I just saw an amazing movie. I am going to convince as many people to see it as I can. It is not showing in very many theaters and will only be showing at locations where communities can get 500 people to sign up to come see it. It’s an independent movie, but this is no “Blair Witch Project”. We’re talking high-quality stuff. In fact, there are even some disappointed that the movie didn’t get an oscar nomination. It was really that good. It was so powerfully moving that I turned to the people sitting next to me at several points and expressed the sheer joy I felt in watching the film.

It had action. It had drama. It had suspense. It had romance. It had comedy. Oh yes. It had all of those and more. Plus, it had Mormons.

Nope, I’m not kidding in the slightest because the movie that I saw was, in fact, THE BOOK OF MORMON MOVIE. And that is actually how it is titled: all in caps.

And I’m really not kidding about anything I said. It is actually quite well done for the small budget (apparently about $1-2 million).

And it is also drop-dead hilarious. The acting is actually pretty good. There are a few kind of silly parts, but it’s not too bad at all.

But the script and the costuming and the way everything plays out is just so bizarre that I couldn’t help but laugh hysterically throughout the movie.

If there had been other people in the theater, they would have assuredly been Mormons. And not wanting to insult them, I probably would not have laughed if they were there, but they weren’t. So I laughed. Out loud. A lot. Actually, a ton. I laughed like crazy. I highly recommend it.

It really isn’t like other movies that are enjoyable for being “bad. You can tell how hard the team that made this movie tried and it’s just sometimes they tried a little too hard or didn’t have quite enough cash or talent to pull off their ideas.

The movie isn’t badly made, it just has some unintentionally hysterical moments. And watching with the sole purpose of anticipating those moments makes it even more fun.

I really am going to get it on DVD. I really will show it to several people (either at home or at a late – and empty – showing).

You can read an article on it here.

note: If you are Mormon and you take offense at my comments, please understand that you would not take offense if you had also seen the movie. It’s really that much fun.

Has anyone else seen the preview for the new movie ‘Big Fish?’ I find it asbsolutely fascinating that a movie can tell you so much, and let so little about what the movie is actually about. In the theatrical preview I see about 5 different story lines that the movie could follow. And I ran out of things to say.

Yep — I noticed the same thing. I’m not even sure it’s Jim Carrey’s voice… but it probably is. You can really tell it was pasted over top of whatever was there before because there are a couple of shots that are made really awkward because of the swap. I guess the movie studio didn’t want any more trouble from the whole thing. The number actually belonged to a large number of people throughout the country (since no area code prefix was given).

Here’s one of many articles related to this issue.

No, seriously I’m alive now! I just got back from New Orleans and Boston and I thought I’d check out what was up on our favorite little site here.

Heck yeah, i beat Driver. If you remember, on the last level, the cars were black (you are correct), there were 500×10^47 evil car (also as advertised), but there was also more. You also forgot that each of the enemy cars weighed approximately the same as an Abrams M1 tank being piloted by elephants, yet they somehow managed to achieve top speeds of 153 miles per hour. Plus the fact that they can peer right through concrete buildings to ascertain your final position. Thus the way that I was finally able to beat the final level and deliver the President to safety was through 2 methods: (a) pure dumb luck, and (b) sitting at the corner of the building without my bumper sticking out while the elephant driven tank sped from right to left at 153 miles per hour, trying to drive straight through the transparent building enroute to my passenger door. Thankfully, the buildings are more sturdy than they look, and as the car careens across the intersection, I continue on, constantly aware of the assaults coming from all sides. What a game! WOW!

By the way, I also beat Driver 2. I highly recommend it.

Sorry, Adam.

The third Matrix movie is 2 hours and 9 minutes long. The showing that I went to see started at 4:00 pm. I got out of the theater at 6:50 pm. The previews were about 15 – 20 minutes long. The movie also had 3 intermissions during my viewing. What happened during the movie was explained as ‘the film becoming sticky and tying itself up in knots and ripping itself apart.’ Basically what it looked like was the picture freezing, slowly flickering out of sync with the frames and resulted in what looked like a frozen picture sluggishly melting away and finnally burning. This happened 3 times and made the audience miss out on 3 very cool special effects and plot points. Otherwise it was a really great movie, with a horrible ending.

I also noticed that I posted something almost exactly 24 hours ago, that is strange.

No. Not Driver. You’re just making me angry even thinking about that game. I HATE that game. I HATE it. Video games are supposed to be enjoyable but challenging. Driver is just frustrating. I don’t want to hear that name spoken again in my home. I’m going to go unplug my cable modem now.

I just added Matrix:Reloaded to our DVD collection yesterday, taking advantage of a special discounted price from $23.00 to $22.50 and a free soda! Wheee! So there I was last night, watching the movie when the so-called “Burly Brawl” came to the screen. For some reason, watching that scene reminded me of watching Eric play Driver. Particularly the last level. With the impossible task of driving 26 miles (give or take a few) while evading 500×10^47 evil cars. The cars were black too. Kinda like agent smith. Without a british accent. Or pointy ears. I don’t remember if Eric ever beat that level. He beat the controller a bit, and practically ate the bean bag he was on….but the level? I don’t remember. Anyone else?

Hey — for anyone that knows Brian Ace, his brother is going to be competing for 1 million dollars on Monday night’s season premiere of Fear Factor. (See an article with him in it here.) At least check it out in between commercials while you’re watching Tyler stuff Clinton Portis on Monday Night Football.