05 August 2007

Dueling Movie Weekend

In one corner, a cerebral action flick; in the other, a dumb comedy. The good part is, either way, you win.

The Bourne Ultimatum was awesome. Did you expect anything less? Shaky camera work, international locations, realistic car crashes, brutal hand-to-hand combat, tailing people, shaking tails... I'm not sure how much more you could want. Oh yeah, how about the kickass Jason Bourne music. To quote a wise man, "I used to think Matt Damon was a Streisand, but he really rocks the S out of Jason Bourne."

Hot Rod is dumb - but definitely funny-dumb and dumb-funny. It's about the requisite man-child who acts like he's still 12 and hangs out with friends with retro-kitsch tee shirts. Random humor. Montages. Rock ballads. Again, pretty much everything you could hope for.

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