Eventually we all come to point in our lives when we experience one small thing that will suddenly make us feel old. For some it might be when your best friends’ son (whom you can remember holding when he was only a foot long) graduates high school. For others it might be finding four grey hairs in your goatee (that probably doesn’t apply to very many females). For me personally it happened when I watched Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Allow me to list the highlights of the movie. Megan Fox wearing Daisy Duke shorts, sprawled out on top of a motorbike. Some amazingly real looking CG robots. Megan Fox bouncing running. Lot’s of explosions. Megan Fox in a low cut blouse. Comic relief from two new auto-bots (Mudflap & Skid-Z). Megan Fox (‘nuff said). What more could any red-blooded, red-necked man ask for? Well, I left the theatre asking for substance.
I felt the same way after watching G.I. Joe. Both movies look great on the surface, but below that; they just didn’t do anything for me. I never used to be that concerned about such things. I watched “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” just to see Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino in their bras. I actually paid money to watch “Spice World”. Can you believe that? Looking back I barely can.
Now I want to watch movies with a strong plot and character development, conflict and resolution, an exciting climax and a well thought out denouement (and, obviously, hot chicks). What the hell happened to me? I must be getting old. Well, hopefully “Jennifer’s Body” will satisfy my desires.
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