iPodimonium

I've been thinking about trading up my Sony netMD for a 6GB iPod mini. Anyone have any thoughts? I like that I can store 1500 songs on it, which in turn will last about 2 weeks at work, instead of listening to the same 4 - 5 albums 3 times a day like I do right now. I've also just started reading about Podcasting. Is it worth it to grab any of these? They may be entertaining, I suppose, but I'm not sure I see the point. Anyone know if it's useful? Anyway, just throwing it out there to see if there's a consensus on it.

Stealth

I watched Stealth two nights ago... Yikes! I'm having mixed emotions about this movie. It's more than that really, though. One minute I think, "yeah, that was okay." The next it's all about how bad it was. I think though that it was the ending that ruined it for me. No, wait, I just thought of it; Josh Lucas' all of a sudden turn about half way through the movie... That was it. Stupid. Anyway, the movie itself was a good idea. In some sense. A plane that can fly itself with a brain of it's own, able to fly, take orders, attack........ wait....... Yeah, no, stupid idea, stupid movie, bad acting, unnecessary love story on the side (which I managed to fast forward through). Still enjoyed it, but mostly because of the superb special fx. :( --5/10

The Island

I had a chance to watch The Island last night. Can we say 1984 meets the Matrix? Harvesting humans in a Utopian society, hrmmm.... Anyway, other than the overused plot, subplot, etc, I rather enjoyed the movie. Nice action, the story moved along nicely, and there was never a moment when I wanted to fast-forward out of pure boredom (which is rare for me these days). Scarlett Johansson does a really good job and, I have to say, looks far more appealing these days than she did in something like Lost in Translation (I shudder at the thought of having to watch that piece of garbage ever again). I'm going to rate this movie higher than most would I think, but for a no brainer kind of movie I think it's well done. --7/10

Beauty Shop

I made a comment to Rose the other day about this movie. First there was Barbershop, then Barbershop 2, and now Beauty Shop. Was there really any point in watching (or making) this movie if you've seen the first two? I figured this would just be the same as the first two, with maybe a bit more estrogen. I was completely wrong. It is similar in some fashion, yet this one towers over the other two by miles and miles. I don't know if it's because Queen Latifah made it better over her counterpart Ice Cube, but I think she really pulled together the story. One aspect I really didn't like... The racism they insist in bringing in to all these comedies. The message I keep getting from all these movies is, "it's okay for black people to be racist to white people, but it damn well better not be the other way around." Not cool either way, and that's the message they should be sending out. --6.5/10

The Wedding Date

The Wedding Date, a typical romantic comedy, really seemed better to me than it probably was. I had fairly low expectations since Debra Messing isn't too high on my all-time favourite actress list. She did a fairly good job though. Neurotic, over-the-top, typical of what I'd expect of her. The story was good although by the time they arrive in England I'd figured out the plot twist already. Dermot Mulroney does a fairly good job of playing the escort, even though it seems I've seen it somewhere before. Overall, not so bad. Good to zone out on. --7/10