Reviews: 2 Movies and a Game

I want to jot this down before I forget again. Over the weekend Amybear and I rented two movies, The Worlds Fastest Indian and Failure to Launch, and I finished the main mission arc in GTA: Liberty City Stories. So last things first...

Liberty City Stories

This was designed as a game for the PSP not the PS2 (which is what I played it on). It shows, sometimes more than others. There are several cases where the graphics are just not all there. Things get grainy and hard to see, etc. The bigger implication for these PSP origins is that the game just feels kind of cheap and rehashed, which it is. Most of the maps are reused from GTA:III. The voice actors are ok, but second string. The music is decidedly cheaper than the earlier PS2 games. Although some is catchy, don't expect any bands you might already, you know, have heard of. The writing is what really suffers though. Characters are completely different from previous games (Donald Love, Salvatore Leone). The mission can be contrived or ill-conceived, especially those set in Shoreside Vale which seem like an afterthought to the rest of the game. But it's $20 and I got my money's worth.

The Worlds Fastest Indian

This is the tale of the trials Burt Munro goes through to run his heavily modified 1920 Indian scout during Speed Week at Bonneville in 1967. This one's a little quirky. You might like it, but you might not. It is a bit slow in spots, but it is hilarious in others. If you have any gearhead inclinations, chances are you will like this movie too.

Failure to Launch

Funny movie. Really good. Much better than I expected. If you're a guy, allow your wife or girlfriend to talk you into seeing it. Just be aware that there is a scene where Terry Bradshaw is walking around stark naked towards the end of the film. Suffice it to say that he does not have the same muscle tone as when he played for the Steelers.