Film Diary MARCH 2009

March was a little on the slow side. WATCHMEN proved interesting but in the end confusing (didn't we end up just where we started? The good guys were the bad guys? And why did the writer hate Nixon so much. I mean, he really seemed to hate Nixon.) RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN was a throwback to old school Disney when they made movies like BLACKBEARD'S GHOST and POLLYANA and THE BOATNIKS and you were a kid and you watched them and thought they were great cause you didn't know any better. DUPLICITY had some excellent dialogue and good scenes but in the end we'd like our heroes to win, thank you very much. (Makes them at least appear to be smart and clever; think THE STING). MONSTERS VS ALIENS was in 3D. KNOWING was strange and creepy in the end (what's up with the little kids taken to an alien world who are eventually supposed to repopulate the Earth -- just weird all over). The best of the month was definitely I LOVE YOU MAN.