21 July 2014
11 February 2014
#196 Dust Up (C+)
'bout time I get back into posting some of those there blog jobs...
18 mins and change and I hear the classic movie red tail hawk screech. I'd venture to bet that this is the most popular movie bird sound as mentioned in a ton of my reviews. Here is a clip from youtube (c) with a red tail hollering. Fast forward 2 minutes into the plot and wham - one of the worst movie fight scenes ever. But, not bad like the goodness that ensued during They Live (They Live review). More like: stab miss right, stab miss left, repeat for 25 seconds. No one misses that badly.
Ugh, once again I am barely talking about the movie. I need to try harder. I can say, that the acting in Dust Up reminds me of Rubber or Slacker. Not much inflection with the delivery of the lines, said by low cost actors who state their lines in stride yet in a lazy, only semi-good acting manner. At the end of the movie the last words by the lead character could not be understood. In fact, I rewound 3 times and still am not sure what he said. Midway, I need to rewind to understand something Mo said. Just bad on the director's part. Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter, but it doesn't help the movie to be good in my book. Speaking of Mo, how can he not have a picture on his IMDB (c) profile? Looks like he's been in a few movies thus far and in this 'classic' he's one of the main characters.
A-hahaha, "Keith is in the house, Keith is inside the house..." That is Keith up there in the picture. I'd say, that right about when Keith takes over for Buzz and mutters the words, "Keith is in the house" - that's just about when the movie starts on an interesting turn. Making watching it worth while. As in, I actually started to have a good time viewing. At 50 minutes in, an unexpected best killing ever arose out of nowhere. I will quickly describe the scene to you. A guy (Buzz) just jerked off on another guy (the Sheriff) while choking him to death with his elbow. That has to be a cinema first. A jerk off choke out. Boom. What? Crazy scene man.
Amazon Prime (c) members rate this movie a 4.0/5 (only 23 ratings though). 5.0/10 is the score on IMDB (c), a 63% by viewers on Rotten Tomatoes (c) but no critic reviews, and basically nothing on Metacritic.com (c). Well there are two reviews by critics (gave it a 50 and 40) but you need at least 4 to get a grade on Metacritic. I say this movie makes the list, and is worth watching, but earned it's C+. There are enough good scenes in here to make it worth your while Mike.
05 February 2014
09 September 2013
Warm Bodies (B-) #195
"Bitches man...." haha, great line. Zombies that can barely communicate. Struggling to think. And one of them musters up the line -- "Bitches man....". Funny.
I haven't bought a soundtrack in a while, but I bet this one is pretty good. Lots of music involved for a romantic zombie flick. Even a song off the Pretty Woman soundtrack, or wait, was that Dirty Dancing? You know what else? This love story could have used perhaps Information Society's (c) Pure Energy or maybe The Order of Death by PIL (youtube (c)). Yeah Hardware reference!
I needed to tell you that I am beginning to like Dave Franco. But I'm not sure why he was in this movie. As in, not sarcastic dripping, they could have cast Brendan Sexton III to play his role, or maybe that guy who played Napoleon Dynamite....Jon Heder. I guess Dave Franco is still just a role player and not a featured actor yet. Also, why was John Malkovich in this piece? I thought he was busy filming Red 3 with Bruce. But seriously, the main girl...who is she? She reminds me of a mix between Kristen Stewart and Amanda what's her name from that Stepfather movie.
I guess this movie was fun. But not amazing. More of a slow plodding thinker, that really requires zero thought. I think my favorite part was thinking about what if I were a zombie or perhaps dead and my ashes were sent flying into oblivion, or in this case, a zombie ate my brain; and then said zombie got to live my life for a few minutes - as a rotisserie of still art photos. That is what I hope happens. Either one. If'm I'ma a zombie in the future, I would like to be able to get a quick movie of someone's life when I eat their brains. But moreover, when I'm dead and my ashes are flung all over, I want each worm....hell every member of the detritus world, to get a piece of me in them. And I will be famous!!
I haven't bought a soundtrack in a while, but I bet this one is pretty good. Lots of music involved for a romantic zombie flick. Even a song off the Pretty Woman soundtrack, or wait, was that Dirty Dancing? You know what else? This love story could have used perhaps Information Society's (c) Pure Energy or maybe The Order of Death by PIL (youtube (c)). Yeah Hardware reference!
I needed to tell you that I am beginning to like Dave Franco. But I'm not sure why he was in this movie. As in, not sarcastic dripping, they could have cast Brendan Sexton III to play his role, or maybe that guy who played Napoleon Dynamite....Jon Heder. I guess Dave Franco is still just a role player and not a featured actor yet. Also, why was John Malkovich in this piece? I thought he was busy filming Red 3 with Bruce. But seriously, the main girl...who is she? She reminds me of a mix between Kristen Stewart and Amanda what's her name from that Stepfather movie.
I guess this movie was fun. But not amazing. More of a slow plodding thinker, that really requires zero thought. I think my favorite part was thinking about what if I were a zombie or perhaps dead and my ashes were sent flying into oblivion, or in this case, a zombie ate my brain; and then said zombie got to live my life for a few minutes - as a rotisserie of still art photos. That is what I hope happens. Either one. If'm I'ma a zombie in the future, I would like to be able to get a quick movie of someone's life when I eat their brains. But moreover, when I'm dead and my ashes are flung all over, I want each worm....hell every member of the detritus world, to get a piece of me in them. And I will be famous!!
08 September 2013
The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (1976) (A) #194
Very good. Creepy. Anathema.
"This slow plodding thriller could suit normal movie-goers who are looking for a quiet, intense and blood-tingling cult classic." Qlog Sept 2013
Where did this film come from I ask? How have I never heard of it? Especially with a epic cast of Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen....coupled with some great supporting characters in Mort Shuman (cop) and Scott Jacoby (magician), both I've never heard of before but they were really good. This movie had the rhythm of The Abominable Dr. Phibes, the intensity of Calvaire, yet was still cloaked with the classic 70's thriller-style feel - where you see minimal yet you don't see what you need to.... Essentially, not all answers are given which forces the imagination of the viewers to create their own vivid imagery....awh man, I'm still just thinking about some of the craziness that ensued.
The basic plot is a young Jodie Foster lives by herself. Both of her parents are dead, most recently her father. But she is independently able to fend for herself, and makes it her mission to ensure others in the town think that her father is still alive - per Jodie's character Rynn, he is just 'not available' at the moment (out of town, writing/transcribing and can't be disturbed, or resting). A pedophile, played by Martin Sheen, spends the entire movie attempting to get Jodie to be his. Left alone in the world, all by herself, Rynn befriends a teen magician named Mario and boooooom, they become lovers. Together they attempt to cover up a giant tangled mess and fend off pedophiles. There is an apparent tone throughout the movie consisting of that old-school thinking....such as 'I-am-your-superior/elder,-you-will-listen-to/obey-me', which occurs between the adults and Jodie.
Each film I watch like this ends up opening so many doors. As in, 'Oh, you liked THAT@!? Well if you liked that then you will most certainly like this....(fill in next awesome movie journey/tangent).' So, I'm happy to have found it and will look up some new classics based on this theme. I don't know how to place this one on the list, but I think it might be top 30-40?? Could that be possible? I might need to sleep on this, watch it a few more times, and then judge where this will fit within the grand picture.
Quickly, just to mention a few taboo type items as I read about this film. Apparently Jodie disliked filming this and thought the director (I think) was creepy and took things too far. Even if asked till this day, she barely refers to the film and says she wasn't acting at her best. She didn't like the nude scene that was requested of her - which ended up being played by her stunt double older sister....and she didn't love the scene with the hamster.
"This slow plodding thriller could suit normal movie-goers who are looking for a quiet, intense and blood-tingling cult classic." Qlog Sept 2013
Where did this film come from I ask? How have I never heard of it? Especially with a epic cast of Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen....coupled with some great supporting characters in Mort Shuman (cop) and Scott Jacoby (magician), both I've never heard of before but they were really good. This movie had the rhythm of The Abominable Dr. Phibes, the intensity of Calvaire, yet was still cloaked with the classic 70's thriller-style feel - where you see minimal yet you don't see what you need to.... Essentially, not all answers are given which forces the imagination of the viewers to create their own vivid imagery....awh man, I'm still just thinking about some of the craziness that ensued.
The basic plot is a young Jodie Foster lives by herself. Both of her parents are dead, most recently her father. But she is independently able to fend for herself, and makes it her mission to ensure others in the town think that her father is still alive - per Jodie's character Rynn, he is just 'not available' at the moment (out of town, writing/transcribing and can't be disturbed, or resting). A pedophile, played by Martin Sheen, spends the entire movie attempting to get Jodie to be his. Left alone in the world, all by herself, Rynn befriends a teen magician named Mario and boooooom, they become lovers. Together they attempt to cover up a giant tangled mess and fend off pedophiles. There is an apparent tone throughout the movie consisting of that old-school thinking....such as 'I-am-your-superior/elder,-you-will-listen-to/obey-me', which occurs between the adults and Jodie.
Each film I watch like this ends up opening so many doors. As in, 'Oh, you liked THAT@!? Well if you liked that then you will most certainly like this....(fill in next awesome movie journey/tangent).' So, I'm happy to have found it and will look up some new classics based on this theme. I don't know how to place this one on the list, but I think it might be top 30-40?? Could that be possible? I might need to sleep on this, watch it a few more times, and then judge where this will fit within the grand picture.
Quickly, just to mention a few taboo type items as I read about this film. Apparently Jodie disliked filming this and thought the director (I think) was creepy and took things too far. Even if asked till this day, she barely refers to the film and says she wasn't acting at her best. She didn't like the nude scene that was requested of her - which ended up being played by her stunt double older sister....and she didn't love the scene with the hamster.
03 September 2013
The Baby 1973 (B-) #193
1973 was a good year for movies, but at first I was not fully sold on this one. The end had me feeling the vibe of Rosemary's Baby (not just because of the titles)....so it got better. But for my first impressions however, I had a few gripes. The actor that plays "Baby" makes this dreadful fake baby noise throughout the film. Some part of me feels any actor could do a better job then this guy. Even Jim Caviezel or Brendan Sexton III. Actually, in a remake effort, Brendan would be a great choice. Anyway, I tried my best to get by the whiney adult baby noise aspect. Now onto the plot. It seemed weak. I'm used to the more elaborate plots of today, even when not always done well. I ended up really rooting for the crazy family. Opposite of what the director probably had in mind. To me, they were more entertaining and had a more robust character build. As the movie droned on, I just found myself hoping for them to win. Perhaps it would make the movie good? With that said, I could have used some more crazy 'Pink-Flamingo-type' events rising out of them - to give it that whacky edge it seemed to be missing throughout the first hour. This was part of the hype I thought would endure in The Baby prior to pushing play. The family was fairly tame compared to today's sick movie portrayals existing on the big screen.
There was some 70's thriller suspense towards the end, with added in awesome music, as the family searched around for Baby in the case workers house. It seemed like a 20 minute scene, with congo drums, and tenor saxophones - perhaps some fancy oboe work. Then they classically cued up the rapid psycho violins and ordered jars of splatter ketchup for the actors to share!!
Then came the ending. Wow, totally awesome demented ending! Great job 70's movie! Pretty typical for a thriller from this era, build slowly, not much happens worth getting excited about....and then WAM. The ending happens and you smile realizing that the people who were the forefathers of horror had it right back then. They knew how to create suspense and capitalize on it. I can't stop smiling right now. Seriously this movie took me for a ride I didn't expect. If only they could put The Baby into a 25 minute short film, I would not have had to waste so much time with the first hour of the film. I suppose it was necessary, but just tedious. Worth a watch.
There was some 70's thriller suspense towards the end, with added in awesome music, as the family searched around for Baby in the case workers house. It seemed like a 20 minute scene, with congo drums, and tenor saxophones - perhaps some fancy oboe work. Then they classically cued up the rapid psycho violins and ordered jars of splatter ketchup for the actors to share!!
Then came the ending. Wow, totally awesome demented ending! Great job 70's movie! Pretty typical for a thriller from this era, build slowly, not much happens worth getting excited about....and then WAM. The ending happens and you smile realizing that the people who were the forefathers of horror had it right back then. They knew how to create suspense and capitalize on it. I can't stop smiling right now. Seriously this movie took me for a ride I didn't expect. If only they could put The Baby into a 25 minute short film, I would not have had to waste so much time with the first hour of the film. I suppose it was necessary, but just tedious. Worth a watch.
19 August 2013
Spring Breakers #192 (D)
After 30 minutes I paused and realized the plot so far has solely focused on the theme of a giant party. That is, minus a quick church scene to show that Selena Gomez is wholesome. AND when they got arrested the scene was totally anti-clamatic. I didn't even see what happened?! Basically they were partying through the night and it cuts to a scene of them in the daylight getting cuffed. Almost as if the entire "police catching them" part, including what they did to deserve it, was totally skipped in the plot summary. At this stage I said to myself, "I'm not sure I like this movie so far".
I also noted two things that were annoying and happened essentially throughout the entirety of the film. There was a constant 'conversation-is-happening-in-the-background-but-they-are-showing-another-scene-to-the-viewer' aspect of this movie. It was almost as if they were narrating over the scenes. But really it was Korine's vision I assume. Constantly flipping from scene to scene, including backwards in time (reminiscing) - yet with this never-ending narrating overtone. And the other thing that annoyed me was there was a droning music that was played throughout - like a soft trance music, instrumental. It would have been fine if it wasn't constant, but really it was overkill. Since I focused on both, I probably half ruined the movie for myself. A movie I was really looking forward to watching.
Ok, so then I get to about 1 hour in and I think this movie has to be a joke. What is happening? Better yet, why? This plot is awful. Rob a store, get money, go to spring break...meet James Franco....1 hour later....??? WTF is going on? I'm pretty sure this movie sucks. Speaking of "sucks", James Franco just gave a BJ to two silencers. And I'm not kidding when I say, that there have been two Britney Spears sing alongs in the movie, one including James Franco playing the piano. But please know that this Franco playing piano and singing Britney scene is better than an "evil" Toby McGuire skipping and dancing through the streets in Spidey part 3.
At the end of the movie comes the plot climax...."wow". Cue an old gang guy, not involved with the movie AT ALL thus far, and he doesn't like James Franco on his turf - so now after 1+ hours there is a plot twist/addition/??. Just bad.
Man...I'm going to ruin this movie for you likely so stop reading. Girl #1 (Gomez) goes home because she is too whimpy (I'm with her) and then girl #2 goes home because she was shot. But girls 3 and 4 stay around to see what happens in thug world???? Really?
Harmony Korine fail. I love you normally man, but this was sub-par. The ONLY cool part of this movie was the fact that James Franco was a gold toothed gangsta, and he did a pretty swell job. The people on review web-sites either loved or hated this film. The ones who loved it seem to think that Korine has some vision that is just plain amazing. I don't get it. The movie was bad. The end.
Dredd (D-) #191
Wow...truly bad. Dreadful actually. There are maybe two cool scenes throughout but generally a very poorly acted movie coupled with a horrible plot. The scene with the three gatling-type guns shooting from one balcony across to the other side of the building was probably one of the cooler scenes in the movie. It actually looked like they were shooting fire bullets (yet the bullet casings were standard looking) and essentially these fire bullets shot through many layers of concrete and building. I'm not sure if that can really happen or not. Can it? Everyone in the entire block of the building were killed, minus the two Judges and their perp. Awful. They evaded all fire blasts by ducking, running and dodging. While 200 people caught their fate.
Karl Urban....bad. Bad bad bad. His character was a mix between Christian Bale's deep Batman (c) voice coupled with droopy dog's (c) inverted smile. Great mean face Karl! And the scene where he is shot and mends himself? Is this something that the fan boys can explain to me? Is Dredd known for being able to mend himself with a first aid kit, even if a bullet goes straight through him? Don't worry about healing the middle of his body or the back of the wound where the bullet entered, just mend the exit location and carry on. Wow. The end scene where he throws Ma-Ma through the window (sorry for the plot spoiler, but it doesn't matter really. In all honesty the movie is so dumb and not worth watching so I didn't ruin anything), he stands there like he is holding in a poop, with his hand out like a crossing guards stop sign.
Ma-Ma.....bad. I should probably get the thesaurus out for this because I keep using bad and awful. Ma-Ma was played by Lena Headly. Such a atrociously crummy "evil" character. The casting director should retire. Sorry if that is mean, but really this was one of the weaker parts of the movie (well...the characters and the plot. Ha!). No fear is created by this person to me when watching. She has some scars and tattoos, and dirty teeth. Crazy! She doesn't look scary at all. And the rest of her clan were basically forgettable. They didn't even have a main thug to root for (from a bad guy sense). There was a perp that they carted around for the entire movie, but he was just as forgettable as the rest of the cast.
I guess there are some movies that I watch where I rave about how good they are - and perhaps they are just considered so-so to most viewers. Yet something about that particular movie I review either made me laugh or I just dug it, felt the vibe if you will. Then the reverse happens. Where I will watch a movie and I end up thrashing it in my review, like wet noodles on the dock...however somehow the masses end up loving the film despite my views and stating that I feel the movie is royal crap. I mean, all should go by my reviews, right? But this one. I'm not sure how anyone could like this one. Even the blind sheep masses who are lured to and end up loving rotten movies should also hate this one. Rotten Tomatoes (c) gave it a 78. Metacritic.com (c), who is even more accurate because there isn't a pass/fail system involved, gave it a 59. I just don't get it. It was so very ghastly (yeah thesaurus!). There are some cool killing scenes, but the rest of the movie is beyond awful. I tried to read some reviews to find a few who are on my side. Not easy to find. Almost each normal human review (not critic) loves the movie and raves about how spot on Urban is with his portrayal of Dredd, and how they are so happy he stayed true to the role by keeping his helmet on, blah blah blah. Well, I guess these people also liked G.I. Joe and Chop then. Crazy.
I didn't even remember to comment on the slow motion "awesome effects" (sarcasm) used when the people use the street drug. And I didn't comment on the cheesy effects portrayed when the girl Dredd uses here stupid mental abilities. I have to stop, I could go on and on. Bye.
Karl Urban....bad. Bad bad bad. His character was a mix between Christian Bale's deep Batman (c) voice coupled with droopy dog's (c) inverted smile. Great mean face Karl! And the scene where he is shot and mends himself? Is this something that the fan boys can explain to me? Is Dredd known for being able to mend himself with a first aid kit, even if a bullet goes straight through him? Don't worry about healing the middle of his body or the back of the wound where the bullet entered, just mend the exit location and carry on. Wow. The end scene where he throws Ma-Ma through the window (sorry for the plot spoiler, but it doesn't matter really. In all honesty the movie is so dumb and not worth watching so I didn't ruin anything), he stands there like he is holding in a poop, with his hand out like a crossing guards stop sign.
Ma-Ma.....bad. I should probably get the thesaurus out for this because I keep using bad and awful. Ma-Ma was played by Lena Headly. Such a atrociously crummy "evil" character. The casting director should retire. Sorry if that is mean, but really this was one of the weaker parts of the movie (well...the characters and the plot. Ha!). No fear is created by this person to me when watching. She has some scars and tattoos, and dirty teeth. Crazy! She doesn't look scary at all. And the rest of her clan were basically forgettable. They didn't even have a main thug to root for (from a bad guy sense). There was a perp that they carted around for the entire movie, but he was just as forgettable as the rest of the cast.
I guess there are some movies that I watch where I rave about how good they are - and perhaps they are just considered so-so to most viewers. Yet something about that particular movie I review either made me laugh or I just dug it, felt the vibe if you will. Then the reverse happens. Where I will watch a movie and I end up thrashing it in my review, like wet noodles on the dock...however somehow the masses end up loving the film despite my views and stating that I feel the movie is royal crap. I mean, all should go by my reviews, right? But this one. I'm not sure how anyone could like this one. Even the blind sheep masses who are lured to and end up loving rotten movies should also hate this one. Rotten Tomatoes (c) gave it a 78. Metacritic.com (c), who is even more accurate because there isn't a pass/fail system involved, gave it a 59. I just don't get it. It was so very ghastly (yeah thesaurus!). There are some cool killing scenes, but the rest of the movie is beyond awful. I tried to read some reviews to find a few who are on my side. Not easy to find. Almost each normal human review (not critic) loves the movie and raves about how spot on Urban is with his portrayal of Dredd, and how they are so happy he stayed true to the role by keeping his helmet on, blah blah blah. Well, I guess these people also liked G.I. Joe and Chop then. Crazy.
I didn't even remember to comment on the slow motion "awesome effects" (sarcasm) used when the people use the street drug. And I didn't comment on the cheesy effects portrayed when the girl Dredd uses here stupid mental abilities. I have to stop, I could go on and on. Bye.
31 May 2013
#190 After Earth (A)
What is wrong with critics? This movie was great! Let's start at the beginning however. Prior to the beginning actually. The previews that were on display prior to this movie were horrendous looking. Of course, I haven't seen these movies yet (and probably never will) but they just seem like a HUGE waste of millions of dollars. I'm speaking specifically about Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and Pacific Rim. The latter being a fail by del Toro. Remind me in 2 years to rent Real Steel and Pacific Rim, make sock puppets, and have all my buddies over for a laugh fest. That sentence is great and I'm not changing it. Onto After Earth...
I read a few reviews on Flixster/Rotten Tomatoes (c) and noted that the experts gave it a splat of 14%. C'mon and wow. That is harsh. I guess when a movie is tagged by M. Night Shyamalan, people just go crazy. Hell, they even gave the Croods a tomato rating of 69% and that SUCKED. Don't be frightened by the talk of bad CGI or green screens in After Earth....or by the speak towards lack of plot. I had a great time watching this, in fact, a wild adventure. Re: the green screens I can say, I barely noticed anything. Just go and let your hair down. Enjoy it. Maybe others have an eye for this but I wasn't focused on it and didn't notice anything bad. Also as you're watching, realize how hard it would be to film a movie on the planet Earth (ha). Re: the plot, it was tremendous. I even shed a tear at the end. In classic old-style M. Night fashion, the story revolved around the eyes of a family - and all that this family could see, but not much more. Loved it. Put this one up there with other epic adventures like Clash of the Mohicans and Die Hard III.
At the very beginning, being my first Jaden Smith film, I was worried. He starts the movie with some sort of crazy accent. Perhaps this is his actually voice? I'm not sure, but it seemed forced and fake? I wondered for about 26 minutes if they were pretending that people on this other planet (not Earth) lost the accents of Earth, and talked strange now. After he was back on Earth however, I didn't notice anymore. Actually Jaden did a really good job. He is the primary character, so don't be fooled like others (stinking critics) who were depressed that Will wasn't the primary focal point.
Mid-way through I was taken a back by a quote by Will, and here it is: "Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is very real. But fear is a choice. We are all telling ourselves a story. That day, mine changed." Word to that. I will live my life by this motto and plan to get it tattooed onto my stomach likely. Very powerful. And after looking it up online, I guess it is a pretty popular quote.
I'm so glad I took a half day today. Best bleeping day of my fucking life.
11 April 2013
189 Jack Reacher (B+)
I never read the book, or comic, or whatever...I never even heard of Jack Reacher to be honest. Is he a famous super hero type of guy? Like a James Bond type? I think so. The end result is that this movie was good. Like a Bond movie, a bit unbelievable, but still action packed and to me, a great flick to watch. Full of excitement and stories.
My friends said it was just okay, a bit better than okay maybe to me....B+ is my rating...totally on board and loved it. "Was Mesmerized" says HorrorMovieRevierwGuy at Twit.com.
A few notes, I'm anxious to see the end of the newer Batman. So far, he's been a puss and barely fights or leaves his house. And also, Kick Ass 2? Really? Ok, if you say so....this time I might see it in the theatre. If things go well that is.
03 April 2013
The Corridor #188 (B-)
The preview for this movie made it look cool. I think I saw the preview when I rented Kill List. Then I started watching, and immediately I knew...actually that's a lie, it started poorly and I didn't immediately know anything. But I continued to give it a chance and found, this was one of those movies that are a notch above a Cinemax (c) release, yet still no Deathrace 2000, yet the ending becomes one worth watching...so I give it a B-. For a lazy Saturday (sans kids) it's worth a pusha playa. But, it's not the strongest B- ever.
29 March 2013
Zero Dark Thirty #187 (B+)
The explosion at the Marriott (c) scared the shit out of me. I haven't jumped like that since I watched the Corridor the other night. LOL. Two jumps within the same week or so.
I wonder if this is really what occurred, specifically the heli crashing etc. And the way they found the lead to his whereabouts. I'm assuming yes. Then the next question I have is, does creating a movie about this really make sense? Do other countries create movies about stuff they do like this? Is it too soon to have a movie out about this topic?
I love Katherine Bigelow, that is once I realized who she was and looked back on her body of work. Starting from Near Dark (awesome) through Point Break, and Hurt Locker - all very impressive.
Jessica Chastain. She's quickly becoming someone who I respect and want to view on the screen.
That is all. Good flick. See it. Predictable, obviously.
Number 187 on the..........block.
I wonder if this is really what occurred, specifically the heli crashing etc. And the way they found the lead to his whereabouts. I'm assuming yes. Then the next question I have is, does creating a movie about this really make sense? Do other countries create movies about stuff they do like this? Is it too soon to have a movie out about this topic?
I love Katherine Bigelow, that is once I realized who she was and looked back on her body of work. Starting from Near Dark (awesome) through Point Break, and Hurt Locker - all very impressive.
Jessica Chastain. She's quickly becoming someone who I respect and want to view on the screen.
That is all. Good flick. See it. Predictable, obviously.
Number 187 on the..........block.
Gremlins 2: The New Batch #186 (C-)
Hi buddy. Is it okay for me to put "The New Batch" as part of the title of this movie/post? :) Please do confirm for me...because I love referring to this as Gremlins 2: The New Batch, not just plain Gremlins 2. How else would you know what movie I'm referring to? Are you in or out with this?
I was anticipating that this would be fairly good. Or even perhaps borderline superb - in an 80s sort of way (yet released in 1990). But as you can see from the rating, I didn't love this movie. I would have liked to give it something in-between C- and D+ if that existed, but in the end stuck with the C- because I did laugh some throughout. Why did I pick this movie to watch? Well, I received a tip from a web-site that mentioned the director basically had carte blanche to do what he wanted. Apparently this was the director's demand to agree to do the movie. So per the unnamed web-site, this was in turn, supposed to make this movie in the 'bizarre and awesome' genre. I can agree there were some zany occurrences throughout - but nothing that makes G2: The New Batch, something that someone needs to run out and watch.
I just don't understand Gizmo. Man. Take the Gremlins....aka the bad guys. They were done very well for 1990. All of their mannerisms and maneuvers were pretty smooth and easy to watch. Actually fun to watch because of their odd behaviors. They did add on a bunch of unnecessary roles for each Gremlin to fill, but hell. Then you have this Gizmo creature.....just bad. I feel like Gizmo was controlled by sticks or something. And the only way to make him move was to put on an odd glove which had the sticks imbedded, making all movements awkward and ridiculous. His one arm seemed half stuck, as if it couldn't move in full motion, yet the other one could move around. Then you throw in that his mouth looks like a parrot beak and that he's a plain wuss (which we all know but still....). I wasn't sure how to act when he was on the screen??
It's funny, as I write this post my son is watching Flushed Away and I hear someone who sounds like Christopher Lee's voice coming out of the TV, and it reminded me that Christopher Lee was in Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Quite an odd role to be honest. Dr. Catheter I believe, that his name was. He was the director of the strange laboratory mixed within the high-rise business building. Why they needed an experimental laboratory within a business building is beyond me.
A special shout out to Howie Mandel for being the voice of Gizmo.
I was anticipating that this would be fairly good. Or even perhaps borderline superb - in an 80s sort of way (yet released in 1990). But as you can see from the rating, I didn't love this movie. I would have liked to give it something in-between C- and D+ if that existed, but in the end stuck with the C- because I did laugh some throughout. Why did I pick this movie to watch? Well, I received a tip from a web-site that mentioned the director basically had carte blanche to do what he wanted. Apparently this was the director's demand to agree to do the movie. So per the unnamed web-site, this was in turn, supposed to make this movie in the 'bizarre and awesome' genre. I can agree there were some zany occurrences throughout - but nothing that makes G2: The New Batch, something that someone needs to run out and watch.
I just don't understand Gizmo. Man. Take the Gremlins....aka the bad guys. They were done very well for 1990. All of their mannerisms and maneuvers were pretty smooth and easy to watch. Actually fun to watch because of their odd behaviors. They did add on a bunch of unnecessary roles for each Gremlin to fill, but hell. Then you have this Gizmo creature.....just bad. I feel like Gizmo was controlled by sticks or something. And the only way to make him move was to put on an odd glove which had the sticks imbedded, making all movements awkward and ridiculous. His one arm seemed half stuck, as if it couldn't move in full motion, yet the other one could move around. Then you throw in that his mouth looks like a parrot beak and that he's a plain wuss (which we all know but still....). I wasn't sure how to act when he was on the screen??
It's funny, as I write this post my son is watching Flushed Away and I hear someone who sounds like Christopher Lee's voice coming out of the TV, and it reminded me that Christopher Lee was in Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Quite an odd role to be honest. Dr. Catheter I believe, that his name was. He was the director of the strange laboratory mixed within the high-rise business building. Why they needed an experimental laboratory within a business building is beyond me.
16 March 2013
The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey #185 (C-)
I think I saw this movie in January. Been not so good at keeping up with this blog...
Peter, I love you man...really I do. But holy hell, this one was long. The Orks were cool. I enjoyed the scenes and battles with them. And also down in their lair. But otherwise this movie could have used a few frames on the editing room floor. Perhaps 1 hour worth.
Wingnut (c) represent though, I'm happy to see that after all these years - popping up on a main stream movie like this. That made me smile for sure!
The movie opens up, I'd say within the first 10 or so minutes, with crooked nosed guys meeting up at the main hobbit's house - sort of without his invite. But then Peter proceeds to have this outing, a sort of 3D dinner gathering, which last for about 25 minutes. No lie. This scene was soooooooo long, and really the point could have been captured with a quick 3 minute clip. So now we were about 40 minutes in and I'm about to fall asleep and the first main scene is finally over. Really not fun. Sad to say. And I wonder, of the gathering dwarves - why are 10 of them hobbity-dwarf like, and 3 of them are just normal guys with warrior garb on? I'm confused.
Then the "unexpected" journey begins. And basically for 2 hours this goes on. The end. There are some cool scenes for sure, they did a good job with the special effects - and if that is what you like then please proceed to see this movie and enjoy the hell out of it. But be warned, if you want a good plot and a flowing story that doesn't lull you to sleep, you have come to the wrong place. I recall symphony type music. Many stringed instruments...picture Frodo, longingly looking into Sam's eyes for 12 minutes....with fairies fluttering around behind them and little CGI hearts popping all around as they gaze at each other....and then add this lulling music, trance like. Now that you have that picture in your head, this is what the transition scenes felt like to me. While that didn't happen, I just felt the going from stage 1 of their journey to stage 2 of their journey was long, drawn out, and overly symphonied. Ha.
And then there were 10 more scenes where I almost fell asleep.
Oh, and then I almost fell asleep.
THEN there was a scene in the Ork lair where they rode this falling ladder/scaffolding down into a giant gorge in the cave, almost like that scene where Vin Diesel rides the car hood down a mountain as an avalanche follows closely behind him, only to grab onto a radio antenna of a building and save himself from dying (hahaha, aka, both amazing scenes!!). It was like an Ork surfboard. And, none of the good guys died. Ok, I found that Vin Diesel scene from XXX, apparently I'm slightly confused because in this scene he is riding a snow board. I swear it was a car hood: vin riding an avalanche
Aidan Turner, who plays Kili in the movie: Aidan Turner on IMDB (c) reminded me of the great Will Keenan. I was confused the entire movie. And, actually was happy that Will got the part. Unfortunately I was wrong. Hey Peter - instead of having Aidan be Kili in the next two, please consider having Will join the troop: Will Keenan on IMDB (c)
Plot Spoiler: and then it ends....as I think super fans likely realized (because I think it's either 2 or 3 movies long) - and the story just stopped half way, without resolution. 2.7 hours of my life is now stuck on a story that ends with them staring off at a mountain in which someday, perhaps 2 years from now, they will travel to. Ugh. AND, no one died! Sure Orks did, but none of the 13 or whatever travelers died. C'mon! Peter, in the next movie, can you please open up with a scene where 3 of these guys bite it? C- is my rating, and that is ONLY because the graphics were good. The plot and the story should be a D or an F. I'm curious how the public is rating this. Oh and I saw it in 3D with this special HFR (high frame rate) filming. Please. A waste. There were a few cool things, and I guess I "felt" more like I was in the film when compared to other 3D movies??? But really, it was just not worth it. I can tell you that I bet this movie made 500000000000000 billion dollars, right? Haha, it's so funny how things work.
Peter, I love you man...really I do. But holy hell, this one was long. The Orks were cool. I enjoyed the scenes and battles with them. And also down in their lair. But otherwise this movie could have used a few frames on the editing room floor. Perhaps 1 hour worth.
Wingnut (c) represent though, I'm happy to see that after all these years - popping up on a main stream movie like this. That made me smile for sure!
The movie opens up, I'd say within the first 10 or so minutes, with crooked nosed guys meeting up at the main hobbit's house - sort of without his invite. But then Peter proceeds to have this outing, a sort of 3D dinner gathering, which last for about 25 minutes. No lie. This scene was soooooooo long, and really the point could have been captured with a quick 3 minute clip. So now we were about 40 minutes in and I'm about to fall asleep and the first main scene is finally over. Really not fun. Sad to say. And I wonder, of the gathering dwarves - why are 10 of them hobbity-dwarf like, and 3 of them are just normal guys with warrior garb on? I'm confused.
Then the "unexpected" journey begins. And basically for 2 hours this goes on. The end. There are some cool scenes for sure, they did a good job with the special effects - and if that is what you like then please proceed to see this movie and enjoy the hell out of it. But be warned, if you want a good plot and a flowing story that doesn't lull you to sleep, you have come to the wrong place. I recall symphony type music. Many stringed instruments...picture Frodo, longingly looking into Sam's eyes for 12 minutes....with fairies fluttering around behind them and little CGI hearts popping all around as they gaze at each other....and then add this lulling music, trance like. Now that you have that picture in your head, this is what the transition scenes felt like to me. While that didn't happen, I just felt the going from stage 1 of their journey to stage 2 of their journey was long, drawn out, and overly symphonied. Ha.
And then there were 10 more scenes where I almost fell asleep.
Oh, and then I almost fell asleep.
THEN there was a scene in the Ork lair where they rode this falling ladder/scaffolding down into a giant gorge in the cave, almost like that scene where Vin Diesel rides the car hood down a mountain as an avalanche follows closely behind him, only to grab onto a radio antenna of a building and save himself from dying (hahaha, aka, both amazing scenes!!). It was like an Ork surfboard. And, none of the good guys died. Ok, I found that Vin Diesel scene from XXX, apparently I'm slightly confused because in this scene he is riding a snow board. I swear it was a car hood: vin riding an avalanche
Aidan Turner, who plays Kili in the movie: Aidan Turner on IMDB (c) reminded me of the great Will Keenan. I was confused the entire movie. And, actually was happy that Will got the part. Unfortunately I was wrong. Hey Peter - instead of having Aidan be Kili in the next two, please consider having Will join the troop: Will Keenan on IMDB (c)
Plot Spoiler: and then it ends....as I think super fans likely realized (because I think it's either 2 or 3 movies long) - and the story just stopped half way, without resolution. 2.7 hours of my life is now stuck on a story that ends with them staring off at a mountain in which someday, perhaps 2 years from now, they will travel to. Ugh. AND, no one died! Sure Orks did, but none of the 13 or whatever travelers died. C'mon! Peter, in the next movie, can you please open up with a scene where 3 of these guys bite it? C- is my rating, and that is ONLY because the graphics were good. The plot and the story should be a D or an F. I'm curious how the public is rating this. Oh and I saw it in 3D with this special HFR (high frame rate) filming. Please. A waste. There were a few cool things, and I guess I "felt" more like I was in the film when compared to other 3D movies??? But really, it was just not worth it. I can tell you that I bet this movie made 500000000000000 billion dollars, right? Haha, it's so funny how things work.
Jessica Biel version of Texas Chainsaw
Sometimes I "take notes" during a movie, which leaves a very raw output of my rambling thoughts. Reading something like this through isn't really that good, because it all mashes together rather than telling a nice story about the movie or a side tangent about my thoughts regarding the plot or one of the characters. Instead, mish mosh comes flying out. If in the future you so choose to watch this film and read along with my blog as you watch, you might be able to figure out what I'm talking about here. Because when I read this back - I barely understand what I was rambling about. Haha - here you go, enjoy this madness:
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No previews...very nice, I like it. So far so good. Haven't seen this movie in a looooooong while...there is no crazy annoying sound on the master screen. So having it on and loading this blog made me chill, versus pent up if there was a crazy, busy, dialog of music that taints one's brain.
Yep, they just slowly used the word macabre...holy hell, they done it right. Subtract the fact that I've seen this before, folks, I'm about to be scared again! Macabre might be the scariest word in the English language.
What's the best song you can think of? Best ever? That brings together all kinds of people in a woodstock field of wonderment? Kidd Rock?? Nah...not quite. (He STILL only has 1 good song) But could they play it? Noooooooooo...what's the 2nd best song you could think of? Sweet Home Alabama by Skynard? Yes! It's playing in the movie, so we get our wish...
ok, back to the movie....we were "going the wrong way"....on shit. Clues clues clues. Don't go forward. LEATHER MUTHA FUCKING FACE is there....DO NOT GO BACK! YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE SHIT KICKED OUT OF YOU!!!!!
hahaha......bad choice. Mother licker!
Remember that movie with Rory Cochrane? the one about woodstock? well, they cast this movie like that, but for horror fans. The crazy inbred kid says, and wins, like some crazy hipnotist, "promise you won't hurt me?" LOL. Nah, we won't hurt you, but I sure hope your inbred brothers and cousins don't drool on us, after our limbs are missing....nah, that won't happen, trust the kid.
OK...my bad for the beginning of this blog entry. We are at a crossroads in the story and it's getting boring. The 70's kids are just looking for some help. And there I go, joking around. Call the sherriff. That's the right move. Yep. That way, you can buy some time and get the sheriff on your side. Ohhhhhhh, scary base. Shit, what am I missing?? Oh, that's right....the sheriff is R. mother effing Lee Emry. Only known for being around when people are supposed to be shitting their shorts.
Oh god, the squeel of a pig. And what do I care about? They are in a mansion from texas, in the middle of now where...and a grandfather without most appendage function, is tricking Jessica Biel, meanwhile...Leatherface just nabbed one of her friends in the lobby....and the others are by the van with R. Lee Emry who is putting celophone on the ladies face. Wrap wrap wrap. you guys are okay country folk. Don't worry, you won't be raped by the seed of the country in 40 minutes....yeah, don't worry. That movie with the blade in the field ain't got nothing on this. For reaal.
Getting separated, in the day time, is the best possible scary movement ever. I hope this never happens in real life. totally the best possible scare that exists for me - day time scares in movies that is.
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No previews...very nice, I like it. So far so good. Haven't seen this movie in a looooooong while...there is no crazy annoying sound on the master screen. So having it on and loading this blog made me chill, versus pent up if there was a crazy, busy, dialog of music that taints one's brain.
Yep, they just slowly used the word macabre...holy hell, they done it right. Subtract the fact that I've seen this before, folks, I'm about to be scared again! Macabre might be the scariest word in the English language.
What's the best song you can think of? Best ever? That brings together all kinds of people in a woodstock field of wonderment? Kidd Rock?? Nah...not quite. (He STILL only has 1 good song) But could they play it? Noooooooooo...what's the 2nd best song you could think of? Sweet Home Alabama by Skynard? Yes! It's playing in the movie, so we get our wish...
ok, back to the movie....we were "going the wrong way"....on shit. Clues clues clues. Don't go forward. LEATHER MUTHA FUCKING FACE is there....DO NOT GO BACK! YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE SHIT KICKED OUT OF YOU!!!!!
hahaha......bad choice. Mother licker!
Remember that movie with Rory Cochrane? the one about woodstock? well, they cast this movie like that, but for horror fans. The crazy inbred kid says, and wins, like some crazy hipnotist, "promise you won't hurt me?" LOL. Nah, we won't hurt you, but I sure hope your inbred brothers and cousins don't drool on us, after our limbs are missing....nah, that won't happen, trust the kid.
OK...my bad for the beginning of this blog entry. We are at a crossroads in the story and it's getting boring. The 70's kids are just looking for some help. And there I go, joking around. Call the sherriff. That's the right move. Yep. That way, you can buy some time and get the sheriff on your side. Ohhhhhhh, scary base. Shit, what am I missing?? Oh, that's right....the sheriff is R. mother effing Lee Emry. Only known for being around when people are supposed to be shitting their shorts.
Oh god, the squeel of a pig. And what do I care about? They are in a mansion from texas, in the middle of now where...and a grandfather without most appendage function, is tricking Jessica Biel, meanwhile...Leatherface just nabbed one of her friends in the lobby....and the others are by the van with R. Lee Emry who is putting celophone on the ladies face. Wrap wrap wrap. you guys are okay country folk. Don't worry, you won't be raped by the seed of the country in 40 minutes....yeah, don't worry. That movie with the blade in the field ain't got nothing on this. For reaal.
Getting separated, in the day time, is the best possible scary movement ever. I hope this never happens in real life. totally the best possible scare that exists for me - day time scares in movies that is.
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