Movies I Watched Instead of Writing Part 9

The Baxter [2005] -- Surprisingly charming romantic comedy that's really a dig at romantic comedies. Written & directed by Michael Showalter ("Wet Hot American Summer", "Stella") & featuring cameos by Paul Rudd, Michael Ian Black & David Wain, it's good for fans of madcap Howard Hawks style romances. Michelle Williams is particularly disarming as the true love interest, unbelievably cute & funny. Oh, and my boy Peter Dinklage plays a highstrung wedding planner. Whole thing was clever & cute, the perfect antidote to my sick-ass self.

Godzilla: Final Wars [2004] -- Had high hopes due to my love of Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack [2001] and the fact that it's directed by Ryuhei Kitamura ("Versus"). Sadly, like everything I'd heard, it's kinda disappointing. Very, very silly (even for a Godzilla movie) it was sorta cool to pick out the old Godzilla cameos & of course seeing the crappy American style CG Godzilla get bitchslapped by a guy in a suit will always bring me a thrill. Unfortunately, almost everything else was overshadowed by the hairstyling for the two lead guys (I have never seen men's hair as styled as in Asian action movies) & a lot of totally unnecessary one on one fights that didn't involve kaiju. Skip this & rent Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.