[El Diablo]

All,

As usual, managed to add some to the DVR but not really watch much. I did manage to catch a couple of random cable movies in the last two weeks, though.

Idiocracy: The blurb was "a dullard awakens 1000 years in the future to find he is the smartest person alive" and it starred Luke Wilson. How could I not watch it? Well, I watched about 10 minutes and thought it was idiotic. Then some friends were over and someone mentioned that it was directed by Mike Judge. That made me give it another chance. It was pretty idiotically bad, but also sorta entertaining in a really stupid Beavis and Butthead way. Not recommended, but not absolutely horrible either.

Goal! The Dream Begins: Blurb was something like "Mexican cook gets a chance at his dream of playing professional soccer." OK, well, how can I pass that up? This was super cliched, but whatever, it was exactly what I expected and hoped for. Guy chasing his dream, some roadblocks come up that he overcomes, some bad guys show heart when they see how much this kid deserves it, he gets to address some of his personal/family issues through the challenges of sports, etc. This was far more entertaining than Invincible, but no Rudy or anything. Not GOOD, but I recommend it to generic sports underdog movie fans.

New ones added to DVR:

Lady in the Water - Whatever, I watch all of his movies. I expect there to be a twist.

World Trade Center - Nick Cage has lots of movies on cable.

Hollywoodland - Adrien Brody movie, I remember previews looking maybe OK.

Inside Deep Throat - documentary

Army of Darkness - this is one of those movies I have somehow never seen.