The Haunting in Connecticut

PUSH - Kind of X-Menish. However, kinda original, as well. Actually watching WATCHMEN next, which seems to be along these same superhero lines. Instead of really specific names, all these characters had general names like "watchers," "pushers," "screamers," "shadows," etc. Dakota Fanning was in this one trying to add to her pubescent movie roles. Djimon Hounsou was also in it for my wife's viewing pleasure. That FANTASTIC FOUR Torch dude was another main character. All in all, pretty entertaining movie. Any of the X-Men movies are better, of course. Couldn't figure out why Beautiful wanted to watch this movie and Watchmen. Weird, huh. Must be the almost-all-male superhero cast that she looks forward to. Sounds about right. They should make a hot, semi-porn superhero movie with an all-hottie cast. Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox, Jessica Alba, etc. I'd pay to watch that. They can call it PUSH, PUSH, IN THE BUSH...

BLOOD WORK - Catchy title. You'll see. An old Clint Eastwood flick. Thought I'd give it a chance because of his recent movie classics. GRAN TORINO, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, CHANGELING. All good, right? This one was a little dated. First part was kinda slow. Middle started picking up and finally got a little more graphic and interesting. By the end, I thought it was not bad. Kinda clever. Only one problem though. You'll figure out who's the killer right from the start. If you're gonna have only one other famous person in your movie, you might not wanna make that person the killer. Actually, another problem was that he inexplicably ooofed this Latino girl towards the ending of the movie out of leftfield. Director's benefit, I guess. His Viagra dosage probably didn't wear off yet. Seems like he was still developing his directing style in this one. Still, a pretty good thriller if you got time to kill. And already have HBO...

THE NAMESAKE - An Indian (7-11) movie about coming to America, but not losing your cultural identity. Kinda deep and heartfelt, I guess. Problem is, I'm not Indian. I just feel like drinking a slurpee. Kal Penn (Kumar) had the starring role. He's gotta be Bollywood's go-to Indian guy. If SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and COMING TO AMERICA were a combo-documentary, it might look like this. I imagine many young, foreign people have this problem when they travel abroad and try to take advantage of opportunities not given to their ancestors. Wish more Hawaiians had this problem instead of being satisfied with living on the beach or invading Iolani Palace. How do you become a more well-rounded individual without losing your cultural identity? I would suspect that your racial lines become blurred the more you progress as a human being. What? Huh? You think my wife's Asian? No!! She's a confused mix of Hawaiian, White, and sometimes, even Black. She's Koa Woods...

EVERYONE'S HERO - Free movies at Dole Theaters!! Until you buy their outrageously priced snacks...that Da Lil' Manongs are going to end up wasting anyway. This animated baseball cartoon movie was okay, I guess. I actually slept about 3 or 4 times during the movie. That's how good it was. All I know is that if you were wondering whether or not you should have kids, go to Dole on Tuesdays, and I guarantee you you'll tie your tubes. Kinda hard to comment on any animated movie that's not Pixar. Or Dreamworks. Yeah, I've become a animated movie snob. That's what happens when you have kids that watch the same damn movie over and over and over and over. Kids enjoyed themselves (I think?), so that's all that matters...

THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT - Starring no one worth mentioning. Seen the preview of this? Looked scary as hell, right? Based on THE true story. Not A true story. Anyway, to be honest, there were some jump-outta-your-seat-$hit-in-your-pants moments. You know, turn around, scary guy right there, cue the loud music kinda stuff. Kinda repetitive though. And not to be all Academy Awards, but the acting, I thought, was terrible. Beautiful liked the true story of it all. I guess when you accept that this stuff actually happened, it is kinda crazy. I wanted more though. Scare me throughout instead of making me laugh and anticipate when something's obviously coming. I want to be scared so much that I'm thinking about it all through the night. I want to be afraid to leave my bed to go piss in the middle of the night. Nah, knock on wood. I just want to be entertained a little bit. I'd have to say that this was an overhyped movie. Unless you're not used to scary movies, then you might wanna rent this one 'cause it might scare you more than it did us. Here's a tip: don't watch scary movies with a fan blowing. The constant sound, to me, made the scary parts not as scary. How many times have I used the word "scary"? Turn off the lights, absolute silence, that probably would've been better. Couldn't help that it was damn hot last night though...


School's starting in a bit. That kinda sucks some major a$$. Netflix to the very end...