
Not that we’re counting.
Opening Everywhere: Wreck-It Ralph, Flight, The Man with the Iron Fists
FilmDrunk Suggests: Sorry, I don’t mean by the title and banner image that there aren’t any good movies this weekend. In fact, I’m super stoked about Wreck-It Ralph and The Man with the Iron Fists. And while people are saying great things about Flight (except Vince, who hated it), I can’t see it because I already hate flying enough as it is, and the last thing I need is the thought that I should give my pilot a breathalyzer when I fly from Orlando to Seattle. Mainly, go see the RZA’s directorial debut or the adorable movie about video game characters.

More Q-Bert, PLZ.
Wreck-It Ralph
Rotten Tomatoes Scores: 85% critics, 90% audience
Gratuitous Review Quotes:
“It’s impossible not to feel a strong sense of nostalgic amusement, if not sheer delight, at the comings and goings of all these characters.” – Dave McGinn, Globe and Mail
“Amid all the boring crashing and chasing and slapstick, there are some brilliant flashes of wit (particularly a reference to the guards in the Wizard of Oz).” – Kyle Smith, NY Post (Uhhhh, between the poop and the crap, there’s good stuff, uhhhh.)
Armchair Analysis: The only people who don’t like this movie are people who had ColecoVision as kids.

A BLACK PILOT?!?!
Flight
Rotten Tomatoes Scores: 76% critics, 85% audience
Gratuitous Review Quotes:
“It’s a well-made movie. But after its opening, harrowing action sequence, the film turns into one of the most familiar stories of our time – a downward addiction and denial spiral.” – Tom Long, Detroit News
“It’s 150 minutes long, goes by in a shot, and for at least 135 minutes, it’s a thoroughly engrossing experience.” – Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Armchair Analysis: Nope. Not a chance. Unless someone invents teleportation, I ain’t seeing this. If I do, I’ll be walking everywhere.

Aw, poor widdle Wussell is tired.
The Man with the Iron Fists
Rotten Tomatoes Scores: 62% critics, 83% audience
Gratuitous Review Quotes:
“‘The Man With the Iron Fists’ is the type of movie that feels like you are always coming in half-way through, even if you watch it from the beginning. As an exercise in genre, this is the highest compliment.” – Jordan Hoffman, Film.com
“As endearing as it is exhausting, The Man With the Iron Fists bears strong resemblance to a hyperactive puppy: sloppy, scatterbrained, manic and migraine-inducing, but possessing an earnest sense of excitement.” – Andrew Barker, Variety
Armchair Analysis: I don’t really care anymore what hipster troll critics like Kyle Smith keep regurgitating about popular movies for the sake of being edgy and fart-snifferous. It used to piss me off, but screw it. If you can’t enjoy a film that blends martial arts and hip hop, and was directed by a Wu-Tang Clan member, then I don’t want to know you exist anyway. So here’s how happy I am to see this movie:




BULLSH*T! I had a Colecovision and I will be all over this movie. And – agreed – always more Q-Bert.
I would let my skyfall on him? Wait, hold on, I’ll get this right. I would skyfall him? Dang it, this is hard…oooh yeah, hard like his skyfall. This, um, this just isn’t working is it?
I’m definitely going to see Flight.
Wait….what I mean is I’m definitely going to see Nadine Valazquez’ nude scene from Flight.
Wait….what I really mean is I am definitely going to look at shitty grainy footage of Nadine Valazquez’ nude scene from Flight.
I imagine it’ll be better than grainy. Er … Not that I know about this stuff.
Sofia Ruxin… forever unclean
So I live in Berlin and I saw Skyfall yesterday anddddd…meh, is my response. Vince, can you do some sort of rant about how Computer Hacking as movie subject has made ALL movies bor-ing, and all movies…THE SAME GOD-DAMN Movie! Zzzzzzz. Casino Royale is still the best of the 3 – because the franchise stole the Bourne Ethos – and this one is the second best, but just barely. Javier? Whatever. He’s fine…though all those up shots on him just make you wonder what the hell happened to his right nostril.
Okay…won’t spoil anything…but you heard it here first, right…The ADELE Bond song is atrocious because she has a SPEECH IMPEDIMENT. Oh My GOD…doesn’t anyone notice how she says sky-fawl…and worse…Cwahm-bull. I cannot believe someone didn’t tell this cow to sing those words again…FALL and Crumble.
I just saw the movie, and I have to agree. I didn’t hate the movie and I didn’t think it was terrible, but it wasn’t particularly memorable, either.
That one still from Ralph would be enough to make me go see it. Holy crap that is adorable. (And I understand the “npc in fps” in-joke!)
Not really an in-joke, they’re two of the most common gaming terms.
Bitches don’t know bout my Intellivision. Superior sound and graphics to that bullshit Atari system. Dungeons and Dragons 3-D was a precursor to all FPS.
Intellivision like a mother fucker!
Looks like Flight has no chance of making drinking and driving fashionable again. Unfortunate, I miss the trees and the ditches and the being upside down.
Sir Burnsy, You are the Poe of GIf punctuation. A scrawny C-tates excited arm-flail? [mlkshk.com]