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How many times do I have to be warned? I've spent too much hard-saved cash on these Hollywood movies that seem to sprout up and grab onto theaters like weeds, and I just can't keep stepping all over the damn things. Even after the hmmphs and hehs that followed asking how the famed Alice in Wonderland from Tim Burton was faring in the hearts of audiences, I still payed full price and sacrificed a Thursday evening to experience what I had hoped to be a colorful and imaginative adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic. However, I couldn't even look past the green screens and budget-burning over the top CGI that ruined practically every scene. Add in the fact that most of the actors looked as if it took them all of one afternoon to film their lines, and I was squirming in my seat (along with a few others in the theater) waiting for the lights to come back up. One woman even ran from her seat screaming after the credits began. And the one saving grace to this film fiasco? Oh, none other than a little cameo by Crispin Glover, of course.

This isn't the first time that he has surprised me in the middle of a movie. And I have to say, for a man who has been in over 50 movies, I don't think I'll ever stop being surprised. He plays Stayne in Alice in Wonderland, and managed perfectly to remain equal parts creepy and...well, just more creepy. So when Jake and I decided to be normal people and go see Hot Tub Time Machine last night(no warnings from anyone here, but we knew better), the only character that kept me from calling it a night and falling asleep on someone's shoulder was the one-armed bellboy, Phil, played by Glover.

So for the sake of all Hollywood movies, keep up the good fight, Crispin!