Movie Review: Neighbors

Interesting situations!

Interesting Situations!

Let me preface this review by telling you about the group of four of the dumbest people I’ve ever encountered.  We saw this movie at 10:30 pm on a Wednesday night, and there were about ten or so people in the theater, which is what I expected.  We sat in my favorite place to sit (front row of the back section, so I can put my feet up on the railing), and halfway through the second trailer, in stumbled the dumb dumbs.  And when I say they were stupid, I’m not just making some judgemental comment because I didn’t like them, I’m giving you a rock solid fact that they were legitimately low in IQ.  Like, I’m surprised they were able to drive to the theater without crashing because they couldn’t understand the concepts of yellow and red street lights.

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Movie Review: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

I saw the Swedish version of Dragon Tattoo a year or two ago, and I was just so generally unimpressed with it for some reason. I just couldn’t get into it. So the thought of a remake was pretty unappealing to me on a few levels, and just about the only thing that could get me pumped up for it was if it landed in the hands of a director I really enjoy. Like David Fincher! I thought this new version improved upon the Swedish version in almost every way.
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