Opening Weekend Movies - 1/25/2008

Meet the Spartans - Parody movies still keep coming out. Maybe because the humor that they draw upon is basically comprised of cheap shots and sight gags. But, this movie will most likely draw in the younger, teenage crowd. This movie, like the latest batch of parody movies, really stopped appealing to after I finished with high school. Maybe it's some sort of rite of passage. When you're done with regular education and move on to higher education, your taste in movies matures just a little bit. Another reason I might not want to watch this is because it looks terrible. It could go either way.



Rambo - Motherfucking John Rambo is back. Do I even have to say anything else? Other than the movie looks bad ass, even though Sylvester Stallone might need a walker in a couple of years. How old is that guy? He's still friggin built like a bull. The video below is not the slightly pussy-fied version that's been floating around your television screens and before movie previews. This video is the head-chopping, machine gun blasting to bits, jugular-destroying and almost rape video that came out in May of 2007. I really want to see this movie.



Untraceable - This movie has been described as "Silence of the Lambs" for the internet age. That's quite the high praise. But, is it deserved? I don't know. I'm not going to find out until they play it on cable. It ain't no "Rambo" . . . and, this might be a spoiler . . . but from the looks of the trailer, it's Tom Hanks' kid that's the killer. It has to be. I could (possibly) see that from a mile away. Colin Hanks is always the bad guy.