Well that shouldn't be surprising.

The power of the blue pipi compels you, the power of the blue pipi compels you!  David Hayter should've put that statement in his letter and maybe more people would've listened to him this weekend.

I wanna check out I Love You Man.

I hate that eveyone compares Watchmen to 300.  They are two different movies people.  I don't see everyone comparing Spielbergs new movies to Jaws.

HUUUUUGE drop for Watchmen.  Looks like my prediction of 200 mil in U.S. is going to fall way short.  Too bad, the worst part about that is studios won't give Snyder a free reign to do whatever he wants.  That sucks for all of us since he likes to make the movies we like.  Oh well...

odd that there isn't much demand for overgrown Smurf willies, eh hanso?

For Terry Pratchett fans, I saw that on March 22'nd on the Ion Channel an adaptation of "The Color of Magic" will be showing.

Great now their going to remake The Apple Dumpling Gang with Rowdy Roddy Piper and Dane Cook.

Yea Starlight, who woulda thought.  I don't think guys took their chics to see Watchmen cause then they'd feel embarrassed by Dr.Manhattan and their chic might start looking elsewhere. 

Yo peeps don't worry bout that, it ain't the size of the boat but the motion in the ocean!  At least that's what I tell myself to get by :)

Well Hobbs, I believe that Snyder is part of the Director's Guild, in which that will keep your hands tied from studios.  Now maybe when he acquires enough money to finance his own studio, perhaps he won't be.  That' why guys like Lucas, Spielberg and Rodriguez are not part of the Guild and have their own studios because so they can have free reign of what they want to do.  Marvel getting control of most of their property titles also helps in terms of cranking out the kind of comic book movie they like to see, though X-Men is still stuck in the grasps of Fox.

I thought about catching Witch Mountain, but I'll catch it another day as I chose to catch The Wrestler, being a wrestling fan myself.  Watchmen is gonna suffer from much of the parenting walkouts after realizing "HEY THIS ISN'T THE TYPE OF MOVIE I EXPECTED FOR ME AND MY KID" and being too intellectually smart for others who simply just doesn't get it.  I already talked about poor ass lazy parenting last week to those who simply never reads ratings and I'm tired of opening that can of worms. Watchmen will have to hope to break atleast $160-$170 mil to break even at this point.  

I knew  Watchmen wasn't gonna see Ironman or Dark Knight numbers because of mostly unfamiliarity except to pure comic fans, but with more reported walkouts I been reading, it could ultimately cut the legs of the movie I fear.

I would comment on what you said about Manhattan Hanso, but I'm not touchin that one......lol

Exactly.  It's not the kind of movie people expect.  It's also the kind of movie that makes you think. The average movie-goer doesn't like to think.  They need everything spoon-fed to them.

 I'm disappointed in Watchmen's performance, and while I'm sure it'll end up in the black (especially after DVD sales) it's got to be a downer for the studio. I really think it's an excellent adaptation of the source material. I'll definitely be buying the director's cut DVD.

The kids liked Witch Mountain. I was bored to tears and thought The Rock was a little over the top in his performance. The plus...seeing Carla Gugino on the big screen two weeks in a row!

Last House on the Left...A lot of you are probably too young to remember when the video rental craze began. There was a time when if you didn't see a movie on the big screen you didn't see it until it hit the premium channels or was edited for broadcast on network TV. There was nothing like video on demand or Netflix. When the rental craze began, hundreds of movies that never came close to our local theater were suddenly available for rent. My friends and I were really into horror so we went crazy. I remember a marathon night years ago of all the silent night deadly night movies. I remember one movie in particular that caught our eyes because right on the cover it said something like "banned in 27 countries." Well, that got our attention. We read the back of the VHS tape box and there was violence and nudity. Sold! Hey, cut us some slack we were teenage boys! That movie was the original Last House on the Left. Hell, I didn't know who Wes Craven was, but the movie looked like fun. Honestly, it was a shockfest but a pretty crappy movie. The acting was bad, the film quality was bad, the blood looked liked that bad blood for the Hammer horror films; it was bright red! But, we thought it was cool because we watched a movie banned in 27 countries and it was violent as hell. So, my friends and I went to see the remake this weekend. Not only did we have fun taking a stroll down our movie memory lane, but I was surprised that I actually thought it was a good remake superior to the original with strong performances from Tony Goldwyn and Monica Potter. The movie's not going to win any awards, but hopefully with the new Friday the 13th and now Last House on the Left we're through with the onslaught of PG-13 horror remakes. The thing that scared me the most...some parents took their small kids (I'm talking 8-10 year olds) to see this movie.

I look forward to seeing Knowing this weekend, and I've been told that I'm seeing Duplicity on date night. I'll probably have to wait for I love you, man for next weekend.

It's time to start working on our top movies of summer list. Jarrod, are you making it official this year for us to get our top 10 lists together?