Movies are better than sex...
This week's movies:
Corpse Bride
Not as good as Nightmare, but still not bad overall. Very short, so there isn't much drag to the story at all. The songs are not as catchy as in Nightmare either, but the characters are pretty well developed yet not overly complex. There is no suprise to the ending, and it pretty much finishes in the way that is most expected. Perhaps not necessarily for children, as it may be relatively frightening to younger kids, it still satisfied my Burton craving, especially after that piece of trash Wonka remake.
As a movie: *** (of 5)
Compared to other Burton films: ** (of 5)
Flightplan
Not exactly the psychological thriller that the commercials make it out to be, this Jodie Foster vehicle still maintains as a very decent movie. Apparently Foster has decided to rebuild her career around movies where she plays a hysterical mother (read: Panic Room), but it seems to suit her well. In Flightplan, she has zero problem creating an atmosphere that makes us wonder if she is indeed insane or if her conspiracies are acurate and her daughter has been taken. There is (obviously) a twist to the ending of this movie, but they kind of push it as SO obvious throughout that you are actually suprised when you're proven right at the end. I'm not going to mention whether she IS crazy or not, but I think within 10 minutes you should be able to calculate the ending.
As a movie: *** (of 5)
Compared to other Foster movies: *** (of 5)
There ya go. Those are my reviews of the two new movies this week. What's that you say? I forgot Roll Bounce? Hahahaha. Fuck you.
Corpse Bride
Not as good as Nightmare, but still not bad overall. Very short, so there isn't much drag to the story at all. The songs are not as catchy as in Nightmare either, but the characters are pretty well developed yet not overly complex. There is no suprise to the ending, and it pretty much finishes in the way that is most expected. Perhaps not necessarily for children, as it may be relatively frightening to younger kids, it still satisfied my Burton craving, especially after that piece of trash Wonka remake.
As a movie: *** (of 5)
Compared to other Burton films: ** (of 5)
Flightplan
Not exactly the psychological thriller that the commercials make it out to be, this Jodie Foster vehicle still maintains as a very decent movie. Apparently Foster has decided to rebuild her career around movies where she plays a hysterical mother (read: Panic Room), but it seems to suit her well. In Flightplan, she has zero problem creating an atmosphere that makes us wonder if she is indeed insane or if her conspiracies are acurate and her daughter has been taken. There is (obviously) a twist to the ending of this movie, but they kind of push it as SO obvious throughout that you are actually suprised when you're proven right at the end. I'm not going to mention whether she IS crazy or not, but I think within 10 minutes you should be able to calculate the ending.
As a movie: *** (of 5)
Compared to other Foster movies: *** (of 5)
There ya go. Those are my reviews of the two new movies this week. What's that you say? I forgot Roll Bounce? Hahahaha. Fuck you.