Siddity In The City

Just as I speak up in defense of the Internets.

I just saw The Lake House. It wasn't bad. I liked it enough, given I figured out the whole damn plot 20 minutes in. And I really, really hate when that happens, so the fact that I am admitting to liking it says a lot about this film. I didn't regret not seeing Tokyo Drift or anything. The problem is, I just went to the film's IMDb page. I really should never, ever do that. At least, I shouldn't read the message boards. Because it's full of people who have seen the movie and still have no goddamn clue what's going on, and that irritates me shitless. Maybe it's because I always see movies by myself (and as such, without distractions), maybe because I have watched thousands of movies, or maybe it's because I hexpecially like the twisty-plot ones, but I very, very rarely am totally clueless as to what's going on in a film, and I certainly never get the plot all fucked to hell. Sometimes, I swear I talk to people about a film and hear their ideas about what happened and end up explaining shit and wonder if we were even watching the same thing. It's nuts. Uuuuh, that's it, really. You should see it. I mean, it'll make your head hurt with the idea of having a relationship with someone living in the future (and God help you, definitely don't view the message board about that), and there were a few times in the film where you could see the film was originally set in 2002/2004 instead of 2004/2006, thanks to Sandy's unmistakable mouthing of "...2002" when the audio says "...2004," but it's a pretty good flick udderwise. Keanu Reeves, one-time love of my life, or at least loins, is finally starting to look...older. I must say, though, I do love that both of the leads here are in their 40s. That's hawt. (Aside: Does anyone actually want to see that new Superman movie? Am I the only one who already considers it a waste of valuable screen space? AND WHY DO I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER FOR CASINO ROYALE? DAMNIT!)

posted by Sid @ 6/26/2006 03:03:00 AM