Anticipation

Sometimes, the anticipation of something is more exciting and more interesting than the thing itself. Look at any of the movies that came out last summer, you'll know what I mean. This year, there's much to look forward to, and much opportunity for disappointment. But I don't think that's what's going to happen. Not this time. I'm an optimist. And, while there were blatant problems and it wasn't exactly what I expected (and why did they feel the need for a 'white' lead when they had Jackie Chan and Jet Li?), Forbidden Kingdom was fun and mindless and, I think, a fine start to the summer movie season.