Movies

The movie "We Are Marshall" is nearing the end of its theatrical run. It's showing on fewer and fewer screens in this, the eighth week of its release, according to my coworker Justin McElroy.

I'll admit I haven't seen it yet. I'm waiting for the DVD version. I just can't afford to see many movies in theaters anymore. I don't know if I'll see Spider-Man 3 and Shrek the Third until they move over to the bargain theater at the Cinema.

Maybe I'm getting older, but most movies nowadays are just not that good. They're star vehicles. They tell stories I don't care about.

Maybe it's like one of my nephews. When he was just out of his teen years, I asked him what he thought about a movie he had just seen. "Wasn't no good," he said. "No killin' in it." I think he is the kind of moviegoer Hollywood wants. A few years later, he preferred "Blade II" over "Ice Age."

Humor columnist Dave Barry says if you want to make a movie guys will watch, just forget the story and put this title on it: "Naked People in Car Chases."

A TV sitcom from the 1990s showed a teenage boy about to suffer through this movie with his date: "I Just Want to Talk."

If it says "Pixar" on it, I'll probably go. The older I get, the more I like a good animated movie 0r a good "kids" picture.