Pretty good. I was surprised because I was pretty much apathetic about it after seeing the preview. A lot of friends said it was worth watching so I was glad to see it on the plane brochure. I couldn’t figure out how to use the remote for a while so I missed the first ten minutes, but it all still made sense. Pretty good acting, but it’s fairly predictable. There’s a good article about Shia in the August Vanity Fair if you ever need to kill time in the magazine section. Basically, he got his career started without help from his parents, doesn’t go out much (think anti-Lohan), and Steven Spielberg likes him a lot.
July 31, 2007