When I was a kid growing up in Guelph the drive-in was a rare treat (mostly because we never owned a car). I remember my dad brought us once and we ended up seeing Heavy Metal…bad choice of movies for a 14-year-old (but I remember liking it as I’m sure most 14-year-old boys would).

 

Well – every summer here in Morden our local drive-in (The Stardust) has triple features on long weekend Sundays. They don’t start till 10 pm because here in the sub-Arctic it doesn’t get dark enough in the summer till around that time. We went last night and had a blast with some friends.

 

Here are the mini-reviews for the movies we saw:

 

1. Hellboy II: The Golden Army – 3/5 – Typical Hellboy fare. Great special effects and campy comic humor. It seemed a little rushed and cramped. The director, Guilermo Del Toro is going to be directing the two Hobbit movies when they come out. He has a great sense for fantasy and imagery so I think he’ll do a good job.

 

2. The Incredible Hulk – 4/5 – Very good story and faithful to the comics. The special effects were very well done and there was a good mix of story and action elements. The pacing was excellent. This is Marvel Studios’ second film after Ironman and based on these two movies it was a good idea for Marvel to start there own studio. There is a great cameo by Ironman’s Tony Stark in the film. For comic nerds there is plenty of evidence that Marvel is building a movie strategy that will lead to The Avengers which were made up of Ironman, Hulk, Thor, Captain America while keeping close connection to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Nick Fury. Nick Fury has a cameo in the Ironman movie played by Samuel L. Jackson. S.H.I.E.L.D. factors in both movies. Marvel is currently developing Thor, Captain America, The Avengers, Nick Fury, and others as future releases.

 

3. Wanted – 1/5 – Excellent idea with fantastic actors and great effects absolutely wrecked by a poor script and unnecessary foul language that does not even remotely help the film. Not even worth renting.