{"id":218,"date":"2002-10-21T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2002-10-21T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/?p=218"},"modified":"2010-10-25T15:35:38","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T20:35:38","slug":"218","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/?p=218","title":{"rendered":"CK Goes to the Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chaoskid &#8212; at the movies!<\/p>\n<p>First of all, I saw <a href=http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/Title?0293662 target=_blank>The Transporter<\/a> this weekend. A decent movie &#8212; pretty much exactly what I expected. Jason Statham is a badass driver-man for whoever&#8217;s got the money. No questions asked, of course. Three rules that he lives by: once the deal is made, it&#8217;s non-negotiable, no names, and never open the package. Of course, all three rules get broken during the course of the movie (to humorous results, ha ha!) Despite its absolute corniness, which didn&#8217;t really bother me like it did in <a href=http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/Title?0286106 target=_blank>Signs<\/a>. Here I was expecting it, with Signs, I was completely shocked. Just goes to show you that it&#8217;s all about your preconceived notions&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Not much to say about that. But:<\/p>\n<p>A preview for <a href=http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/Title?0283160 target=_blank>Extreme Ops<\/a> left Sean and me laughing hysterically. I usually hate it when people say &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe they made that movie!&#8221; or &#8220;They&#8217;re making a sequel to Breakfast Club?&#8221; because there&#8217;s no point in being dramatically shocked by what Hollywood&#8217;s doing. The moviemakers have shown time and time again that they&#8217;ll make a sequel to anything if they think there&#8217;s a dollar in it. Extreme Ops made me question even the sanity of that&#8230;. This movie is <i>amazing<\/i> &#8212; 6 &#8220;insane&#8221; extreme sports enthusiasts meet in some remote tundra in an <strong>abandoned hotel<\/strong> to film a commercial. Unbeknownst to them, a few <strong>terrorists<\/strong> have hidden among the crew. Now it&#8217;s up to the <strong>extreme<\/strong> heroes to put a stop to their dastardly deed. I&#8217;m not kidding here. Most dramatic moment: some guy&#8217;s snowboard gets shot in half. &#8220;Oh no &#8212; <i>my board<\/i>!&#8221; Funniest moment: &#8220;That&#8217;s why snowboarding&#8217;s better than skiing.&#8221; In your face skiers of the world! Woo hah!<\/p>\n<p>Second worst premise ever:<\/p>\n<p>Miss Perfect teenage girl pisses off the local stereotypical freak\/witch\/goth girl who places a curse on her. The next morning she wakes up as&#8230;. Rob Schneider! Now Rob has to find a way to turn back into a high school cheerleader, deal with (undoubtedly) humorous sexual issues and defeat terrorists or something. I&#8217;m not sure &#8212; I stopped paying attention at that point.<\/p>\n<p>Kiefer Sutherland, what have you done?<\/p>\n<p>Poor Kiefer, he&#8217;s the victim of the worst timing of any of us. Last year, his show 24 was pushed back due to some plane-blowing-up content. Now, his return to the big screen is sullied just because of some silly serial sniper. <a href=http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/Title?0183649 target=_blank>Phone Booth<\/a> isn&#8217;t coming out for a while thanks to Washington DC&#8217;s latest craze&#8230;. What&#8217;s the world coming to, Kiefer?<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah &#8212; good morning, suckers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaoskid &#8212; at the movies! First of all, I saw The Transporter this weekend. A decent movie &#8212; pretty much exactly what I expected. Jason Statham is a badass driver-man for whoever&#8217;s got the money. No questions asked, of course. 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