7 Minutes

I have seven minutes to write before I need to hit the shower and head to work. Now it's only six, so I think I'd better get right to it.

'B' Movie

I watched Bee Movie last night with the girlfriend. At first I chuckled at some things, I think I once even laughed out loud. Then I got past the mid-point and suddenly I realized that Seinfeld, after all the time he spent writing it, really had no idea how to end his story, because what happens as we come to the end is disjointed, makes very little sense in comparison to the rest of the film, and for the most part not funny. This sums up my opinion about it.

I know, we're talking about a CGI movie, but I've read interviews with Jerry Seinfeld where he talks about how long he's been working on this project, with literally thousands of re-writes and all of himself being poured in. The final product though, in my opinion, is just worthless after you've crossed the threshold into the third act.

Admittedly, I despise Jerry Seinfeld, but I figured I could at least tolerate this, and for the most part, I could. The beginning of the movie actually surprised me, I didn't expect it to be more than the dry, mundane humor he's so famous for. But once you start approaching the third act of the story, the jokes slow down and there's a complete change in the tone and telling of the story. When all is lost, there's really no more logic. While silly, much of the beginning made sense, and even the second act was fun enough that you were ok with it, but when you reach the third act and the jokes slow to a trickle, you're forced to realize that it makes no sense, and is ultimately just stupid.

HAL + GLaDOS = LARFS

xkcd is still the BEST web comic around.

(For those of you who are stupid... this comic revolves around 2001: A Space Odyssey and Portal: The Best Game Ever)