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Show ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WEDNESDAY, 6 - DIXIE SUN LX.H UJCJLIL - ILXJ U i- -J Q-Q- Il AUGUStET j ig mct: ..Cla' J iiimor ..,rvJ , ohnsc ositio he it sei jed it 30 sone ; i acto i .ular c Jtimoi ' .oinici ceet, jt - ;aboo iltlfflOl .porter jd on nronnnnnnroiuLJ on this summer What was CT- L- , lju: JUI. reely going BY MORGAN COZIAR Dixie Sun A&E Editor complete the film without landing himself in the hospital? Fords offspring, Shia LeBeouf, obviously inherited the Jones family trait for treasure hunting, and that leaves us with one final question. sequel? The Happening Now if you have as much faith in Mark Wahlberg as I do, you saw The Happening. I was an unsuspecting victim of this movie and had been misinformed that it was the greatest plot EVER! Little did I know I was about to watch M. Night Shyamalans bomb for this season. The Happening attempted to make us fear our own backyards by portraying trees as these highly intelligent, predatory creatures. I was on the ground laughing in a matter of seconds. Now I believe that plants have their ways of communicating with pollination and reproduction processes, but do I think the lodgepole pines are going to attack at any ra This summers movie releases certainly built upon previous fantasies with three new sequels, but they also allowed viewers to create new delusions. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull For years Indiana Jones has been a household name and one of every kids heroes. Who hasnt jumped around, swinging a rope, thinking that you were on some kind of foreign excursion? Jones introduced the 80s to the mythology lying within the field of archeology. And now it has to be reintroduced. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull allowed our minds to wander out of the box, out of the planet even, and to the question: Are we alone in this universe? But the real mystery behind this long anticipated sequel was how did Harrison Ford in his old age manage to . . second? No way. It was another nice try on Shyamalans part, but it still goes on the bomb powers you really dont have a reason not to help out. Hancock, played by Will Smith, is a lazy list. superhero confused by Wall-- E how he even received his When we started seepowers. He uses his conWall-E, fusion and apparent lack ing the trailers for it wasnt anything of care as an excuse for aniAnother shocking. causing millions of dolmated robot movie. But lars in damage in his feewait! An animated movie ble attempts of heroism. where its not just about At first Smiths appearance and character make talking animals and immature humor? If you you want to laugh, but were taking notes you this may only be because realize the mirror might you are used to seeing him in more humorous image of the demise of our own world: comparoles. But as the film nies willing to take over goes on you recognize the world and a league of his character is not up to humans willing to let par on laughs. humans to As Hancock finds out them, willing let themselves get lazy as how his powers came to be, the movie tries to long as someone is there to clean up after them. dive to a deeper level, this was too its oxygen tank is but Maybe harsh a realization for only half full. Where the some of you, but Wall-movie could have should definitely become more meaningful make you examine your it seemed to stop trying own life, or lack thereof, and became d and how you are living It is an again. easy watch it. if you dont like thinking Hancock about what you are Giving back to your watching. The Dark Knight community can be difficult sometimes, but If you say you didnt when you have super want to see it, you are E light-hearte- only fooling yourself or trying to protect some self-imag- e. You dont have to lie to yourself anymore. Just give in and go see it because you are missing out on something phenomenal. The Dark Knight. Thats probably all I have to say because this movie changed the way we will forever remember a lost soul. And it has almost changed history by coming close to beating out Titanic in ticket sales. Christian Bale has become the Batman we all love. Every girl wants to be with him, every guy wants to be him. That is when you know you have become a true hero. And every hero has a villain: dark, cold and uncaring; representing so much that is wrong with this world today; and doing it in all the right ways. Heath Ledger stepped up to the plate. His portrayal of the Joker was consistently flawless throughout the show. Nailing mannerisms, speech patterns and appearance, Ledger lived up to making the land s hnson ;ry f, in Kansas anymore. Rob Estes, an alum of "Melrose Place", plays the father and Lori Loughlin plays the mom. "Rob Estes' character actually grew up in Beverly Hills. He was the next-doneighbor to one of our previous characters," explains Judah. "They've moved back and it's how they handle this new world. We'll be using people from the previous show in the new one, and they will organically work with our characters." Shenae Grimes ("Degrassi: the Next Generation") is part of the sizzling young cast. Though she was barely out of Pampers when the original began, she says, "I was the one major fan of the cast. I was when the show came out, but my mom raised me on it, or 1 basically. I am very shell shocked every time I meet one of the old cast members, see the old high school and stuff like that. It's been a trip." Grimes says she liked the show because it honestly depicted teenagers at the time. "The drama was something that you hadn't really seen on television before and the issues were real. You felt like that you could finally relate to people that you were seeing on TV. It was serious issues and it showed the serious consequences and it wasn't just a glamorous package put together for everyone's eyes. Yeah, my mom thought it was, I guess, educational in a way. And so did I. It was our little bonding." Loughlin thinks her character mirrors real life. "She is also moving to Beverly Hills for the first time, so it's an adjustment for her because she's never lived outside of Kansas," says Loughlin, who piqued everybody's interest when she sort of on "Full House" for seven years. This new version will differ from the old one, insists Judah. "One of the differences from the original show (we) are really having a strong adult storyline. One of the POV's that Gabe and I come from as producers and writers on this show is a strong point of view on parenting. We're both fathers. We feel like this central family, this core family, moves into Beverly Hills and it's how do they hold onto their, sort of, moral center? We think this generation of parenting is dif step-mother- ferent than the ones we grew up with. We, as parents, did almost everything that our kids are doing. Our parents didn't do that. Its a lot harder to lie to us. We know what theyre doing, they can't get away with stuff that they think they are because we did it 20 years ago. Nice try." The writers have included observations of people around them. " We also want to have this point of view that there are these other families in Beverly Hills, who we've seen in this generation of g parents, who just think they're parenting by giving their kids money and excess and clothing and no rules, and we have a strong point of view that kids need boundaries, need rules. And that's Baby-Boomin- firs ;,()2an jle, a1 tl jng I ,Gus Joker the perfect villa for the perfect hero. lofth lohnsr The Mummy: Tomb the Dragon Emperor ot Wi The .ended I thought it was a joke becor The Mummy: Tomb of issiona the Dragon Emperor? ipow Really? Now I enjoy hi- ledecli story, and I did see the jd by e first two flicks, but I was feline truly hoping it would His at that. This time Jet Li or en: jiy. made gets dragged into the iientary film playing, you episode whi guessed it, the evil old dead guy. The OCornie! Pleased Tl family is at it again, tiding in Asia and waki hfthSe up yet another mummy iec who wants to take over HeM the world. Sounding all en too familiar? The plot observer has been smashed to vi pieces by a steamroller feamatir about 10 too manytimr hisi but if action is all that easons matters to you then, he; ofthebi be my guest. Ming o This summers (mown j on. iVire1 Tl io an , ion movie-di- a fairly good job of taking us out of our rmal lives and throwing us into adventures. or a genuine theatrical step stone, made for great summer getaways. no- the Klein sa lew on TheW The Nob afore"-- 1 dafasi he sean nban A At the lire" is Familiar zip code, cast reappears on CW after long hiatus (MCT) A new crush of denizens will be moving into an old ZIP code when the CW unpacks its new "Beverly Hills 90210" on Sept. 2. Two of the original cast members, Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty, will be turning in their Gucci gym shorts and customized lockers for 1040s and medical plans. Doherty will be playing a guest drama teacher who directs the school musical. The show's producers won't say what Garth is playing and the network has decided not to supply press previews (always a bad sign). Producers Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs say the new show, which they're is calling a spin-ofabout a family who moves to Beverly Hills and realizes they're not S aich one of the things that's going to influence the show," says Judah. "We're just trying to tell the best stories we can. We're trying to ground it. We grew up sort of in the (Produce: Judd) Apatow family- I'j''11 char1 grounded with real emacter stories and otional stories. And whether these kids are driving Maseratis or whatever mansions the; live in, we want peopk who are in Iowa watcho"1 hing saying, 'That is he feel when my dad gets mad at me, that's how V feel when someone doe n't like me.' We are jus' it) trying to really tell truthful, emotional sto ries, but also keep it P ty funny, too. (c) 2008, McClatch)' Tribune Information Services NT, |