I got around to seeing Ratatouille tonight, and I credit my French-Canadian roots for being able to spell the title correctly. While it’s kind of ironic that I’m doing a review on a movie that revolves around food and food criticism, I’ll do it anyway.
Pixar seems to be on a streak for the past decade; they really did another great job on this film.
For today’s random review, I’ve decided I’ll be writing about one of the 80’s hot properties: the Ghostbusters. For those who don’t know (and really, I couldn’t see why you wouldn’t, if you’re reading this blog) the film Ghostbusters came out in 1984. It was a quirky comedy starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis (hey, those last two rhymed) and Sigourney Weaver. It was a movie about well… ghost busting. Twenty years later in 2004, 88MPH studios produced a 4 issue series called Ghostbusters: Legion. I happened to get ahold of it, and being a fan of the movies and cartoon (the first one, really), I read it with enthusiasm. It’s actually not a bad read.
Hooray for Amazon.ca. I bought the first five trade paperbacks of Transmetropolitan for around 60$, and they came in two days with no shipping fees. Pretty good deal, no?
I love trades. Sometimes it’s easier to find the complete series of something that to hunt down the individual issue. They also seem to have better “extras” and are more durable than their staple-and-non glossy paper cousins. They also stack easier on my shelf; hooray for organization!
Spoiler warnings, as always.
30 Days of Night, as evident from the trailers, is a movie about a small Alaskan town so close to the North Pole, which for one month every year, the sun doesn’t rise. Vampires infest the town, as it is common knowledge vampires find sunlight deadly, allowing them complete and total reign for the month. It is based on a comic of the same name by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, which is why it’s being reviewed here.
As you noticed in the title, I’ve already made one joke about Josh Hartnett squinting. And that’s because he squints. A lot. Not nearly as much as in 40 Days and 40 Nights, another film with a number in the title that also refers to the rising and/or setting of the sun, but it’s still his main reaction face. Surprised? Squint. Confused? Squint. Happy? Fucking squint. He plays main character Sheriff Eben Genericlastname, and is competent in his role, despite the squinting.
