Outgoing Flight:
Christmas With the Kranks: gave it a miss, or maybe it wasn't playing.
Kindergarten Cop: I saw and enjoyed this in theaters a long time ago. It doesn't hold up at all. Who the hell is the love interest in this movie? She went up fast and disappeared quick, like a bottle rocket. Whatsit? Penelope Ann Miller? And the villain and his mom? Pure 80's suspension-of-disbelief-stretching movie kitsch.
Must Love Dogs: gave it a miss; I'll watch John Cusack in almost anything. Almost.
The Perfect Man: gave it a miss. Was that Heather Locklear?
The Polar Express: Not /nearly/ as bad as I'd expected. The Uncanny Valley comparisons are not unfair; the characters are all, to a one, very creepy. Where they should have used unmanipulated motion capture data or hand-animated the whole thing, they stay in some middle-of-the-road compromise that looks as unnatural as the weirdly facial motion-captured "acting." Truth to tell, they should have used a greenscreen technique like Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow did. However there are musical segments that are a lot of fun, gorgeous sets and impossible camera movements that are really just breathtaking.
Seabiscuit: gave it a miss
X2: X-Men United: Stunning how well Brian Singer captures the feeling of what made the X-Men comics great, and updates it just enough for grown-ups and film transition.
The flight over pretty much sucked for movies. Luckily it was just over eight hours, nothing like the twelve hour return flight.
Christmas With the Kranks: gave it a miss, or maybe it wasn't playing.
Kindergarten Cop: I saw and enjoyed this in theaters a long time ago. It doesn't hold up at all. Who the hell is the love interest in this movie? She went up fast and disappeared quick, like a bottle rocket. Whatsit? Penelope Ann Miller? And the villain and his mom? Pure 80's suspension-of-disbelief-stretching movie kitsch.
Must Love Dogs: gave it a miss; I'll watch John Cusack in almost anything. Almost.
The Perfect Man: gave it a miss. Was that Heather Locklear?
The Polar Express: Not /nearly/ as bad as I'd expected. The Uncanny Valley comparisons are not unfair; the characters are all, to a one, very creepy. Where they should have used unmanipulated motion capture data or hand-animated the whole thing, they stay in some middle-of-the-road compromise that looks as unnatural as the weirdly facial motion-captured "acting." Truth to tell, they should have used a greenscreen technique like Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow did. However there are musical segments that are a lot of fun, gorgeous sets and impossible camera movements that are really just breathtaking.
Seabiscuit: gave it a miss
X2: X-Men United: Stunning how well Brian Singer captures the feeling of what made the X-Men comics great, and updates it just enough for grown-ups and film transition.
The flight over pretty much sucked for movies. Luckily it was just over eight hours, nothing like the twelve hour return flight.
I once had something to say about being partially unsuccessful in not watching "The Perfect Man". Without audio, it looks like crap. Maybe on the audio track they were just slamming on the bad writing. That would've been ok.
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