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Kim Hollis: I'm also of the opinion that Dawn of the Dead is pretty terrific. Again, I like Romero's version (a lot) better, but if I'm picking a recent horror movie to champion, Snyder's Dawn of the Dead is pretty high on my list. When I watched it in advance of the series premiere of The Walking Dead this past fall, I couldn't help but notice how well it holds up - and also how much better it was at the zombie thing than The Walking Dead, which I think is just insanely dull.

I skipped 300, as I don't much like Gerard Butler and it just looked like a dude movie reminiscent of Gladiator, which I actively despise. I've never found a reason to watch it and I suspect I would not like it.

Watchmen is a movie that causes me some ambivalence. I do so love the book and am of the opinion that it was nearly impossible to adapt in any cohesive, satisfying way. So, with that caveat, I do think Snyder did about as well as he could and I certainly found myself mostly enjoying the movie - there are little things that bother me about it. (Though I have to say that I can never hear Tears for Fears' Everybody Wants to Rule the World without thinking of Watchmen, so that was clever.)

Owls of Ga'Hoole is a gorgeous film that just left me cold. I *love* owls and could have really enjoyed this movie, but it is extremely so-so. David is spot on about the villain, too.

And finally, there's Sucker Punch. Oh, Sucker Punch. It gets so so so much wrong. I don't even know where to begin with it. I've joked that I want to rewrite the film, incorporating all the ideas and notions that I'd wished he'd used, and sell it to The Asylum or something. (The Asylum is the film studio that releases similarly named films to wide releases direct-to-DVD or cable.) The problem is that my movie would *assuredly* be better than Sucker Punch, and therefore wouldn't make sense as the supposedly lesser version.

So, to sum up: Dawn of the Dead (A), 300 (TBD), Watchmen (B), Owls of Ga'Hoole (C-), Sucker Punch (I have no damn idea. Probably a D+ or something).

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