The nightly movie on the tube is Boat Trip with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Horatio Sanz, two would-be chick magnets who mistakenly book tickets on a gay cruise. Hilarity, of course, ensues as it does in these kinds of plots. This of course isn't Oscar material, nor is it even up there with the best of comedies, but if your expectations are sufficiently low and you're in a goofy mood, it's entertaining to see Cuba in this kind of a flick. We're fans of some of his serious work, and it's nice to see the guy can have fun doing the ridiculous. That said, don't rush out to the video store, wait for cable.
Speaking of silliness, Boat Trip was followed up by Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid. This is intended to be a serious dramatic thriller, but the acting and cheezy plot points make it tough to take too seriously. The scares are of the "something sudden happens and somebody screams" variety. The rough plot outline is this: a group of scientists discover a chemical compound derived from an orchid from Borneo that helps prolong life. A veritable fountain of youth flower. They set off for more samples and run into a group of super gorillas! I jest...they run into enormous snakes of course. The scientific expedition is staffed full of unusually good looking people. The rough and manly guide they hire to take them up the river is muy macho, and the effects...well, they're not too bad, but require a hefty suspension of belief. Of course, they continually make decisions requiring great ineptitude, and gradually get picked off one by one. It helps to have really low expectations. This one goes beyond waiting for cable. It requires the perfect storm of waiting for cable AND extreme boredom AND nothing else better being on television.
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