2009-10 Oscars Preview Continued: Underrated Movies, Most Outlandish Movie Review, and Most Practical Lesson Learned from a Movie Gunfight

UNDERRATED MOVIES:
The Taking of Pelham 123, The Informant!

MOST OUTLANDISH MOVIE REVIEW OF THE YEAR:
Wa-Po Drops the Nazi Bomb on Transformers 2.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062303462.html
Don’t believe me? It begins as follows: “With its fascist sensibility, assortment of smutty asides, illiterate gold-tooth-wearing homie robots and the hero's brainless mother, much of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is simply despicable. So complaining about one's physical discomfort seems petty. But given the relentless din, the Leni Riefenstahl-inspired music and the headache-inducing visuals, OSHA should probably be investigating the conditions under which human beings made this thing. Or the conditions under which they watch it.”
A simple 'no stars' would suffice. It’s Transformers 2, not Triumph of the Will.

MOST PRACTICAL LESSON LEARNED FROM A MOVIE GUNFIGHT:
From The International - Bring an assault rifle with you to any art show you might attend. Apparently cops don’t like art. Hence, there are apparently no available police in New York City to respond to a raging 20-30 minute tactical assault on the Guggenheim. So come armed. Otherwise, you will have brought a knife-like aesthetic sensibility to a gunfight.