Noah Wyle, Kyle MacLachlan (2004) A caretaker beneath a metropolitan library protects magical artifacts from those who would use them to do evil.
TNT was showing three of these movies in a row. So, apparently its a series. I'll be watching them all in turn, and probably reviewing them. According to Wikipedia, this series "draws from several classic action movies and westerns, such as the Indiana Jones series, Macgyver", I'm sold. And apparently copying sections from Wikipedia makes the links come along. And its produced by Dean Devlin who was the producer and writer of the Stargate movie. Doubly sold.
Apparently the main character has 22 degrees or something. And now he's being kicked out of school because his professor doesn't approve of his professional student-ness.
Kind of sad about the lack of Hat thus far. They did, however, steal the Ark of the Covenant from Indiana Jones. Got new poles though. They're gold, rather than the wood that we saw when he found it.
And yet, although they seem to be rather versed in their history, they are referring to the Sword in the Stone as Excalibur. However, Excalibur was not the sword that Arthur drew from the stone, as the Lady of the Lake gave Arthur Excalibur once he was already king.
This guy seems to have a very nice blend of irreverence, smart-ass-itude, and general all around bumbling-ness to make him a rather interesting hero. He kind of reminds me of Mal Reynolds...
They've got some ridiculous problems with physics and stuff, but I don't really care, because this movie is kinda fun.
The CG isn't very good, but its a damn sight better than the stuff that SciFi Saturday has brought us.
This movie is awesomely ridiculous. To get through a trap, our intrepid heroes had to waltz through. Literally.
He really reminds me of Mal. Even sort of sounds like him. Similar speech pattern and a similar voice. Not an exact match, but pretty close.
I wonder if that's why I'm enjoying this movie, even though its got all sorts of problems with gravity, and physics and all sorts of other stuff. Whatever it is, this movie is far superior to most of the other filth that I've reviewed lately.
And the guy just said that he's been "cahooted". He is definitely from the Mal Reynolds School of Action Hero Awesomeness.
Oh, by the way, the Spear referred to in the title is the Spear of Destiny. Just thought you might want to know.
And they just got into a big fight, and the first move one of the good guys did was to kick a bad guy in the dick. This movie is so gloriously random. And now there's a Kill Bill-esque standoff between 2 female characters. With similar music and everything...
I'm rather looking forward to the 2 next movies in this trilogy. Hopefully they keep up the glorious randomness of this movie... Definitely woth a watch, if you ever come across it.
And PS. The Love Interest Woman drives a BMW Dual Sport motorcycle.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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I'll be surfthechannel-ing these movies. I have been seeing previews on TNT and thought they were worth investigating. I'm sold I think also that Noah Wyle (or however you spell it) was a doctor on ER for a while. In the beginning when the show was worth watching and wasn't just a cheap excuse for a nighttime soap opera.
He was on ER
Yes. In the beginning when the show was about the hospital and not the doctors in it having sex with one another.
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