Last night I watched The Ninth Configuration, a (hilarious) comedy and 'theological thriller', for the fourth time. This is the only movie I ever watched twice in a row (of course I've watched a movie and special features back to back; with Final Fantasy I even watched the movie and 2 of the 3 full length commentaries in a row). There are a few WTF moments that you don't get until the end of the movie (if you haven't seen it before) and stuff going on you don't necessarily catch all of right away. It is set in an insane asylum towards the end of the Vietnam war, with one of the inmates adapting the works of Shakespeare for dogs. The 2 main characters (primarily) get into the nature of good and evil and whether or not god exists (would go well with the Evolution vs creationism topic). It has a bit of a sucky ending, but overall it is a very good movie.
After that I watched Laser Mission, about a freelance agent sent to "...recover the scientist who holds the deadly formula that could destroy the world". The scientist in question is a physicist who worked on lasers, kidnapped to force into developing a weapon using his knowledge and the largest diamond in the world (fist sized). If rubies can be used to make lasers, then obviously diamonds make the best lasers. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" /> This movie features bad acting, bad dialog, bad writing and bad special effects... all the things that make a good B movie. Even though it stars Brandon Lee, there are only a couple of fights, and they are poorly done. Overall it is an ok B movie, but needs fewer car chases and more martial arts.
"Infinite goodness means creating a being that you know in advance is going to complain." - Captain Cutshaw, in The Ninth Configuration
