Unfortunately, I didn’t think much about those films. I suppose it’s a good thing that I’m not offering my opinions on the Filmjunk podcast.

Jay started filming some of my comments for the end of the year videocast, but I was so incomprehensible that Jay had to cut me short and I fear I’m ending up on the cutting room floor (or to update the vernacular, I fear I’m ending up in the Recycle Bin).

I’m sitting here trying to come up with words to describe why these films didn’t do anything for me. I don’t want us to get into a “film is subjective” discussion, or a “there are no original plots” discussion.

I’ve written myself into a corner. I have no explanation for my opinions. My opinions are worthless. To quote the title of an XTC song, there is “No Language in My Lungs.”

As for Eastern Promises, it was well acted and all, but it just dragged. I could care less about the characters in that movie, well, the “drunk Russian step father” was funny.

It was a movie with a big build up that ended up a big let down. Even the naked fight in the spa/change room did help. The ending was like, “What?!?” People in the theater (all 20 of them) were leaving about 5 minutes before the credits rolled because they knew was going to happen.

Mind you, I’m surprised to hear the hate for Eastern Promises. I thought it was a good film – not excellent. Although, the film I saw a day after I viewed it, dealt with the exact same scenario and was a helluva lot more enjoyable. This film being Shoot Em Up.

Did anyone else feel like Eastern Promises was a serious version of Shoot ‘Em Up? Y’know – Badass guys with accents kicking arse to look after a baby.

Maybe it’s just me.

WORST film… while I try to avoid bad films, of the stuff I saw, I’d say it’s a toss-up between Spider-Man 3 and Rush Hour 3. SPider-Man wins though because it’s so damn long to have to endure it for nearly three hours. At least RH3 is only 90- minutes of shit.

I’m shocked and thrilled that BUG was a nominee. Great movie. I only gave it 3.5/5 stars, but the more I think about it, the better it gets.

Wow, Baychuk… Did you really use “Not”? Shame on you.
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Heh….I guess I did….heh, heh. Time to bring it back?

Also, in regard to Spiderman 3, the other nominees weren’t exactly masterpieces; Ghost Rider, Fantastic Four 2 were also quite bad. Maybe 30 Days of Night would have qualified for a decent runner-up to 300. But I guess there are still more people who liked Spiderman 3 than people who liked 30 Days.

Somebody mentioned Campea – the guy is an idiot. I drop on his blog from time to time to read his posts, out of boredom, and they are mostly laughable.

I’m glad that Transformers is the runner-up to biggest dissapointment of the year. That was the dumbest Michael Bay movie I’ve ever seen, and some people praise it like it’s the best movie ever made.

Regarding the other categories, I agree with most of the results.

Best Sci-Fi: I’m happy to see Sunshine win. it’s still among the top 15 movies I’ve seen this year. Although the competition is pretty damn pathetic compared to Sunshine.

Best Horror: Enjoyed 28weeks, Loved Death Proof. But I really didnt like that you seperated Grindhouse. No one who saw this in the theaters only saw just one of the movies, well except for you Sean.

Biggest Disappointment: I’m a bit surprised that the Film Junkies voted for Spidey3. I never really saw much of the hate or disappointment in the messageboards. It’s not like it was capping off an epic trilogy, so I really don’t know what people were expecting.