Pandorum’: Bits of far better movies

I’d love nothing more than to follow the Seahawks-Colts game with a showing of “Zombieland.” But … no such luck.

Instead, because my more responsible “Movies 101” cohosts wanted us to review the AMC Select feature “Bright Star,” that’s the movie we’re going to see at 1:30 p.m.

Damn. I’ll have to check out “Ode to a Grecian Zombie” another day. When I do, let’s hope that it’s good enough to wash the remains of “Pandorum” out of my memory.

I took my brother to see that sci-fi film on Friday, and it was quite the disappointment. For the first half hour or so, I was reasonable thrilled … even, once or twice, scared (more the claustrophobia scenes than anything involving mutants).

But pretty soon things devolved. Randy and I could pick up similarities to the “Alien” trilogy, a fair amount of “Event Horizon,” the look of “I Am Legend” and references not only to “Fight Club” but to all zombie movies since “28 Days” (one of the first popular uses of the quick-moving living dead).

One thing I liked: the performance of Ben Foster , the former “Six Feet Under” costar who has definite screen presence.

Should have taken Randy to see “Surrogates” instead.