Movie Night

Reeta said I could pick a movie tonight, so, had to watch AvP. Always better with the lights on and your wife pointing out how silly everything is. So... many... plot... holes...

Glaring ones include - the Aliens in Alien³ recognized that there was an embryo inside of Ripley, and didn't kill her because of it. So, the QUEEN, didn't realize that there was an embryo inside of that last guy? We go from facehuggers to chestbursters to full-size aliens in a matter of, what, ten minutes time? And killing the host doesn't help? We've seen aliens survive the cold of space, and we've seen aliens swimming - practically amphibious. So, sending the Queen to the bottom of the Antarctic ocean means, what, we won? Padron me if I don't start jumping for joy immediately, because it seems a little like Br'er Rabbit and the briar patch. Predator masks that scan for an alien embryo INSIDE the body, and nobody thought to scan that last body before taking it on board? No one just HAPPENED to be wearing a mask?

Despite the glaring plot holes, the utter misuse of Lance Henrikson (loved him as Bishop, why was he in this?) and the incessant "Oh My Heck, That Is So Silly" coming from my lovely wife, there were Predators. And there were a couple of good scenes. In particular, a no-look slash that took the face off one alien. That was pretty cool, even if it was grandstanding. So, despite the deathly touch of Paul W.S. Anderson (responsible for so many movies that were JUST SO, FREAKIN' CLOSE! and just MISSED IT), I've got to give it (out of a possible +/- 2 Cokes), 0 Cokes. Great idea, unfortunately poor execution.

Last night, we saw the Chinese versioin of Shaolin Soccer. That got +1.5 Cokes. Actually funnier in Chinese with the subtitles. Anime/Kung Fu Movie Night at the Law School. We'll probably do one more close to the end of the semester. Last night it was Shaolin Soccer, Last Exile, Samurai 7, and Naruto (of course).