makes it all the better.

I'm not going to get into the nitty-gritty of the movie but I did want to mention one scene in particular. In the movie there is an running gunfight, where the main character Wesley, played by McAvoy, breaches what is essentially a castle filled with assassins that is planned out and executed so beautifully that it can only be described as a work of art. The sequence raises the bar for all action movies, topping anything The Matrix (and maybe Equilibrium) have brought to the table in recent years.

While I have no problem labeling this movie as the work of art that it is, I would be amiss if I did not add that like all art, its not going to resonate with everyone. If you want to see a movie where an everyday person/Mossad agent/Chihuahua learns to accept/change everyday problems finding love/happiness/the meaning of life along the way than this probably isn't the movie for you. However, if you want to just have a good time seeing a fun movie where everyone solves their problems the way God* intended, with copious amounts of bullets, than this is a must see for you. And as a bonus you'll get to see a movie where Morgan Freeman calls someone a 'motherfucker' (suck on that Bucket List) which is worth the ticket price alone.

*by 'God' I mean the Duke.

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