Opening Weekend Double Feature: Live Free or Die Hard...and Fantastic 4???

It's weird. Lately I've actually been going to the theater lately to see movies, on a semi-regular basis. Is this because so much of what's out is so compelling I can't wait for freakin' Netflix?

Or is it just because I get bored too easily?

Who knows? However, when I had an unexpected respite from work to go to the movies on Friday, I did so to see Live Free or Die Hard (Aka Die Hard 4) in the theater, hoping for an opening weekend crowd experience. It did not dissapoint. Again, this stuff ain't a sensitive indie feature with angst ridden kids in weird glasses, but so what? Bruce Willis did what he does best (even with a PG 13 rating, that limited the Yippie Kay Yay Mother F**ker references, but hey, when he DID, it rocked) and Justin Long once again showed why he's more than just a Mac. (remember him in Galaxy Quest?)

However, being the eternal bargainhunter (cheapskate) that I am, when I left LFODH, I wasn't in the mood for my usual sandwich at Tommy's Joynt (a rarity), and noticed I could just walk on in to Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Now, I had haerd this one was like. a million times better than the craptastic first film, but I ended up going in mostly because it was "free." (insert your righteous indignation at me denying Ioan Gruffud one more ivory back scratcher here).

If you accept that a) the horrible way The Man has tried force Jessica Alba to be a blonde, blue eyed skinny white chick, a crime against humanity that can't be forgiven because she's way hotter when she's not wearing contacts and bleached hair, and b) that this really is just a Stan Lee Comic come to life with all the banalites therein,  then this was actually pretty fun to watch, and had a few good moments. Plus, casting Michael Chiklis as The Thing was like, genius.

The most fun? Seeing a new trailer for the Simpsons Movie, and Yet Another Trailer for Superbad, which always makes me laugh. That kid from "Accepted" is just too funny.

Transformers, though, can go to hell. Seriously, wtf?