Box Office: Scott's Lies, Quarantine Defeated by Disney's CHIHUAHUA

Maybe America gets its middle-eastern thriller "fix" by watching the nightly news.

I caught Body of Lies. It was alright, I thought it would have more action and that Crowe would be in it more but he wasnt. I don't know why but when I saw the movie the theatre was packed with old people.
Dicaprio needs to be cast in a super hero flick.

I hope the Chihuahuas win next weekend also cause Max Payne is gonna be shit!! Boo, PG 13 Max Payne & The Vulture People, Booooooooooooooo!!!

City of Ember at $3,200,000? I'm responsible for .000345% of that? How degrading! Kind of awesome how bad it was, though. *Spoiler Alert* At the end of the movie, the protagonists thought it would be a good idea to blindly drop a rock with a note attached from about a mile above the city, potentially hitting any number of people they still cared about. At an earlier point, a giant mutant rat was capable of breaking through about three feet of solid concrete but then unable to get out from under a small, wooden book case.

I actually went and watched Quarantine. Although an ok movie, don't go in thinking this movie is going to be original. I just got one word for you peeps...Rabbies!....

No wonder our economy is going into the tank -- we're putting all our money into the bottomless pit of abysmal filmaking that is "Chihuahas!"

Why, America? Why?

This has to be the real reason the world hates us.

I saw "City of Ember" too, and thought it was half-decent for what it was: basically an adaptation of a juvenile/young adult fantasy novel about a dystopia. There's a lot of suspension of disbelief needed, but certainly no more than this summer's "Journey to the Center of the Earth," for instance. Overall I thought it worked for its target audience as both an adventure story and allegory of life under a broken and corrupt government.

***SPOILERS*** Certainly Bill Murray's line about putting together an "investigative committee of experts" to look into the critically failing generator drew a hardy laugh among the adults in my audience who have heard this too many times from our own "leaders" recently. And for the record, the creature was not a giant mutated rat, but a giant star-nosed mole - look it up, they're nasty looking little critters. ***END SPOILERS***

Hey Jarrod, what happened to the Mania staff reviews of current theatrical releases? There hasn't been a new review since Babylon A.D. on Labor Day weekend. Having seen that movie myself, I can understand their reluctance to go back into the theaters... but since then we've had a number of genre movies including City of Ember, Quarantine, Blindness, Igor, and Ghost Town. What gives?

I'm still trying to get over my Redskins losing to the lowly Rams. At least the Cowgirls lost too, that always alleviates the pain a little.

I caught the Chihuahuas last week, it was ok but it is strictly a kids movie.

I am surprised Crowe and DiCaprio's star power didn't push them over the top to win the weekend. Body of Lies was pretty good. It's a very nice thriller with its tense moments. I wasn't expecting action from this.

Who really thought that the Chihuahuas and Quarantine would beat out Body of Lies? I may check that out during the week.

Maxi Pad is my top choice next week.
I hope W bombs the way he has during his time in office. Going to see this would be like going to see a Clinton biopic by Rush Limbaugh. You know is going to be full of half truths, exaggerations and lies.

I'm just looking forward to the Changeling and Rocknrolla as far as this month is concerned.
Don't really care for the Seth Rogen flick, I'm tired of his flabby ass. Oh wait a minute, there's the possibility of E.Banks showing some skin, ok I MAY check it out.

Looks like Eagle will limp in for making budget. Damn!!! Next time Shita...next time...too bad South Park did not do an Indy special on Shita's role in movie also. Maybe he will merit a solo ep on how bad he sucks ass.

Dazzler, you never cease to amaze me during one of your Shia rants. Now if only you could do soundbites about it. I like Shia a hair better than you, but at times he does make you wanna strangle him and buzz cut his cherished hair.

Meanwhile I'll be catching QUARANTINE on Tuesday. As far as BODY OF LIES goes....it looks good, but to me it seems more fitting of a summer release than an October release because actioners generally don't do too hot during this time of the month.

And don't EVEN get me started with CHIHUAHUAS. I moaned and groaned along with other people when I first saw the trailer during IRONMAN at the theaters. But hey...appearently has done a better job as opposed to last year's atrocity that was UNDERDOG.

*City of Ember SPOILER ALERT*
Alright, snally, it was a giant star-nosed mole. Ah, here we go. It says here on wikipedia that the giant star-nosed mole has a +15 attack against concrete, but receives -5 dexterity and -10 strength against wooden book shelves. Well, that clears that up.

Again, for all I enjoyed it, CIty was a terrible movie (even for kids). The main girl seriously thought the "builders" would make the way to escape the city easy (and continued to believe this after everything they had to go through). The builders, in fact, were had a great sense of humor for how to escape.