I’m not going to say what the movie is about. It’s a Pixar film, that should be enough. Fred Willard is in it too, he says my favorite line of the movie, “Space is the final FUNtier!”. 5 stars.

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Aimee said I have to say something more about the movie.

I’m a big fan of Pixar, they consistently do it right. They get wonderful talent to make their films and then they do something that no other studio has dared to ever do; they keep them around and nurture their talents so they can make more imaginative films. Brilliant! This crazy plan makes the worst Pixar movie¹ better than the best piece of garbage coming out of any other studio. I’m not just talking about CGI kids fare, I’m talking about EVERYTHING coming out today. On average² for every Toy Story, we get 100 You Don’t Mess With The Zohans. Why would anyone want to have their intelligence insulted by watching that junk is beyond me. I know, some people don’t care. They just want to watch something that they don’t have to think about. I like watching dumb movies too, but I still get more out of repeated viewings of R.O.T.O.R. than I would if I had watched the newest rehashed Dane Cook “comedy”. Gosh, I didn’t think I’d get so angry writing about Wall-E.

Ok, so I know it’s not for everyone, but Idiocracy³ is a great companion piece to Wall-E. I did a good job of avoiding the advertisements of Wall-E so I didn’t really know what it was about. And I’m not going to ruin one bit of it for you. The animation is the best ever, the sound design is just superb, and the storytelling is top-notch. Storytelling, that’s what it’s all about. If you can’t even do that then your movie is going to be terrible. I don’t really care what the story is, the art of telling a story well is enough for me.

1. I say it’s Monsters Inc. But I’ll probably change my mind if I had a Pixar marathon. Which sounds like a great way to spend my weekend.

2. I just did the math in my head, it’s correct.

3. Idiocracy definitely has it’s problems, but at least it exists.

I don’t have much time, and I don’t think much needs to be said about the new Hulk movie. So I’m going to keep this one short.

If you loved the TV show like I did growing up in the 80’s then you’ll love the new movie.  It has an intro very similar to the show intro, and it even uses the same Bruce-Banner-walking-away-music at one point. I tried to find a video of the closing credits to the tv show with the song, but instead this came up.

One of the best things about Marvel having their own film studio now is that they can finally have crossovers without any legal problems. How much better would Daredevil had been if Spiderman showed up? Probably not much better, but it would’ve been neat. Starting In the beginning- and throughout the whole movie- we get a lot of crossover from the recent Iron Man movie. Very, very cool. Oh, and Martin Starr from Freaks & Geeks is in it for a second too!

So Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk are both hits in my mind (Iron Man was better though). My concern is for the future of Marvel Studios. Are they going to do it right and copy Pixar’s business model, or are they going to get greedy like everyone else and stop getting great talent to make great films? People will go see Iron Man 2 no matter what now. Marvel can get a terrible director and writer to make it for a lot cheaper than bringing back Jon Favreau to make another brilliant piece of film that will stand the test of time. We’ve seen it time and time again.

The Hulk was a blast. I had a great time. Everything is better this time around. Don’t waste your time with The Happening. I hear from trusted sources that it’s just simply terrible. Hulk Smash The Happening!

I would like to also point you to The Magician, it was a show that Bill Bixby did before he did The Incredible Hulk TV show. He was a magician that solved crimes or something. He really was a magician in real life too. I just really like magic and the Hulk. God Bless you Bill Bixby.