Don't. Mess. With. Harrison. Ford.

Firewall - did you see Air Force One? Ok now instead of the president he's a bank computer security guy. But some dudes try to mess with him and his family. He, to use the common internet parlance, PWNXORS them. Let's look at the etymology of that word, shall we? To PWNXOR is an exaggeration or extention of "to pwn" which is itself a clever misspelling of "to own", arising from the proximity of the p and o keys on the standard QWERTY Keyboard. "To own", from ancient CounterStrike (circa 2001) means to dominate or utterly humiliate an opponent, as one would a slave or other piece of property. This verb, when typed in haste in the heat of battle, often came out as "pwn". So often in fact that it became a popular slang term of its own. So from the realm of internet video games comes new vocabulary. Harrison Ford PWNXORS the terrorists. He's been doing this since Blade Runner. Get the picture. Don't mess with the MAN.

Final Destination 3 - there is something of a guilty pleasure in watching the convoluted, contrived, Rube Goldberg-esque ways these characters find to get killed, but there is no excuse for carrying this concept so far. This could've been a director's trademark, spread across dozens of movies, using the same John Denver song and some complicated and seemingly random death trap. It could've been a great calling card. Instead it's tried to carry three movies worth of high school acting quality and cheap thrills. I guess the point is that seemingly random events are actually controlled by fate or can affect our fate or something - the message may be more fully developed in the second two movies, I'd never know and there have got to be better ways to say it.

The Pink Panther - almost against this movie on principle because the originals were SO GOOD that no one can replace them. I still believe that, but Steve Martin will come pretty darn close, maybe close enough to be worth enjoying. If you've never seen the originals, see this and then go see the originals. But first hit yourself in the face with a hot waffle iron you uncultured Phillistine.

Curious George - as much as I am in love with Drew Barrymore, I am more in love with Will Ferrell. And Curious George has waited so long for a movie, you wonder "will it finally be an amazing tribute to one of the best loved children's characters of all time, or will it be so disconnected from its source that it is just a money-maker with a heart made of saccharine?" I think I'll watch it anyway cause I love listening to DB talk...

That's your weekend, folks - sorry it's late, I napped for two hours after dinner.

Last four DVDs picked up from the "2 for $11" rack at Wal-Mart: Replacement Killers, Short Circuit, Blade Runner, and Swing Kids. All classics.

Get away from this small screen and plant yourself in front of a bigger one!
I'm outta here!