Director Garry Marshall, that is. Once again, he proves he's king of the box office. At least, for this one week. That Georgia Rule was a bit of a misfire, but I guess he recovered. And it really wasn't his fault: who knew Lindsay Lohan's career would crash and burn like the fiery meteor it's become? ...okay, bad metaphor. Maybe more like the shooting star from Joe Dirt, let's put it that way. And through it all, Hector Elizondo's been by his side. Hector's missed out on some sweet gigs because of it, having to re-arrange his schedule at Garry's every last whim, and I mean EVERY last whim! Dear God, they even did Dear God together! And yet, Bruce Almighty gets all the credit. Go figure. Yes, all the people who've ever made a film with Marshall seems to be on hand: Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, the list goes on and on. But I guess people are going to see it because they happen to be at the theater and they go "Oh, look! Valentine's Day. Just like the holiday of the same name! Aww, that's cute. Let's see that!" Assume that's a dialogue. Or they go "Avatar's all full. Well, what else is there? The only thing that's open is Valentine's Day? That's not like that 3-D horror flick, I hope... oh, well, let's see that, I guess."No, no, I guess people are just getting sick of Avatar at this point. Thank goodness it's made $660 million at the box office! It'll turn a profit someday. Everything else is sliding, baby. Dear John goes from 1 to 5; Edge of Darkness, well, let's put it this way: it's almost daylight again, heh heh. Amongst the newbies this week: Chris Columbus has finally gotten his indie film phase out of his system, and after Rent and Beth Cooper he's finally come to his senses with another blockbuster. Except, it's got a long-ass title, man! Who wants to read all that? Sheesh! The other one is a Wolfman reboot. And it's done right by director Joe Johnston. I hear he once worked on Raiders of the Lost Ark! Even the janitor on that film's a director now! I gotta go...
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