Because, for me, it's an autopilot movie, one I can just watch and not feel the need either to analyze or riff it. A while back, I mentioned a movie I saw for the first time, "A Matter of Life and Death", which I found so great that I couldn't make fun of it as it went. "Howard" is one of them. Add on the fact that I loved his comic, when Marvel ran it. He's in a limited series right now, which I'm woefully behind on.
"Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Wow! Thank you for making yourself vulnerable and opening up. Now the question you had to anticipate... why? Martin wrote: > Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going to reveal one of my deepest, darkest > movie secrets. > > I love "Howard the Duck". > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Keith > > I know you are disappointed in me, but for mindless fluff sitting in the > comfort of my home, I liked the first one. :( > > Martin wrote: > >> But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu! >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed >> any ducats to making "National Treasure 2" the number one movie over the >> Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, >> on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off >> with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot >> acting by Cage and Voight ("just show me the money!!"). Not fun or clever or >> engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't >> have a thing against low brow humour (saw "Knocked Up" recently and loved >> it) or mindless action flicks. I"m the guy who will watch "The Warriors" >> every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And "Face Off"? >> Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that >> go "boom!". Love that flick. >> But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. >> Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down >> from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of >> what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr! >> >> Please tell me none of you watched it? >> >> **************************** >> >> "National Treasure" sleighs Christmas box office >> Tue Dec 25, 2:27 PM ET >> Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" raced >> to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, >> distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday. >> The tally consists of actual sales for the four days since the film opened >> last Friday, and a Christmas day estimate. Final sales data will be issued >> on Wednesday. >> Through December 24, the film had also earned $27.5 million in 17 >> international markets, mostly in Asia. The critically maligned sequel to the >> 2004 smash "National Treasure" stars Cage as a treasure hunter who flies >> around the world trying to solve an ancient puzzle related to Lincoln's >> assassination. >> Will Smith's sci-fi thriller "I Am Legend" was No. 2 with five-day sales of >> $47.5 million, taking its 12-day haul to $150.8 million, said Warner Bros. >> Pictures. >> Because of the holiday, data for many films were incomplete. Twentieth >> Century Fox reported a four-day tally of $32.8 million for its surprise hit >> "Alvin and the Chipmunks," saying it was impossible to estimate Christmas >> Day sales. After 11 days, the kids film has earned $88.7 million. >> The fact-based political comedy "Charlie Wilson's War" earned $14.75 >> million, and the Johnny Depp musical "Sweeney Todd" $12.75 million, both >> after five days. Their respective studios, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks >> Pictures, warned that the Christmas Day components were rough guesses. >> The box office jury is still out on "Charlie Wilson," a high-profile vehicle >> starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, which is playing in twice as many >> theaters as "Sweeney Todd," which DreamWorks co-produced with Warner Bros. >> Further down the rankings, "P.S. I Love You" had earned $9.1 million in its >> first five days. After a low-key opening weekend, Warner Bros. said it hoped >> more women would turn out in force for the Hilary Swank tearjerker now that >> Christmas-related chores are behind them. >> The musical spoof "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" reported a four-day haul >> of $4.7 million. Distributor Columbia Pictures did not have a Christmas Day >> estimate for the box office disappointment. >> Midfield rankings will change when final data are issued Wednesday because >> they will include sales for three Christmas Day releases: the action sequel >> "Alien vs. Predator: Requiem," the Denzel Washington drama "The Great >> Debaters," and the family fantasy "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep." >> Walt Disney Pictures is a unit of Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. is a unit of >> Time Warner Inc. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of News Corp. Universal >> Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. DreamWorks Pictures >> is a unit of Viacom Inc. 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