movie reviews
This is somewhat a "Still alive" post...
Been watching a fair amount of movies lately, here are my thoughts on them:
Connie and Carla - Fairly amusing. The two women could sing well and seeing David Duchoveny act like a drag queen was quality. The cocaine was hilarious as well. Grade: B+
Lord of War - Graphic. At times a little hard to watch. Quite a good movie though, Nic Cage is a terribly good actor. End of the movie redeemed the entire thing. Grade: A-
Corpse Bride - Glad I didn't pay money to see it. Animation of Victor and Emily looked exactly like Depp and Carter. Music was unrememberable. Skeleton singer was basically the same character from Nightmare, the one that is the New Orleans Jazz guy. No color but the worm, everything was grey or black (even in the land of the living). Best thing about it, which at the same time is quite a bit of a drag, was that it was 70 minutes long. Most kid movies are at least 90... Grade: C-
Fantastic 4 - I thought it was pretty entertaining. I know a lot of people hated it, but I didn't think it was all that bad. Susan Storm was somewhere between cute and hot. I thought Reed Richards was in his 40's or so, though I could be wrong about that. Fan 4 was never a comic that I read. Acting wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. I think rated with other comic movies that it is about on par with Spider-Man. Which is to say better than Daredevel, but not as good as X-Men. Grade: B
Cinderella Man - Crowe got hit in the face, couldn't see anything, but gave his opponent this very scary grin. Then proceded to beat the hell out of him. Good times. Good movie, not sure why it didn't do better in the theatres. Grade: A-
Man on Fire - Again hard to watch. Good acting from Washington. Director did a good job of not revealing the end of the movie until...well...the end of the movie. Grade: B+
Stargate - I think I am going to have to procure and watch SG-1. Movie is good, though the plot is fairly simple. I love how there is a word in ancient Egyption for both Atom and Bomb. Grade: B
Ladykillers - Avoid. First movie I have ever not finished. Grade: F
Been watching a fair amount of movies lately, here are my thoughts on them:
Connie and Carla - Fairly amusing. The two women could sing well and seeing David Duchoveny act like a drag queen was quality. The cocaine was hilarious as well. Grade: B+
Lord of War - Graphic. At times a little hard to watch. Quite a good movie though, Nic Cage is a terribly good actor. End of the movie redeemed the entire thing. Grade: A-
Corpse Bride - Glad I didn't pay money to see it. Animation of Victor and Emily looked exactly like Depp and Carter. Music was unrememberable. Skeleton singer was basically the same character from Nightmare, the one that is the New Orleans Jazz guy. No color but the worm, everything was grey or black (even in the land of the living). Best thing about it, which at the same time is quite a bit of a drag, was that it was 70 minutes long. Most kid movies are at least 90... Grade: C-
Fantastic 4 - I thought it was pretty entertaining. I know a lot of people hated it, but I didn't think it was all that bad. Susan Storm was somewhere between cute and hot. I thought Reed Richards was in his 40's or so, though I could be wrong about that. Fan 4 was never a comic that I read. Acting wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. I think rated with other comic movies that it is about on par with Spider-Man. Which is to say better than Daredevel, but not as good as X-Men. Grade: B
Cinderella Man - Crowe got hit in the face, couldn't see anything, but gave his opponent this very scary grin. Then proceded to beat the hell out of him. Good times. Good movie, not sure why it didn't do better in the theatres. Grade: A-
Man on Fire - Again hard to watch. Good acting from Washington. Director did a good job of not revealing the end of the movie until...well...the end of the movie. Grade: B+
Stargate - I think I am going to have to procure and watch SG-1. Movie is good, though the plot is fairly simple. I love how there is a word in ancient Egyption for both Atom and Bomb. Grade: B
Ladykillers - Avoid. First movie I have ever not finished. Grade: F