EAGLE EYE: QUICK BITE

EAGLE EYE 2008 SPACEY ODDITY
What a cat and mouse game this was! Totally unbelievable, unoriginal and irrational, but interestingly scripted and filmed. Going to the movies suspends reality so we can enjoy more than our 9-5 jobs, paying taxes and watching the economy tank. In an odd way, this movie did do that. From scene to scene to student to dialog, we are thrown, along with our heroes Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBouf) and Rachel Hollowmon (Michelle Monaghan). Long story short, they find themselves on the run. The rest is not necessary because they run ... a LOT and they are well choreographed scenes and it sucks you in. Billy Bob Thornton steps in from here to there to show his official and nonofficial support of this film. "Open the pod bay doors Hal." Most everyone is predictable, but it doesn't make it less fun to watch.
BITE: Just because it isn't believable doesn't make it less fun.

GHOST TOWN: Quick Bite

GHOST TOWN: CLOSE TO DEAD ON ARRIVAL
Too bad this lackluster movie did fare better at the box office. The plot has been recycled; at least being green is in this year. Dentist, Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais, genius of British TV, The Office originator)

is a bit of a pratt. Later he is called an asshole. He's not. He's British. After a routine colonoscopy goes bad, he discovers that he was dead for 7 minutes during the procedure, give or take. What happens when someone dies? Yes, they can 'see dead people'. Turns out he see sees a great number of them who want to fix something they didn't finish before they died. Now, the undead can be pretty snippy, but Frank (the dashing yet still funny Greg Kinnear) takes hold of the situation or course, so he can repair something he left undone. (A LOT like Ghost). Tea Leoni (Frank's widow) is the target and the smooth talking (NOT) ladies man (NOT) dentist (yeah, okay) has to interface with her so he can mend the ways. Nothing new, and mildly entertaining, Ricky Gervais should have had more un-scripted screen time. Neither Leoni or Kinnear really held my attention. However, there were some fairly serious scenes that came off as truly authentic. Not too "Ghost"-like, but heartfelt, no tears, just a cautionary reminder to us all.

NOT a bite: Entertaining not laugh out loud funny, maybe once or twice. Kinda-sorta-okay.