Batson's Blog

I decided to be brave. After the success that I had with Battleship last week, I figured I would check out Taylor Kitsch’s other box office bomb, John Carter . I never saw the film’s previews, but I remember seeing the cover sometime last year and thinking, “It could be good.” I thought John Carter was an odd name though. It seemed like the name of a movie about a piano teacher in a small town in the 1940s, or maybe the main character in a football movie. It just didn’t seem to fit with a movie about action and adventure. According to the description, it’s a film about a soldier who is transported to Mars and becomes embroiled in a clash between different social classes. Whichever group wins this battle could very well end up with the fate of the planet in their hands. It does sound like a storyline you’d find in a B-movie, but with Disney’s budget behind it, at least I didn’t have to worry about the production quality. I actually really like the idea though. A soldie...

Don’t you just hate those dry periods for movie releases? It seems like it happens a few times a year when there’s no movies you anxiously want to see. That’s how it was the other day when I made a stop by the Redbox . The Avengers DVD came out last week , but I already saw that in the theatres. I spent a few minutes browsing through the selection of movies, but was having trouble finding something. Some of them didn’t even sound that bad, but they were all on the same level, so it was tough making a choice. When you’re in the mood to see a good movie, you don’t want to spend two hours watching something, only to find out that it’s a dud. For lack of better options, I went with Battleship . I heard that it bombed in a big way at the theatres , but I remembered seeing previews and thinking it could be decent. I was surprised to see that Gambit was in the movie. I didn’t know the actor’s name, so I Googled him. Turns out his name is Taylor Kitsch – a Canadian model-t...