Disappearing Funds
If we had a fight with our money and wanted to get rid of it, this is what we would spend it on. It's kind of like a divorce, but sexier.
Movies: Step Brothers vs. The X-Files: I Want to Believe
What's that you've stepped in? Oh, it's just another Will Ferrell movie. At least this one isn't about sports. Ferrell's latest venture, Step Brothers, also stars his Talledaga Nights co-star John C. Reilly. The plot centers on a pair of step brothers aged 39 and 40, who still live with their parents. After the wedding, they have to share a house and their respective parent with the other. What follows is an exercise in juvenile behavior that most boys are rid of before they can drive. When they decide that they each need to get their own parents back together, they form an alliance that could finally get them out of the house.
Agents Scully and Mulder return to the big screen this week with The X-Files: I Want to Believe. Like many of the show's most popular episodes, the story is self-contained and isn't a direct sequel of the first movie. Much of the storyline is being kept secret, but this much is known: Mulder is continuing his quest to find the truth while Scully remains entwined in Mulder's pursuit, regardless of whether she wants to be there or not. The film also promises to take the complicated relationship between Mulder and Scully in new and unexpected directions.
The Edge: The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The sheer mystery of the plot and awesomeness of The X-Files should be more than enough to earn your money. If that's not enough, just remember the steaming pile of excrement that was Will Ferrell's last effort: Semi-Pro.
DVDs: Daft Punk's Electroma vs. 21
Don't get so excited, Daft Punk fans. Daft Punk's Electroma isn't a new musical offering or even a documentary about their live show. No, it's a feature film written and directed by the guys of Daft Punk. The story is about two robots on a journey to become more human. If you go buy this DVD in hopes of getting some new music, you'll be sorely disappointed. The soundtrack does not feature any Daft Punk. It should be noted that the film received a very poor critical reception. In fact when it was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, a large portion of the audience got up and walked out of the theater.
You may recall a few months ago when I had the unfortunate opportunity to review 21 and chose to give you 21 reasons not to see the movie and 21 things to do instead. If you listened then, thank you. If you didn't listen, the agony of sitting through the movie fucking serves you right. Maybe next time you'll listen. For posterity's sake, here's a summary of the movie: a ridiculously smart MIT student joins a team of equally smart kids and learns to count cards and win large amounts of money. Things go wrong, and there are a few very predictable twists. The two-disc special edition DVD includes a digital copy of the film, a few featurettes about the making of the movie and a director's commentary.
The Edge: Neither. If you buy either of these DVD's you’ll almost definitely regret it. And not just because the movies suck, but because It will prove that you have horrendous taste in movies...that is unless all of the reviews of Daft Punk's Electroma have been completely wrong.
Posted by Cory Roop, Cory Roop on Jul 23, 2008 @ 7:48 am
