lol the only thing that could have made Watchmen even better was using the squid from the original graphic novel instead of the bizarro "energy explosions" they used now. Jk.

Is District 9 really that good? I sure hope so, cause I want to go see it.

Saw Gamer on holiday...very weird. It has some good ideas and some good inside jokes if you're a gamer, but mostly a weak movie with a plot with holes you could send the Titanic through. Mildly enjoyable though.

And saw The Spirit last night. Yawnfest, except for the femme fatales played by Eva Mendes and Scarlett. Samuel L Jackson was kind of ok too.

Yea, I think I preferred the movie ending to the comic ending, as far as the squid is concerned. It's easier to swallow than making a psychic super squid. I like all the side and back stories in the comic though.

Yeah, for one thing the whole Nite Owl I and II backstory is much better worked out. And there's the Tales of the Black Freighter of course, which is just awesome in every way.

I saw Lost in Translation again yesterday. Still a wonderful movie. Reserved, lingering, but drenched with emotion and understated acting. I think anyone who has ever lived in a similar situation automatically 'feels' the movie...the almost autistic feeling of living in a society that is alien to you and that you don't speak the language of. Very confronting, forces you to learn a lot about yourself.

I caught about 20 mins of "Religulous" last night and it was pretty funny. I'll probably watch all of it tonight.

It's basically a slap-dash, badly-cut, american, anti-religion comedy in the style of a documentary... well, interviews and such. It's very american in the sense that the main guy is fairly narrow minded and one-directional. But it's the bluntness which works well for me. He kind of lays into Islam a fair bit, which I had to take with a pinch of salt, but it's pretty funny either way.

http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/r ... religulous

If i watch it i'll give it a rating.