In Review

Sometimes when we're feeling a bit iffy about a movie that's not on the 'must-watch' list, we rely on our trusty reviewers in The Star to enlighten us - and they do a pretty good job of it too. We remembers riffling through a rag in the gym while cooling off after class, Malaysian Today we thinks, and read the review for My Super Ex-Girlfriend. Bloody reviewer spoilt it slightly by stating something that should have been better left unsaid - spoilt a surprise for us it did.

Of course, reviews by word of mouth also tend to be good, so long as you can factor in the person's genre preference etc. And alternatively bloghopping one could stumble upon a personal review too, although at the risk of running into spoilers. Yes, njapf and FeR, we're sorry we told you Hermoine died. As for the other reviews like Rotten Tomatoes etc, not something we normally refer to. Dunno why.

Now in our case, we'll stick to the simple things - how we feel about the movie, stuff already shown in the trailers and whether to stay back during the credits. And we'll not tell you stupid stuff like Hogwarts was burnt down in the middle of the book.

We'll retract our statement that Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End is the movie of the summer. We didn't say anything about Transformers, don't think there's a need to. The Simpsons Movie now - this is our revised movie of the summer 2007. With Pirates, while good, it had its faults. Transformers kept the storyline simple thankfully but the robot fights were sometimes messy that one can't help but compare it with 300. Order of the Pheonix? Made more sense to the fans, but probably disappointed them more too.

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Simpsons is perfect. This is one show that you cannot, cannot miss. Well, okay, if you want to complain about something, it's about an hour long. Slightly over an hour. Food and drinks might not be encouraged - we choked on our BBQ Twisties at one point. Thankfully no one spewed. The show is peppered with comical scenes, right from the start, that the whole cinema's just full of laughter. We loved the way Bart's 'skateboard streak' was done, makes Austin Powers look a bit like amateur work.

And we stayed back for the credits. And about 2 rows of audience, us included, stayed back until the credits were done and the lights came back on. If you don't think you can stay that long, stay back till the Simpsons family leave the cinema during the credits roll. Else stay till the end. By the way, don't understand the Assistant Manager reference, Sam you got any ideas?