Saturday, November 29, 2008

Hancock


I liked this film. It certainly was cheesy especially the beginning. The more you get into the film, you realize there actually is a serious plot. I thought it was a comedy, I heard "asshole" way too many times then was necessary. I would have changed the film entirely. I thought the second plot was interesting and that part of the film should have been explored instead of being a hated super hero. Maybe the second plot would have been more like an M.N. Shaymayalan film, but it would have been way better. I guess the second plot was put in there to explain his super human powers and so forth. This film is not for everyone, but if you're considering, maybe you should just watch it.

Twilight


This was amazing. I'm glad I chose not to read the book because its possible that I would have liked the film less than I do now. I loved the scenery, the characters... the sexual tension was explosive. I read a review that made the non-sex in the film like a metaphor for AIDS. I don't see it. Maybe other STI's, but AIDS? I wasn't aware that it was still an epidemic in the U.S. I'm sure Edward didn't have sex with anyone after being a vampire. I think that's a bit of a stretch. Pattinson and Stewart were incredible together. I thought that all the students were bizarrely nice to her and were already talking about her before she came to Forks, but I guess that was in the book, which seemed unrealistic, even for a small town. Unless the movie never depicted her being popular because of her father being the chief of police in the town. Either way, I could watch this movie mutliple times and still enjoy it as much as the first time.

Flashbacks of a Fool


I really liked this film. I urge you to watch it. There was just so much that I appreciated. I didn't appreciate Claire Forlani. I'm not sure why I don't like her, but I just don't. I liked the music, except the credit song didn't make sense to me at all. I was surprised that Eve could act. The best line that comes out of her mouth is "your a disgrace to white people." I really liked the flashbacks too. I like the music scene where young Joe and Ruth sing. In the flashbacks you really see why Joe is such an asshole. All events change people in certain ways and the film shows the changes in the characters. I thought it was brilliant. It could have used a few less sex scenes. Especially in the flashback.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Quantum Of Solace


Casino Royale was a slower passed Bond film, compared to this one and all the other ones in the past. The beginning is intense. The action never stopped and the story needed to come into play, but the beginning was necessary. The titles were AMAZING. The music was great. The acting was great. I was especially annoyed but the amount of attention made to both the Bond Girls. Miss. Fields was barely in the film, yet the actress seemed to garner too much media attention before the film. Her role was minute, yet it was affectual to Bond's actions. I did like that they reused to dead body in the bed. It was clever and a nice homage to the old 007 films. Daniel Craig is hot hot hot. Which is another reason worth watching this. No really, the new Bond films have changed 007 to a more realistic secret agent, yet the stunts he can perform seem not so common for agents to perform like all the jumping and running through and on buildings at the beginning. Anyways, it was nice to see Bond with compassion and remorse or sympathy. I also think the leading lady was WAY more attractive than the last one, yet her character lacked the intellect that Vesper had which made her intriguing to Bond on a romantic level. To the point, this was an amazing film.

The Rocker


I L-O-V-E-ed this movie. It was hilarious. It had a moral, it had friendship, it had loyalty. This film was deep... for a comedy. The many layers peel away as the facade of the comedy reveals itself as a commentary on how to behave socially and ethically. This is a must see even though no one talked about it. I think too many comedies overshadowed it in theatres like Pineapple Express. I think the timing is what made this movie not as popular as it should have been because it was really funny. Rainn Wilson was as brilliant as he usually is. There was another film he was in where he was a male pig, but I honestly can't remember at this moment. When it hits DVD, definitely give this one a chance.

Sleepwalking


How come all parents who can't afford to take care of their kids in movies are always trailer trash? It is also apparent that messed up people in films are either rich or poor, but never middle class. This was definitely bizarre. There was the re-enacting of Theron's Wisconsin character/accent of North Country. I thought Nick Stahl was very becoming. I'm not sure if he's as young as he looks or the character he portrayed, but as a grown man he was still innocent and child-like which was endearing. I wish that I could have saveed him from his fate, even though he seemed to think it was what had... I'm not going to ruin the film, I guess you will just have to find out. Probably the best part of the movie was the scene where AnnaSophia Robb skates around a pool and fascinates a bunch of young boys. I'm not sure if it was a dream or if it was real, I would be inclined to say it was real if there was acrually a pool in the motel. Either way, it was quite charming and hilarious and totally out of the blue in the film. I still haven't decided whether I liked it or not.

Journey to the Center of the Earth


I loved this movie. I was too embarrassed to watch this in theatres because it was 3D so I bought it. I didn't watch it in 3D, but I will eventually. I thought that I would find it difficult to accept that there was living life in the middle of the Earth, but the film itself had some kind of evidence to support its idea which was good enough for me to accept the idea in the film. I liked the family bond between Fraser and Hutcherson. I also got to apply my geology knowledge to this film which was enjoyable for the fact that I actually got to use that knowledge in some way. Although I dislike CGI since it has yet to grasp the realness of actual physical objects, it was okay in this film. Now I didn't say it was great, but it was okay. The scene with the magnetic rocks was cool. After going to Walking With the Dinosaurs, the T-Rex just didn't do it for me visually. The slobber though was pretty funny. It was an awesome family movie.

The Incredible Hulk


I never watched the 2003 Hulk movie, but I thought this one was really good for a marvel comic turned movie. I liked Edward Norton's acting and character. I thought him and Liv Tyler had smoking hot chemistry. The special effects were good. I watched this awhile ago, so I can't remember what all that I liked about it, but I do know that I'm excited for the Hulk and Iron Man to be in the same film.