Month: January 2018

Earth to Echo (2014)

Trying too hard to be E.T. for millennials?

The alien builds something out of junk to help him get home.

The alien “dies” and comes back to life.

The kids and the alien escape from the Feds in a stolen van.

Speaking of which, the Feds are real a-holes in this movie; I guess stealing from children is OK when SPACE ALIENS are involved, also kidnapping; but at least they don’t threaten the kids with guns…or walkie-talkies.

There was a part where two of the kids were arguing about something; I don’t  really know why, it felt like a scene was missing or something because I didn’t see any reason for them to be fighting like that so suddenly for no reason.

I don’t know who the shaky-cam is supposed to appeal to.  I see people on Youtube all the time having a cow about the video shaking around too much.

Boring overall, ok vfx  – 1/5 walkie-talkies

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

I noticed them using the rule of three with the fruit isn’t ripe joke; I didn’t really find that joke to be very funny any of the three times it was used.

Drax seems to have been dumbed down considerably from the first movie.  I remember him being a lot more serious.

I didn’t like Kurt Russell ending up being the bad guy; but I guess that just gave it more impact.

Yondu’s redemption really parallels Darth Vader’s.  Formerly evil Father/father figure sacrifices himself so the hero can live.

Funny how all green girl and blue girl had to do to resolve their conflict was talk to each other.  that would have saved a lot of grief if they had done it sooner.

Interesting choice of a Zune for the replacement music player; It does seem oddly appropriate though.

8/10 groots

Red Skelton’s Christmas Dinner

Ahh, what a classic.

I haven’t seen this in years; but I just suddenly remembered the part where his finger is stuck in the coin return slot on the pay-phone, and he picks up the receiver and yells, “Give me my finger back!”