I got lazy and never reviewed a few movies, so I will give a quick rundown.
Captain America- I enjoyed it. Might have been my favorite super hero movie of the summer. More of a review once it comes out on video.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes- Love it. the CG apes were awesome. The acting was awesome, but the guys doing the apes . James Franco was whatever. He did not really bring anything to the roll for me. More when it is out on video.
I do not believe I saw anything else in the theaters, besides The Thing, which will get its own post.
Now on to videos. The problem with this is going to be, I really don't remember what I have seen. I will do my best between my reviews of stuff on Netflix, and new entries to my spreadsheet of movies that I own. (Don't judge me) I will keep these short since I am already sick of this.
Dogville- Long. Kinda boring. Cool idea, but still boring. It if was a "real movie" and not a play like movie, I think I would have liked it more. The end is unforgettable
Pet Cemetery- Standard '80s horror movie based on Stephen King novel. Meh. Cool that the dude that played Herman Munster was in it. The kid in it is creepy, but he is creepy in everything I have seen him in. He probably would be a good actor now, but who knows.
I Love you Phillip Morris - Fun. Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor. They are good actors. Messed up that it is based on a true story.
Excalibur - I am not going to lie. I only watched the movie because I thought maybe I would get to see Helen Mirren's breasts. You kinda do. It is not a bad movie. I feel like doing a good fantasy movie is rough. It is hard not to look goofy in the costumes.
Hawk the Slayer: Bad, but I knew that.
Ong-bak: The Thai Warrior - Fun, martial arts movie. There are two sequels, I want to watch them.
Sharktopus- Stupid, but I knew that. Eric Roberts is in it. Whatever that means. He only plays himself in movies I feel like.
Rubber- Dumb. It is a about a tire. Thought it could be fun. Not cool.
American Grindhouse - A document about the American Grindhouses and the films are filled them. It was cool, because I like those kind of films. Gratuitous.
Scream 3 - Wes Craven at is Best? The Scream movies are fun.
Arthur - I fell asleep. Kinda boring. Dudley Moore's drunk voice is annoying.
Horrible Bosses - This is a fun movie. Colin Farrell is an asshole in the movie. Jennifer Aniston is a fox.
If I missed anything else, at this point I don't care.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Forgot about this
I forgot about this Guy. Seeing the changes made to Blogger reminded me about it. I haven't really seen to many new movies because nothing that interesting came out. I will probably review something this weekend.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Sucker Punch
Suck Punch was one of those movies that sounded awesome, looked awesome, and I was excited for. Then it came out, I heard the reviews, and it scared me away from the theater. It has since been release on Blu ray and DVD, with an extended edition and you guys know how I am a sucker for Blu ray/DVDs.
Zack Snyder wrote, directed and produced this movie. He is of Dawn of the Dead remake, 300 and The Watchmen fame. He is also going to direct the new Superman movie called Man of Steel. So I like his body of work. The movie is about a girl, who we never learn her real name, matter of fact we don't learn anyone's real name, who accidently kills her little sister while trying to fend off her abusive step father. She then gets sent to an insane asylum, and is going to be lobotomized in 3 days, or 5 days, don't really remember. Then the rest of the movie is spent in this fantasy world that she creates to deal with the horrors of this place. The fantasy world isn't much better, because it is a brothel. They dance for 'clients' and then 'service' them. Which all the clients are actually orderlies, and service just means rape. So the movie itself sounds fucked up, but because it is this fantasy world, unless you really are paying attention you will have no idea. Everyone has a cutesy name like Baby Doll, or Rocket, or Blondie. Jon Hamm plays the 'High Roller' the man who in 3 days is going to take Baby Dolls virginity, aka he is the doctor that is going to come and lobotomize her. In order to escape they need to find 5 items, and each quest to find the item is some new fantastical adventure; shadow ninjas, Ogres and Dragons, Zombie Nazis, etc.
The effects were cool, the costumes were small, and there was a bunch of action. Didn't really care about the characters, but it looked cool. Might have used way too much CGI, but how else do you make movies like this?
4 out of 5
Zack Snyder wrote, directed and produced this movie. He is of Dawn of the Dead remake, 300 and The Watchmen fame. He is also going to direct the new Superman movie called Man of Steel. So I like his body of work. The movie is about a girl, who we never learn her real name, matter of fact we don't learn anyone's real name, who accidently kills her little sister while trying to fend off her abusive step father. She then gets sent to an insane asylum, and is going to be lobotomized in 3 days, or 5 days, don't really remember. Then the rest of the movie is spent in this fantasy world that she creates to deal with the horrors of this place. The fantasy world isn't much better, because it is a brothel. They dance for 'clients' and then 'service' them. Which all the clients are actually orderlies, and service just means rape. So the movie itself sounds fucked up, but because it is this fantasy world, unless you really are paying attention you will have no idea. Everyone has a cutesy name like Baby Doll, or Rocket, or Blondie. Jon Hamm plays the 'High Roller' the man who in 3 days is going to take Baby Dolls virginity, aka he is the doctor that is going to come and lobotomize her. In order to escape they need to find 5 items, and each quest to find the item is some new fantastical adventure; shadow ninjas, Ogres and Dragons, Zombie Nazis, etc.
The effects were cool, the costumes were small, and there was a bunch of action. Didn't really care about the characters, but it looked cool. Might have used way too much CGI, but how else do you make movies like this?
4 out of 5
Captain America: The First Avenger
The last big comic book movie of the Summer. Not the one I had the most invested in, (cough cough Green Lantern), but it definitely had promise. Chris Evans plays Steve Rogers, a man not physically fit to be in the army, but determined to be there just the same. Rogers lies and tries to get enlisted, saying he is from a different town every time. Stanley Tucci plays Dr. Abraham Erskine, a scientist with a special project, who Rogers is just the person to full it.
Colonel Chester Philips, played by Tommy Lee Jones, needs to set up an army of super soldiers to combat the evil Hydra, a section of the Nazi army that specialists in magic. Led by Johann Schmidt, Hugo Weaving, they are looking for ancient relics to power a super army, to conquer the World. Hydra agents sabotage the experiment, and Rogers ends up being the only super solider. Rogers must go after Hydra to stop them before they blow up major US cities.
Seeing Tony Stark's father, Howard Stark, in a pretty major role was fun. Hopefully in The Avengers movie they will play something with that. Steve- "I knew your father Tony. You are nothing like him." Something like that, something with some teeth. That would be fun. Seeing Bucky Barnes was fun. As was seeing Dr. Zola, and Dum Dum Dugan. I hope we see more of Bucky. The movie sets us right up for The Avengers. They literally could start right where this movie ended. Stay for after the credits for a sneak peek at The Avengers, (or just look for the trailer online, it is there now).
I enjoyed the movie. It was fun. There was comedy, there was action. I only got misty eyed once, and that was more to do with the period of which the movie took place, and less about the characters. Costumes were cool. The effects that they do to Weaving's character are spot on, exactly how I imagine his character to look.
During the movie, you see a USO show. Girls singing and dancing for the troops. I leaned over to Jessica and said, "Did they have breast implants in the '40s?" Trying to be funny. Without missing a beat she says, "Duh, Stark Industries." Too funny.
4 out of 5
Colonel Chester Philips, played by Tommy Lee Jones, needs to set up an army of super soldiers to combat the evil Hydra, a section of the Nazi army that specialists in magic. Led by Johann Schmidt, Hugo Weaving, they are looking for ancient relics to power a super army, to conquer the World. Hydra agents sabotage the experiment, and Rogers ends up being the only super solider. Rogers must go after Hydra to stop them before they blow up major US cities.
Seeing Tony Stark's father, Howard Stark, in a pretty major role was fun. Hopefully in The Avengers movie they will play something with that. Steve- "I knew your father Tony. You are nothing like him." Something like that, something with some teeth. That would be fun. Seeing Bucky Barnes was fun. As was seeing Dr. Zola, and Dum Dum Dugan. I hope we see more of Bucky. The movie sets us right up for The Avengers. They literally could start right where this movie ended. Stay for after the credits for a sneak peek at The Avengers, (or just look for the trailer online, it is there now).
I enjoyed the movie. It was fun. There was comedy, there was action. I only got misty eyed once, and that was more to do with the period of which the movie took place, and less about the characters. Costumes were cool. The effects that they do to Weaving's character are spot on, exactly how I imagine his character to look.
During the movie, you see a USO show. Girls singing and dancing for the troops. I leaned over to Jessica and said, "Did they have breast implants in the '40s?" Trying to be funny. Without missing a beat she says, "Duh, Stark Industries." Too funny.
4 out of 5
Take Me Home Tonight
This comedy was something that I watched on DVD.It was one of those impulse buys at Walmart that happen so frequently when I go shopping by myself.
The movie has Topher Grace, Dan Fogler, and Anna Ferris in it. Funny people so I was excited. Also, it is set in the '80s which were kinda goofy. The trailers made it look fun, so I had hopes for this movie. That being said it was not a bad movie, it just wasn't as fun as I thought it was.
Topher Grace plays a character named Matt Franklin, who has just graduated from MIT and is now working at a video store. Everyone he went to high school with is back in town, coming home from college. Matt and his friend Barry Nathan (Fogler) find out about a party where Matt's high school crush is going to be at. She was popular, he was not. Matt needs to over come his fear of asking this girl out, and with his live.
Dan Fogler has some funny parts. Not that funny of a movie. It was alright
2 out of 5
The movie has Topher Grace, Dan Fogler, and Anna Ferris in it. Funny people so I was excited. Also, it is set in the '80s which were kinda goofy. The trailers made it look fun, so I had hopes for this movie. That being said it was not a bad movie, it just wasn't as fun as I thought it was.
Topher Grace plays a character named Matt Franklin, who has just graduated from MIT and is now working at a video store. Everyone he went to high school with is back in town, coming home from college. Matt and his friend Barry Nathan (Fogler) find out about a party where Matt's high school crush is going to be at. She was popular, he was not. Matt needs to over come his fear of asking this girl out, and with his live.
Dan Fogler has some funny parts. Not that funny of a movie. It was alright
2 out of 5
Friday, July 22, 2011
Hobo with a Shotgun
Rutger Hauer stars in the title role as Hobo in Hobo with a Shotgun. Hobo roles into a town called Hope town, whose sign has been spray painted to say "Scum Town", in hopes of starting a new life. The town is full of degenerates Crooked Cops, hookers, thieves, and the town is run by corrupt mob boss, The Drake. Drake has two stupid, yet comically evil sons, Ivan and Slick. The three of the go around town, doing whatever they want. They instill fear in the town, so no one stands up to them, and that becomes a free ticket to every other scumbag in the town. Hobo just wants to get enough money so he can buy a second hand lawnmower, so he can go around town making it a better place. If he made money at it, it would be nice too. But he can not stand idle while these people terrorize the town so he has to jump into action. "Serving justice one shell at a time." That is the tag line on the box and it is correct.
The movie is based on a trailer that won the South by Southwest Grindhouse trailer contest put on by Robert Rodriguez. Remember those trailers? Werewolf Women of the SS, Machete, Thanksgiving, or Thankskilling, I cannot remember, and Don't. That was where I heard of the movie. I never saw the trailer, but when I heard the name and heard Rutger Hauer was in it I figured I was in.
The movie is an exploitation film. There is no doubt about that. The color is saturated at the beginning, and then by the end everything is dark, messy, and covered in blood. There were some ridiculous parts, of course. What Drake does to his own brother is strange, there is a scene where topless girls are using a dude as a pinata, and there are these characters called The Plague, which I would watch a movie just on these guys.
Movie was bad. But, that is ok because I wanted it to be. Violence for violence's sake. The only reason why this movie was made was so there was a movie called Hobo with a Shotgun.
3 out of 5.
The movie is based on a trailer that won the South by Southwest Grindhouse trailer contest put on by Robert Rodriguez. Remember those trailers? Werewolf Women of the SS, Machete, Thanksgiving, or Thankskilling, I cannot remember, and Don't. That was where I heard of the movie. I never saw the trailer, but when I heard the name and heard Rutger Hauer was in it I figured I was in.
The movie is an exploitation film. There is no doubt about that. The color is saturated at the beginning, and then by the end everything is dark, messy, and covered in blood. There were some ridiculous parts, of course. What Drake does to his own brother is strange, there is a scene where topless girls are using a dude as a pinata, and there are these characters called The Plague, which I would watch a movie just on these guys.
Movie was bad. But, that is ok because I wanted it to be. Violence for violence's sake. The only reason why this movie was made was so there was a movie called Hobo with a Shotgun.
3 out of 5.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Bad Santa
Billie Bob Thorton plays a degenerate Santa who steal from the malls after the season. He does a good job doing that.
Felt like the swearing was excessive, (WHAT?!?! I know right?) The little fat kid in the movie is great.
John Ritter is in this movie, and I believe it is one, if not the last thing he did before he died. Funny guy. Bernie Mac and him had a lot of scenes together, so it was weird thinking that both these dudes are dead.
Fun movie. Not great. But not Bad, as the title suggests. 3 of 5
Felt like the swearing was excessive, (WHAT?!?! I know right?) The little fat kid in the movie is great.
John Ritter is in this movie, and I believe it is one, if not the last thing he did before he died. Funny guy. Bernie Mac and him had a lot of scenes together, so it was weird thinking that both these dudes are dead.
Fun movie. Not great. But not Bad, as the title suggests. 3 of 5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II
Jess and I saw the final Harry Potter movie this weekend. As a person who has not read the books, and has only experienced Potter in the world of film, they have been pretty enjoyable movies. Since they broke the last book into two movies, this one takes place immediately after the previous film. The last movie as all about hiding in the woods. This movie is all about kicking ass. It was cool to see John Hurt and Gary Oldman again. If you have read any of my previous entries, you know my love of Gary Oldman. Alan Rickman does a great job. I really enjoy him as Snape.
The whole movie is everyone else fighting, while Harry and his buds run around destroying trinkets. The battles were pretty epic, and I assume that I was supposed to feel the weight of the consequences a little more. It never really felt like the "end game" that it was supposed to be. That doesn't mean that it wasn't fun. As always, Warner Bros. does a good job with the effects. I believe this is the Director's (David Yates) third or fourth time directing a HP movie, so he knows what he is doing. For the kids, most of them have primarily been doing this, and they have been for ten years, so they know what they are doing.
Only a few points. One, don't eat your candy during the quiet parts. I can hear you. Two, as a non HP book reader, some things were confusing. (SPOILERS! But can it really be spoilers about a movie based on a book that was one of the most widely read books in the world? Who knows.) Harry Potter dies? I think? But then he isn't dead? So if Harry is a part of Voldemort, and in order to kill Voldemort you need all of those horcrux (spelling?) destroyed, how can Harry Potter live and Voldemort die? Don't really explain that in the movie. Is it important? No. Was it confusing? Yes. The Slytherin house is a joke. All the bad kids go to the Slytherin house? Then they team up with Voldemort? Because the hat can read their minds or whatever? Way to just give up on those kids immediately. Does nature vs. nurture exist in Hogwarts? Guess not. And finally, in the epilogue, they didn't really try to make anyone look older. Mom jeans, a mustache, and patches on your suit jacket do not make you nineteen years older. We can make Ralph Finnes not have a nose for five movies, (and he as a HUGE one), we can put Jeff Bridges with a 20-30 year younger self (see Tron: Legacy), '80's Arnold without him ever setting foot on set (Terminator Salvation) and Gollum, but we cannot get a believable nineteen year older Potter. If you ran out of money, it is call make effects. Remember those? We used it for years to make actors look older or younger then what they really are. Think Winona Ryder in Edward Scissor hands at the beginning (she is going to be forty this year!?!?!)
Overall, enjoyable for even the non Harry Potter fan. 4 out of 5.
The whole movie is everyone else fighting, while Harry and his buds run around destroying trinkets. The battles were pretty epic, and I assume that I was supposed to feel the weight of the consequences a little more. It never really felt like the "end game" that it was supposed to be. That doesn't mean that it wasn't fun. As always, Warner Bros. does a good job with the effects. I believe this is the Director's (David Yates) third or fourth time directing a HP movie, so he knows what he is doing. For the kids, most of them have primarily been doing this, and they have been for ten years, so they know what they are doing.
Only a few points. One, don't eat your candy during the quiet parts. I can hear you. Two, as a non HP book reader, some things were confusing. (SPOILERS! But can it really be spoilers about a movie based on a book that was one of the most widely read books in the world? Who knows.) Harry Potter dies? I think? But then he isn't dead? So if Harry is a part of Voldemort, and in order to kill Voldemort you need all of those horcrux (spelling?) destroyed, how can Harry Potter live and Voldemort die? Don't really explain that in the movie. Is it important? No. Was it confusing? Yes. The Slytherin house is a joke. All the bad kids go to the Slytherin house? Then they team up with Voldemort? Because the hat can read their minds or whatever? Way to just give up on those kids immediately. Does nature vs. nurture exist in Hogwarts? Guess not. And finally, in the epilogue, they didn't really try to make anyone look older. Mom jeans, a mustache, and patches on your suit jacket do not make you nineteen years older. We can make Ralph Finnes not have a nose for five movies, (and he as a HUGE one), we can put Jeff Bridges with a 20-30 year younger self (see Tron: Legacy), '80's Arnold without him ever setting foot on set (Terminator Salvation) and Gollum, but we cannot get a believable nineteen year older Potter. If you ran out of money, it is call make effects. Remember those? We used it for years to make actors look older or younger then what they really are. Think Winona Ryder in Edward Scissor hands at the beginning (she is going to be forty this year!?!?!)
Overall, enjoyable for even the non Harry Potter fan. 4 out of 5.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Preview for Killer Elite
Before watching Transformers, as with any movie, there were previews. One caught my attention for both good and bad reasons. The movie was Killer Elite, and it stars Jason Statham, Clive Owen with a mustache and cool scars, and Robert De Niro with a crazy person beard. It looks like every other Jason Statham movie, which isn't a bad thing. He plays a bad-ass, Owen plays a bad-ass. The are fighting for some reason.
Do yourself a favor and watch the trailer. After watching it scroll down, I do not want to ruin it for you.
Was that "Rock You like a Hurricane"?!?! Seriously? While watching this I was thinking, "Don't tell me this is 'Rock You like a Hurricane,' they wouldn't do that would they? Yep. Yes it is. That is nuts."
Do yourself a favor and watch the trailer. After watching it scroll down, I do not want to ruin it for you.
Was that "Rock You like a Hurricane"?!?! Seriously? While watching this I was thinking, "Don't tell me this is 'Rock You like a Hurricane,' they wouldn't do that would they? Yep. Yes it is. That is nuts."
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the most recent movie based on the Animated series, based on children's toys. Again, directed by Michael Bay. This is the third in the series, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in 2009, and Transformers in 2007. This is supposedly the last one Michael Bay will direct. I'll believe it when I see it. Also, this is the first to have Steven Spielberg's name attached as Executive Producer, even though he has been an Executive Producer on the previous two. That little bit was interesting. I wonder if it was to try to add some credibility to them? Or was it because this is the year of Spielberg Produced movies? Super 8 was, I believe Cowboys and Aliens is, and Real Steel (a movie about boxing robots and to be released in the Fall) is. This also is the first of the films to not have Meagan Fox in the cast. Darn... We don't get the chance to see her not act, be hot, and get the impression that she is board while running from giant fighting robots and explosions.
The movie opens with a prologe that takes place on Cybertron, the homeworld of the Transformers. You find out about their civil war, again, and you find out that there was a great leader, Sentinel Prime. He tried to escape Cybertron with a great weapon that would have won the war. He crash lands on our Moon, and we find out that is the whole reason we had the space race. Hopefully no one will become confused by this. It was cool that they used actual original footage, like of the landing, President Kennedy talking, President Nixon talking, Walter Cronkite talking, etc. They tried to pull some Tron shit where they mask someone else's face on a body. Did not actually work that well.
The we see the cliche, zoom in on Sentinel Prime's eye, it flashes up, and we go in his head for the opening title.
We meet up with Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) a few years after the previous film. You know this because he is now a college graduate, with no job. You also know time has gone bye because he no longer is dating the insanely hot Mikaela Banes (Fox) from the previous movies. He is now dating this even more insanely hot Carly Spencer played by new comer Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. I think she and Jason Statham are an item right now. Anyways... Sam is trying to find a job, and dealing with the fact he has saved the world twice, he cannot tell anyone, and no one cares. While he is dealing with that, the Autobots are driving around the Earth, kicking ass and taking names.
Weird stuff starts happening, people start getting killed, Megatron comes back. Ken Joeng (from The Hangover fame) plays an annoying character. Surprise! Then the rest of the film is spent trying to thwart Megatron's plan.
Leonard Nimoy voices Sentinel Prime, which is funny because he voiced Galvatron in the Animated Movie from 1986. Hugo Weaving does Megatron again. That dude must have the best agent in Hollywood. Peter Cullen does Optimus Prime again.
I only have three points to make about this movie. One, if they really are supposed to be robots in disguise, shouldn't they pick more ordinary, mundane vehicles to transform into? Like a Ford Taurus? Not a giant blue semi truck with flames down the side? Two, how is it amongst all the chaos, destruction, and violence does Carly manage to not get a single smudge on her, and does it all in heels? Crazy. And finally, every female in this movie, minus Frances MacDormand and Julie White (Sam's Mom) sorry, is eye candy. Michael Bay knows his audience.
Overall, enjoyable. I think I liked it better then the second one, not sure if I liked it better then the first. For a movie about giant fighting robots, it was pretty good. 4 out of 5 stars.
The movie opens with a prologe that takes place on Cybertron, the homeworld of the Transformers. You find out about their civil war, again, and you find out that there was a great leader, Sentinel Prime. He tried to escape Cybertron with a great weapon that would have won the war. He crash lands on our Moon, and we find out that is the whole reason we had the space race. Hopefully no one will become confused by this. It was cool that they used actual original footage, like of the landing, President Kennedy talking, President Nixon talking, Walter Cronkite talking, etc. They tried to pull some Tron shit where they mask someone else's face on a body. Did not actually work that well.
The we see the cliche, zoom in on Sentinel Prime's eye, it flashes up, and we go in his head for the opening title.
We meet up with Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) a few years after the previous film. You know this because he is now a college graduate, with no job. You also know time has gone bye because he no longer is dating the insanely hot Mikaela Banes (Fox) from the previous movies. He is now dating this even more insanely hot Carly Spencer played by new comer Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. I think she and Jason Statham are an item right now. Anyways... Sam is trying to find a job, and dealing with the fact he has saved the world twice, he cannot tell anyone, and no one cares. While he is dealing with that, the Autobots are driving around the Earth, kicking ass and taking names.
Weird stuff starts happening, people start getting killed, Megatron comes back. Ken Joeng (from The Hangover fame) plays an annoying character. Surprise! Then the rest of the film is spent trying to thwart Megatron's plan.
Leonard Nimoy voices Sentinel Prime, which is funny because he voiced Galvatron in the Animated Movie from 1986. Hugo Weaving does Megatron again. That dude must have the best agent in Hollywood. Peter Cullen does Optimus Prime again.
I only have three points to make about this movie. One, if they really are supposed to be robots in disguise, shouldn't they pick more ordinary, mundane vehicles to transform into? Like a Ford Taurus? Not a giant blue semi truck with flames down the side? Two, how is it amongst all the chaos, destruction, and violence does Carly manage to not get a single smudge on her, and does it all in heels? Crazy. And finally, every female in this movie, minus Frances MacDormand and Julie White (Sam's Mom) sorry, is eye candy. Michael Bay knows his audience.
Overall, enjoyable. I think I liked it better then the second one, not sure if I liked it better then the first. For a movie about giant fighting robots, it was pretty good. 4 out of 5 stars.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Hawk the Slayer
Hawk the Slayer is a 1981 Fantasy movie starring Jack Palance as the villain Voltan, and John Terry as Hawk. Voltan and Hawk are brothers, and Hawk steals Voltan's love interest before the start of the film. This movie depicts the "battle" between the two. Good vs. Evil.
This movie was bad. Acting was bad, the effects were bad, the story was bad, the characters were bad. The only thing I enjoyed about the movie was Jack Palance's performance, and the fact I recognized John Terry as being Christian Shepard, Jack Shepard's dad on Lost. I consider Jack Palance to be a "real" actor, so to see him running around with a helmet, and magic, and elves is very humorous. He plays a good villain.
The action was no good, the effects were no good, and there was not even any 80's gratuitous sex either.
Cannot say it was a disappointing film, mainly because I went in know if was going to be bad.
If you expect a bad movie, and get a bad movie, it is an okay movie.
3 out of 5 stars.
This movie was bad. Acting was bad, the effects were bad, the story was bad, the characters were bad. The only thing I enjoyed about the movie was Jack Palance's performance, and the fact I recognized John Terry as being Christian Shepard, Jack Shepard's dad on Lost. I consider Jack Palance to be a "real" actor, so to see him running around with a helmet, and magic, and elves is very humorous. He plays a good villain.
The action was no good, the effects were no good, and there was not even any 80's gratuitous sex either.
Cannot say it was a disappointing film, mainly because I went in know if was going to be bad.
If you expect a bad movie, and get a bad movie, it is an okay movie.
3 out of 5 stars.
The Adjustment Bureau
The Adjustment Bureau is a 2011 scifi thriller starring Matt Damon, and Emily Blunt. It was based upon a Phillip K. Dick short story called "The Adjustment Team". Matt Damon plays David Norris, a NY State politician seeking a seat in the US Senate. Emily Blunt plays Elise Sellas, a woman whom fate does not want him to be with. John Slattery from AMC's Mad Men plays a character named Richardson, who is a member of the ominous Adjustment Bureau.
I had high hopes for The Adjustment Bureau. If memory serves, the trailers made it out to be a sci-fi thriller. So when I went out and purchased the movie, that was what I was expecting. That was not the case. I would have considered it more of a romance, with some sci-fi undertones. The thrills were not so thrilling. Matt Damon is a great actor, Emily Blunt is great, and I love Slattery's character on Mad Men. There were so many lines in the movie like "We cannot sense you near water," and "Our special hats are what let us go through doors," the Bureau was able to use doors to movie quickly through space, that just screamed "PAY ATTENTION TO THIS. THIS IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT LATER." Every time I hear these lines all I can think of is that scene in Wayne's World when Wayne and Garth get locked out of the Alice Cooper concert and they are talking to Chris Farley's character, the security guard. I believe the line Wayne says is "For a security guard, he had a lot of information, don't you think?" Then him and Garth giggle into the camera. Once that information because relevant again they say something like, "Aren't we lucky we were there to get that information? It seemed extraneous at the time." I feel like if I can tell that you are giving us as a viewer is blatantly a MacGuffin, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin then you need to work on your story telling.
The other thing that was disappointing was that, which I seem to always find this to be the case, but Philip K. Dick's stories are real hit and miss when translated to film. Total Recall is a mindless action movie, Blade Runner is great if you watch the correct version, Paycheck let me wanting more, as did A Scanner Darkly, and Next stars Nicolas Cage and he is never in anything good. If so many of this guys stories are "worthy" of being turned into film, why do they flop so much? Why cannot adaptations of his work be received like The Godfather, or The Lord of the Rings, or Silence of the Lambs?
Did not enjoy this movie.
2 out of 5 stars.
I had high hopes for The Adjustment Bureau. If memory serves, the trailers made it out to be a sci-fi thriller. So when I went out and purchased the movie, that was what I was expecting. That was not the case. I would have considered it more of a romance, with some sci-fi undertones. The thrills were not so thrilling. Matt Damon is a great actor, Emily Blunt is great, and I love Slattery's character on Mad Men. There were so many lines in the movie like "We cannot sense you near water," and "Our special hats are what let us go through doors," the Bureau was able to use doors to movie quickly through space, that just screamed "PAY ATTENTION TO THIS. THIS IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT LATER." Every time I hear these lines all I can think of is that scene in Wayne's World when Wayne and Garth get locked out of the Alice Cooper concert and they are talking to Chris Farley's character, the security guard. I believe the line Wayne says is "For a security guard, he had a lot of information, don't you think?" Then him and Garth giggle into the camera. Once that information because relevant again they say something like, "Aren't we lucky we were there to get that information? It seemed extraneous at the time." I feel like if I can tell that you are giving us as a viewer is blatantly a MacGuffin, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin then you need to work on your story telling.
The other thing that was disappointing was that, which I seem to always find this to be the case, but Philip K. Dick's stories are real hit and miss when translated to film. Total Recall is a mindless action movie, Blade Runner is great if you watch the correct version, Paycheck let me wanting more, as did A Scanner Darkly, and Next stars Nicolas Cage and he is never in anything good. If so many of this guys stories are "worthy" of being turned into film, why do they flop so much? Why cannot adaptations of his work be received like The Godfather, or The Lord of the Rings, or Silence of the Lambs?
Did not enjoy this movie.
2 out of 5 stars.
Friday, July 1, 2011
True Romance
True Romance features EVERYONE. These are just the people I noticed.
Christian Slater
Patricia Arquette
Dennis Hopper
Tim Sizemore
Chrisopher Walken
Gary Oldman
Samuel L. Jackson
Chris Penn
James Gandolfini
Val Kilmer
Brad Pitt
and a guy who may or may not be Willem Dafoe.
I saw a bunch of "that guy"s, and I can remember what other movies I have seen them in, but because I cannot recall their name, they are not mentioned here.
Christian Slater plays plays Clarence Worley, a comic loving, kung fu watching, Elvis fanatic. He meets Alabama Whitman, played by Arquette in a triple feature of "Street Fighter" movies. They fall in love. Clarence finds out that she is a call girl, they get married, and he goes after her old pimp to tell him that she is no longer his call girl anymore. Drexl, played by Gary Oldman, is this bizarre character. Pimp, Drug dealer, and all around low life. Things go south, Clarence kills all of them, and accidently gets away with a lot of cocaine. The rest of the movie is spent following them around, trying to disappear, and sell this coke. The final scenes of the movie are a little lame, but whatever.
You can definitely tell that Quentin Tarantino wrote this movie. Clarence goes and sees a triple kung fu feature staring Sonny Chiba. Clarence is obsessed with Elvis. The movie is violent. On every television in the movie, I think a different kung fu/Hong Kong action movie is on. Once you see the climax of the film you cannot help but thing that this is a homage to John Woo films like "Hard Boiled". Hamburgers everywhere. It reeks of Tarantino.
All the characters are great. Gary Oldman is the best. I also love how Dennis Hopper plays the only "normal" person in the whole movie.
Overall, 4 out of 5 stars.
Christian Slater
Patricia Arquette
Dennis Hopper
Tim Sizemore
Chrisopher Walken
Gary Oldman
Samuel L. Jackson
Chris Penn
James Gandolfini
Val Kilmer
Brad Pitt
and a guy who may or may not be Willem Dafoe.
I saw a bunch of "that guy"s, and I can remember what other movies I have seen them in, but because I cannot recall their name, they are not mentioned here.
Christian Slater plays plays Clarence Worley, a comic loving, kung fu watching, Elvis fanatic. He meets Alabama Whitman, played by Arquette in a triple feature of "Street Fighter" movies. They fall in love. Clarence finds out that she is a call girl, they get married, and he goes after her old pimp to tell him that she is no longer his call girl anymore. Drexl, played by Gary Oldman, is this bizarre character. Pimp, Drug dealer, and all around low life. Things go south, Clarence kills all of them, and accidently gets away with a lot of cocaine. The rest of the movie is spent following them around, trying to disappear, and sell this coke. The final scenes of the movie are a little lame, but whatever.
You can definitely tell that Quentin Tarantino wrote this movie. Clarence goes and sees a triple kung fu feature staring Sonny Chiba. Clarence is obsessed with Elvis. The movie is violent. On every television in the movie, I think a different kung fu/Hong Kong action movie is on. Once you see the climax of the film you cannot help but thing that this is a homage to John Woo films like "Hard Boiled". Hamburgers everywhere. It reeks of Tarantino.
All the characters are great. Gary Oldman is the best. I also love how Dennis Hopper plays the only "normal" person in the whole movie.
Overall, 4 out of 5 stars.
Cars 2
Went and saw Cars 2 last weekend. It is the twelve feature film but out by Pixar, and it is the sequel to Cars which came out in 2006. It is also the fifth Pixar movie directed my John Lasseter, the others being Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life and Cars. Right from the beginning you get the impression that this movie no longer takes place in just Radiator Springs, the small town from the first one.You'd be right, because it doesn't. You also get the impression that this is less about Lighting McQeen, voiced by Owen Wilson, and more about Mater, voiced by Larry the Calbe Guy. Again, you'd be right. So if you didn't like Mater in the first movie, which I don't know how you could not, don't go see this. This should called "Cars 2: Mater 'round the World."
The thing I was most interested about was hearing from reviews, and interviews, before the movie came out was that this was going to be almost like a James Bond film. Boy were they right. The beginning of the movie feels just like a James Bond film. Michael Cain plays an Aston Martin named Finn McMissile who is a British spy. The female intelligence office's name is Molly Shiftwell.. What is more James Bond then that? The beginning of the movie could have been straight out of a Bond film. McMissile is on an intelligence gather mission. Things go wrong, car case scene, explosions, everything you want in a Bond opening. I was expecting to see the infamous "shoot down a site" opening for all James Bond movies.
The plot is simple. Former Oil Tycoon Miles Axelrod, voiced by Eddie Izzard, develops a new form of bio fuel Allinol, and has a Gran Prix around the world to promote it. A group of cars, "lemons", want to destroy Allinol because they just found the largest untapped oil reserve in the world. To do this, they must sabotage the races to show the world that this new bio fuel is dangerous. McQueen enters the race, Mater is mistaken for the American spy counter part, Rod "Torque" Redline, voiced by Bruce Campbell. Let the hilarity ensue.
The thing I loved about this movie was seeing all the things "Cars-ified" like "Big Bently" = Big Ben, there was a Pope car, and there was a Pope Car car (a car which drove the Pope car around). After awhile, Mater's "naivity" gets a little old, but that is who his character is.
All in all, didn't love it as much as I loved Toy Story 3. I liked it better then the first Cars. As with all Pixar movies, this movie has heart.
3 out of 5 stars.
As a side note, Jess and I were the oldest non parents there, but possibly not the youngest "adults". For most of the visual gags, it was me and a three year old girl laughing.
The thing I was most interested about was hearing from reviews, and interviews, before the movie came out was that this was going to be almost like a James Bond film. Boy were they right. The beginning of the movie feels just like a James Bond film. Michael Cain plays an Aston Martin named Finn McMissile who is a British spy. The female intelligence office's name is Molly Shiftwell.. What is more James Bond then that? The beginning of the movie could have been straight out of a Bond film. McMissile is on an intelligence gather mission. Things go wrong, car case scene, explosions, everything you want in a Bond opening. I was expecting to see the infamous "shoot down a site" opening for all James Bond movies.
The plot is simple. Former Oil Tycoon Miles Axelrod, voiced by Eddie Izzard, develops a new form of bio fuel Allinol, and has a Gran Prix around the world to promote it. A group of cars, "lemons", want to destroy Allinol because they just found the largest untapped oil reserve in the world. To do this, they must sabotage the races to show the world that this new bio fuel is dangerous. McQueen enters the race, Mater is mistaken for the American spy counter part, Rod "Torque" Redline, voiced by Bruce Campbell. Let the hilarity ensue.
The thing I loved about this movie was seeing all the things "Cars-ified" like "Big Bently" = Big Ben, there was a Pope car, and there was a Pope Car car (a car which drove the Pope car around). After awhile, Mater's "naivity" gets a little old, but that is who his character is.
All in all, didn't love it as much as I loved Toy Story 3. I liked it better then the first Cars. As with all Pixar movies, this movie has heart.
3 out of 5 stars.
As a side note, Jess and I were the oldest non parents there, but possibly not the youngest "adults". For most of the visual gags, it was me and a three year old girl laughing.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Green Lantern
This was the movie I was looking forward to the most this summer. It did not wow me. Everyone in it did a great job. I just don't think the script was there. The movie cost more to make then "The Dark Knight". Ryan Reynolds plays Hal Jordan, a test pilot who joins an intergalactic police force known as The Green Lantern Corp. The effects looked great. I was worried about the mask, the suit, the constructs (the stuff he makes with his ring), everything. Everything ended up looking pretty good. Except maybe Parallax. In the comics he looks like this, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Parallax_rebirth.jpg an almost lizard, snake looking thing. In this movie he is a giant fart cloud with a head.
I think what happened for this movie for me was that I had too much invested into it. The Green Lantern is probably my next favorite super hero, next to Batman, and I wanted this to be good. There is so much mythology that goes into this character that I think it was hard to make a movie that introduces all of these elements in a way that the audience can come in and digest it. Having to explain the Guardians, the Corp, the green energy, Parallax, Hal Jordan, why he can over come fear, all that takes time. Because of this takes time, you don't have any to develop anything. Briefly got a glimpse of the animosity that Sinestro, played by Mark Strong, has for Hal.
I think why I was disappointed with the movie is because to be the Green Lantern comics is not just about Hal. It is the plethora of characters. Again, with it needing to be a 1 hour and 45 minute movie, you cannot develop all of this.
I did like the rivalry that they played out between Hector Hammond, played by Peter Sarsgaard, and Hal. Hector trying to figure out how Hal gets the girl and he doesn't. I wish the movie was just them, as opposed to throwing in Parallax, but then I might have complained about how the movie's climax did not have high enough stakes. I think that if they played up more of Hector's jealousy of Hal, and his desire to win the heart of Carroll Ferris, Blake Lively, that would have been a good movie.
Was it good? No. Was it fun? Yes. I hope it makes enough money to make sequels. I'd love to see a Sinestro Corp, or Blake Lively in this costume, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StarSapphires01.jpg
I think what happened for this movie for me was that I had too much invested into it. The Green Lantern is probably my next favorite super hero, next to Batman, and I wanted this to be good. There is so much mythology that goes into this character that I think it was hard to make a movie that introduces all of these elements in a way that the audience can come in and digest it. Having to explain the Guardians, the Corp, the green energy, Parallax, Hal Jordan, why he can over come fear, all that takes time. Because of this takes time, you don't have any to develop anything. Briefly got a glimpse of the animosity that Sinestro, played by Mark Strong, has for Hal.
I think why I was disappointed with the movie is because to be the Green Lantern comics is not just about Hal. It is the plethora of characters. Again, with it needing to be a 1 hour and 45 minute movie, you cannot develop all of this.
I did like the rivalry that they played out between Hector Hammond, played by Peter Sarsgaard, and Hal. Hector trying to figure out how Hal gets the girl and he doesn't. I wish the movie was just them, as opposed to throwing in Parallax, but then I might have complained about how the movie's climax did not have high enough stakes. I think that if they played up more of Hector's jealousy of Hal, and his desire to win the heart of Carroll Ferris, Blake Lively, that would have been a good movie.
Was it good? No. Was it fun? Yes. I hope it makes enough money to make sequels. I'd love to see a Sinestro Corp, or Blake Lively in this costume, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StarSapphires01.jpg
Friday, June 17, 2011
The Woodsman
Just wanted "The Woodsman" staring Kevin Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick. Bacon plays Walter, a man who just got released from a twelve year jail sentence for having sex with young, teenage girls. The movie is about him trying to just life a normal life, and dealing with his past. Sedgwick plays a character named Vicki, and she is almost as messed up as Walter is. The scenes where Walter and Vicki are having sex, are inter cut with scenes that you assume to be from earlier when Walter had sex with the girls. That was a little weird. The movie was based on a play, which I assume is based on Little Red Riding Hood. Has to be a reimaging of that story because of the imagery.
Overall pretty good. I enjoyed it. Giving it 3 out of 5 stars. (Going to use stars now since I am sick of making up new ratings everything I rate something.)
Overall pretty good. I enjoyed it. Giving it 3 out of 5 stars. (Going to use stars now since I am sick of making up new ratings everything I rate something.)
Friday, June 10, 2011
Super 8
This weekend on the Summer Movie Bonanza was J.J. Abram's, Steven Speilberg Produced, Super 8. I loved it. I had been my favorite movie I has seen yet this summer. It was everything you want in a summer movie. Action, Effects, Emotion. I was mildly concerned about the kids in the movies, because traditionally children in leads in movies, in my opinion, make the movies bad. That is usually because kids are leads in kid's movies. This was not the case. The kids were all very good. Seeing them all sit around the table yelling at each other after viewing the train crash was very humorous.
You can tell that this is a J.J. Abram's movie. You never see what comes out from the train completely, until the very end which I love. Having the big reveal, right at the beginning feels like a waste. J.J. Abrams, I feel, always does a good job with this. You can also tell that Steve Speilberg had his hand in it too. This movie has tons of heart.
Stay through the credits because you get to see the final film that kids were shooting within this movie.
You can tell that this is a J.J. Abram's movie. You never see what comes out from the train completely, until the very end which I love. Having the big reveal, right at the beginning feels like a waste. J.J. Abrams, I feel, always does a good job with this. You can also tell that Steve Speilberg had his hand in it too. This movie has tons of heart.
Stay through the credits because you get to see the final film that kids were shooting within this movie.
Vegas Vacation
Watched Vegas Vacation last weekend. This time the Griswolds go to guess, Vegas. Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo revive their roles as Clark and Ellen Griswold. They are always fun to see. Randy Quiad is back as Cousin Eddie. I hate his character, but that juts means he is good.
The family packs up and goes to Vegas, and as always, nothing goes right for this family. When will they learn that they cannot take vacations? Just kidding, that would not be fun.
It was fun, as they all are. This won felt a little old. Luckily there haven't been any more.
The family packs up and goes to Vegas, and as always, nothing goes right for this family. When will they learn that they cannot take vacations? Just kidding, that would not be fun.
It was fun, as they all are. This won felt a little old. Luckily there haven't been any more.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
X-men: First Class
X-Men: First Class came out this weekend. Going to give my review of it upfront. I give it three out of three Lord of the Rings movies. I enjoyed it. Everything you read, where they say it is like James Bond movie is correct. It was fun.
Matthew Vaughn directs this movie. He directed Kick-Ass and I think Layer Cake. Both of which were good movies in my opinion. James McAvoy plays a young Charles Xavier. There are a few fun bits he has where he makes some joke about shaving his head, or he tries to pick up women by telling them that they are unique because of the "mutations" they have. In this case the mutations are like, freckles, auburn hair, those types of things. Not laser beams for eye. I think this is the first real thing I have seen McAvoy in, and he was good. Michael Fassbender plays Erik Lehnsherr, aka. Magneto. He was bad ass. Magneto has always been an interesting character to me. He might be my favorite Marvel villain. Kevin Bacon plays Sebastian Shaw. Wasn't too familiar with how Shaw was from the comics. That being said, he was an interesting character. He was almost like a typical Bond villain too. Secret lair, silent henchmen, world domination, you know the good stuff. Bacon was a good bad guy. I enjoyed seeing him play one since I cannot think of anything that I have seen where he is a villain. January Jones was Emma Frost which was nice. It was the sixties so everyone wore a mini skirt.
Overall, very enjoyable. There were only a view things I had a problem with and they were minor. The introduction of Xavier and Lehnsherr was a bit lame. Especially Xavier. However, that was just in the beginning and before you know it you are drawn in, and you forget that the introduction to these characters was a bit lame. The the makeup effects for Mystique and Beast I though looked weird. Mystique looked like she had a huge forehead, or her hair line did not start in the right place or something. Then seeing Beast crammed into a flight suit, with what appeared to me to be Kurt Russel hair wasn't cool. (Sorry Kurt Russel) Besides those very little pieces. I enjoyed the movie.
Matthew Vaughn directs this movie. He directed Kick-Ass and I think Layer Cake. Both of which were good movies in my opinion. James McAvoy plays a young Charles Xavier. There are a few fun bits he has where he makes some joke about shaving his head, or he tries to pick up women by telling them that they are unique because of the "mutations" they have. In this case the mutations are like, freckles, auburn hair, those types of things. Not laser beams for eye. I think this is the first real thing I have seen McAvoy in, and he was good. Michael Fassbender plays Erik Lehnsherr, aka. Magneto. He was bad ass. Magneto has always been an interesting character to me. He might be my favorite Marvel villain. Kevin Bacon plays Sebastian Shaw. Wasn't too familiar with how Shaw was from the comics. That being said, he was an interesting character. He was almost like a typical Bond villain too. Secret lair, silent henchmen, world domination, you know the good stuff. Bacon was a good bad guy. I enjoyed seeing him play one since I cannot think of anything that I have seen where he is a villain. January Jones was Emma Frost which was nice. It was the sixties so everyone wore a mini skirt.
Overall, very enjoyable. There were only a view things I had a problem with and they were minor. The introduction of Xavier and Lehnsherr was a bit lame. Especially Xavier. However, that was just in the beginning and before you know it you are drawn in, and you forget that the introduction to these characters was a bit lame. The the makeup effects for Mystique and Beast I though looked weird. Mystique looked like she had a huge forehead, or her hair line did not start in the right place or something. Then seeing Beast crammed into a flight suit, with what appeared to me to be Kurt Russel hair wasn't cool. (Sorry Kurt Russel) Besides those very little pieces. I enjoyed the movie.
Friday, June 3, 2011
The Dark Knight Rises
Here are a couple links so some possible vial marketing for the new Batman film by Christopher Nolan. Makes things sounds scary.
The Lost World
This one is going to be shorter.
Finshed watching 1925's The Lost World. It was a silent film based on the book of the same name by Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle. It was the first major motion picture to feature stop motion animation. This movie would have been bad ass in 1925. Dinosaurs coming to life on screen. A Brontosaurs rampaging down the streets of London. Cool stuff. You can tell that King Kong, and Michael Crichton's novels (subsequently Jurassic Park movies) were heavily influenced by this.
Over all enjoyable. Did not realize that the movie was a silent movie. Also, due to age, and restoration, the film did not look well. However, the version I saw was restored right in Rochester, NY at the George Eastman house.
Finshed watching 1925's The Lost World. It was a silent film based on the book of the same name by Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle. It was the first major motion picture to feature stop motion animation. This movie would have been bad ass in 1925. Dinosaurs coming to life on screen. A Brontosaurs rampaging down the streets of London. Cool stuff. You can tell that King Kong, and Michael Crichton's novels (subsequently Jurassic Park movies) were heavily influenced by this.
Over all enjoyable. Did not realize that the movie was a silent movie. Also, due to age, and restoration, the film did not look well. However, the version I saw was restored right in Rochester, NY at the George Eastman house.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
The Book of Eli
The Book of Eli stars Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, and Gary Oldman. The movie takes place in a post-apocalyptic future. Much of the Earth was destroyed Thirty years prior. The place is a waste land and it is very much the wild west. Whoever has the resources controls the people, and whoever has the guns controls the resources. Denzel Washington plays a lone stranger named Eli, think Clint Eastwood in the Spaghetti Westerns. At the beginning he just appears to be roaming the Earth, searching for resources. Later in the film you find out that he has a book that that Gary Oldman's character, Carnegie, wants. Carnegie controls the water, and the muscle in this small town. He wants to use the book to gather more people to his town, and therefore increase his power. According to Carnegie, this book can instill hope. It can win the hearts and minds of the people, however Eli is not ready or willing to give the book up.
I enjoyed the movie. If you ready previous entries, I love anything that Gary Oldman is in. He plays a great villian I think. I need to watch more movies where he is the bad guy. Mila Kunis is alright. Her role is not too large in the film. As always, she is great to look at. Malcolm McDowell appears briefly, so that was a pleasant surprise.
SPOILERS!!!!!!!!
Eli is blind. It is obvious from the beginning. There is a scene where he kills a cat to eat. Then you see him walking through a desert or something. Once he enters the house, it is obvious. Running into things, always rummaging and touching things. The biggest indicator to me that he was blind were the fight scenes. He never looked at where his opponent was coming from. He was always looking forward. Also, there were tons of audio clues. Things that you normally do not hear in movies, we heard in this film because the character Eli heard it.
Final review:
I give it one out of two Swanger Brothers.
I enjoyed the movie. If you ready previous entries, I love anything that Gary Oldman is in. He plays a great villian I think. I need to watch more movies where he is the bad guy. Mila Kunis is alright. Her role is not too large in the film. As always, she is great to look at. Malcolm McDowell appears briefly, so that was a pleasant surprise.
SPOILERS!!!!!!!!
Eli is blind. It is obvious from the beginning. There is a scene where he kills a cat to eat. Then you see him walking through a desert or something. Once he enters the house, it is obvious. Running into things, always rummaging and touching things. The biggest indicator to me that he was blind were the fight scenes. He never looked at where his opponent was coming from. He was always looking forward. Also, there were tons of audio clues. Things that you normally do not hear in movies, we heard in this film because the character Eli heard it.
Final review:
I give it one out of two Swanger Brothers.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Bridesmaids
So Jess and I went to go see Bridesmaids starring Kristen Wiig. The movie was alright. I think Universal Studios was trying to market the movie to be a "The Hangover" like movie. It was no like that at all. It was also not really a romantic comedy either. Kristen Wiig plays Anne, a down on her luck women who is going to be the Maid of Honor in her best friend Lillian's (Mya Rudolph) wedding. There were a few funny parts but over all, I felt like I was drifting through it. The movie felt like it was building up to what the Bachelorette Party was going to be, and it was nothing. The movie felt like it dragged on from there. It was obvious to me, that they had fun making the movie, but I do not enjoy the blatant "ad-libbed" dialog that tends to be prominent in comedies today. It just feels like the actors are trying to say anything they can think of to try to make the others in the scene crack up. I blame Judd Apatow for that. The character Megan, played by Melissa McCarthy (never seen her in anything before), seemed way to much like Zack Galifianakis' character in "The Hangover". It was nice to see the dude that plays Roy in "The IT Crowd" (Chris O'Dowd) in something. His character was fun.
Overall the movie was enjoyable. I didn't completely figure out what was going to happen when, so that was nice. I was the youngest male in the theatre. I was also one of four males in the theatre. The average age of the people there collected social security. I felt very out of place. The best part of the whole experience was that there were these two old women sitting behind Jessica and I. All through the previews, any time a "sexy" movie came on, they would talk between themselves and say things like "Another one of those sex movies," or "Is this the movie we are seeing?" or "I cannot believe they would show that." So when we actually stared watching the movie, and it starts off with a sex scene between Kristen Wiig and a rigorous, enthusiastic Jon Hamm, their shock was amusing to me. The movie had quiet a bit of adult language in it. So hearing the women in the movie say those things, again was difficult for these women. Especially when the C word was dropped. Myself, and one other guy were the only ones laughing in the theatre. That made it all the funnier.
Final review. One thumb up.
Overall the movie was enjoyable. I didn't completely figure out what was going to happen when, so that was nice. I was the youngest male in the theatre. I was also one of four males in the theatre. The average age of the people there collected social security. I felt very out of place. The best part of the whole experience was that there were these two old women sitting behind Jessica and I. All through the previews, any time a "sexy" movie came on, they would talk between themselves and say things like "Another one of those sex movies," or "Is this the movie we are seeing?" or "I cannot believe they would show that." So when we actually stared watching the movie, and it starts off with a sex scene between Kristen Wiig and a rigorous, enthusiastic Jon Hamm, their shock was amusing to me. The movie had quiet a bit of adult language in it. So hearing the women in the movie say those things, again was difficult for these women. Especially when the C word was dropped. Myself, and one other guy were the only ones laughing in the theatre. That made it all the funnier.
Final review. One thumb up.
Something else
I also just thought about how I could just talk about movies in general. Like movies I want to see, trailers, movies I think of in my head that I "think would be cool", etc. since I think a lot about movies and maybe I would like to be able to go back and look at it.
So on that thought, my first "real post" is going to about Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element" starring Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman. Why don't I own this movie?!? It is an awesome movie. Bruce Willis does what he does best, play a dude too cool for school, that isn't really a hero, who has to step up to save the day. Gary Oldman plays a character, Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, and does it so well. The first time I had seen the movie, I had no idea it was him. Don't forget Milla Jovovich as Leeloo. That costume? Awesome. It has been so long since I have seen it, that I am not sure what happens. I remember the end with the matches. I remember Chris Tucker's character and I remember Milla's costume. That is about it.
To address this, I need to go to Best Buy, or amazon.com, and purchase this movie.
So on that thought, my first "real post" is going to about Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element" starring Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman. Why don't I own this movie?!? It is an awesome movie. Bruce Willis does what he does best, play a dude too cool for school, that isn't really a hero, who has to step up to save the day. Gary Oldman plays a character, Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, and does it so well. The first time I had seen the movie, I had no idea it was him. Don't forget Milla Jovovich as Leeloo. That costume? Awesome. It has been so long since I have seen it, that I am not sure what happens. I remember the end with the matches. I remember Chris Tucker's character and I remember Milla's costume. That is about it.
To address this, I need to go to Best Buy, or amazon.com, and purchase this movie.
First Post
Since I watch a lot of movies, I figured I would review them. This will probably just end up being for me. We will also see how long I end up doing this for.
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