So everyone said this movie was sucky, which was great, because I went in expecting it to be sucky and was thus pleased to find that it was actually good, which wouldn’t’ve been the case if I’d expected it to be good. The key is, they made this movie almost entirely as if they were actually making it in the ’50s, from the look of the thing (subtle color timing stuff or film stock or something, I’m not sure, but definitely something) to the ridiculously preposterous plot, to the cornball dialogue.

Random things:

  1. Harrison Ford in ’50s-era clothing means that he just looks like your grandpa now. His hat no longer signals derring-do, but “45 in a 55 with left turn signal on in the ol’ Buick.”

  2. Shia The Beef is a weird looking fellow, done no favors by that haircut.

  3. So between the Sarah Jane thing in Doctor Who and the female lead in this movie, it’s apparently A Trend that the old-lady ditched romances of the past come back and are all spunky ‘n’ stuff.

  4. The refrigerator scene early on nicely establishes that this is that kind of movie, ‘cause like wow. Basically they are laying down the way it will be and saying, accept this or leave.