Ben Stein, Al Pacino, and Jackie Chan Try To Forget Sarah Marshall

By Scott Gwin: 2008-04-17 22:01:51

So far there's been precious little to get excited about in theaters. The really promising projects won't start arriving until May, but this weekend there's a small ray of sunshine beginning to creep out. Of course, it's buried in a pile of other crappy to mediocre new releases, and if you put the four in a line up you'd probably pick the wrong one for the best I'm happy to guide you through it.

First off you can clear aside Ben Stein's small release documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. It's not that it's a bad movie. In fact, like Michael Moore's movies it's probably pretty darn entertaining if you happen to agree with the point it's trying to make. It's possibly even enlightening if you bother to actually watch it. But a lot of Americans could care less about the validity of any question that raises the idea of intelligent design theory.

Next you can knock out 88 Minutes. Poor Al Pacino has headlined one sleepy movie after the next and critics agree that his latest thriller fits the pattern. Pacino fans, do yourselves a favor and don't further tarnish your memory of the man with another wasted movie. Go back to your copies of The Godfather and Scent of a Woman and remember better days.

That leaves us with two movies: fantasy adventure The Forbidden Kingdom and raunch-comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Which one would you choose?

If you picked Forgetting Sarah Marshall, you chose the best bet for the number one movie this weekend. That's not to say you picked the more entertaining movie. What boils down to a comedy vehicle for Jason Segel written by Jason Segel and brought to life by raunch king Judd Apatow is marginally winning the hearts of critics, even though most of them agree it's the same old stuff with the same old faces. But gratuitous sex and predictable humor always seem to win the day.

The best movie this weekend, destined to play second fiddle to Sarah Marshall, is The Forbidden Kingdom. The first movie this year to earn four and half stars from the Cinema Blend writing team, Forbidden Kingdom promises top notch entertainment for those who can look beyond Jackie Chan's bizarre dreadlocks.

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