Apples and Oranges

Have you ever sat down to watch a movie that you had previously not seen, only to find out it's the 11th or 12th time you seen it? That happenend to me today as I was watching Underworld, a movie about cross-breeding. Almost everything about it, from what I could tell, has been borrowed from other action movies in the post-Matrix era. It's got the black leather and latex, the John Woo guns, the slo-mo, the greenish film tint in every scene and the unnecessary, yet laughable gore. It's been said before, but is worth repeating: Hollywood is out of ideas. Sure, there were some cool scenes, but is 2 or 3 cool scenes able to save a movie from mediocrity? It didn't save this one that's for sure. If you've seen The Matrx, Blade, Romeo and Juliet, Hard Boiled, Johnny Pneumonic or any action movie that's come out in the past 4 years, you aren't going to see anything new in this one. Kate is a fine actress but I don't think she can carry a film, especially one that is so relentlessly lame.

In other news, I saw Underwo...oh wait, nevermind. I had a good 4rth of July this year. No roman-candle fights though which definatly took away from the excitement, but overall, it was good. I had a large clan of drunk russians singing next door, some kids outside lighting sparklers, BBQ hotdogs, Animal Crossing and Coke. So, yeah, not bad this year, plus the weather was superb. Well, back to work.