Updates: (Ratings out of 10) 9 (7) Angels & Demons (7) Bangkok Dangerous (6) Bleach Movie 3: Fade to Black (7) Crank 2: High Voltage (6) The Day the Earth Stood Still (7) Dragonball Evolution (5) Elementors (6) GI Joe (7) Gran Torino (7) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (6) Higurashi no Naku Koroni (When the Cicadas Cry) (9) The International (6) Kara no Kyoukai: Mujun Rasen (Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral) (10) Kara no Kyoukai: Boukyaku Rokuon (Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recorder) (8) Knowing (6) L: Change the World (7) Laws of Eternity (3) Lupin the 3rd: The Columbus Files (8) Lupin the 3rd: Crisis In Tokyo (7) Lupin the 3rd: Dead or Alive (7) Lupin the 3rd: Dragon of Doom (6) Lupin the 3rd:Farewell To Nostradamus (9) Lupin the 3rd: The Fuma Conspiracy (9) Lupin the 3rd: Island of Assassins (7) Lupin the 3rd: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon (5) Lupin the 3rd: Missed By a Dollar (8) Lupin the 3rd: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure (5) Lupin the 3rd: The Secret of Twilight Gemini (9) Lupin the 3rd: Voyage to Danger (8) Moon (9) Naruto Shippuden Movie 2: Bonds (5) Night at the Museum (5) The Punisher: War Zone (1) Ponyo (8) The Seven Swords (5) The Sky Crawlers (8) Star Trek (10) Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li (6) Surrogates (8) Sword of the Stranger (10) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Gurren-hen (Pierce the Heavens Gurren Lagann: Gurren Chapter) (8) Terminator: Salvation (7) Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (8) Twilight (5) Underworld: Rise of the Lycan (6) Watchmen (9) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (8)
Skipped out on the Amelia screenin' tonight, but I'll still be goin' to The Fourth Kind tomorrow night. And I watched Oldboy for the first time last night. Will be updatin' the list later on...
Went to see The Fourth Kind Thursday night...it was alright, though they tried to hard to sell the idea of it bein' a "true" story. No clue what my next movie will be, but I am hopin' to get into a big screen presentation of the Caprica pilot tonight.
I went to see The Imaginarium of Doctor Pernassus the other day. Decent film, but there was just something off about it that stopped it being a great film. But I would still recommend it to any Gilliam fans
I saw the CAPRICA pilot on the big screen tonight (and got autographs from Esai Morales & Jeffrey Reiner)! Still countin' it, even though I already watched it on DVD when it came out.
Just went and saw Astro Boy -- and I was the only person in the theatre. Which I guess isn't totally unexpected, given it's unimpressive performance at the box office this past weekend. I liked the film -- some of the humour was a bit inappropriately silly at times, I felt, but overall it's good fun, plus it's a great-looking movie. I'll give it a B. Oh yeah, I also saw Zombieland last week. I thought it was a hoot, if not overly subversive. B+.
New movies: Star Trek (2009) [Loved it, absolutely loved it!] G.I. Joe [Lots of people dogged the CGI, but I was too busy having fun to notice] Zombieland [This movie has ended up being one of my favorite movies] Released Movies: Twister [As a stormchaser, I love this movie just for the excitement. The science and method are way off] Serenity [I'm a browncoat. Gotta love me] Get Smart [Hilarious. Steve Carrel's Max is dead on.] Starship Troopers [Classic favorite of mine] Knowing [First viewing - I enjoyed it very much, actually] Men In Black [Who doesn't love TLJ & WS catching aliens?] Rush Hour [My most favorite of the trilogy] Rush Hour 2 [Very good sequel, but a bit weak] Rush Hour 3 [Weakest of the three, IMO, but I still like it] Night At The Museum [Good clean fun] Sum of All Fears [I love Morgan Freeman in this movie] The Fifth Element [Best visual sci fi movie to date for me] Without a Paddle [These guys remind me of my friends] K-PAX [A huge hit with me, I love this movie from start to finish] Tommy Boy [One of my most favorite comedies] The Man From Earth [Great, great exercise in philosophizing who we are] The Tall T [Classic Randolph Scott picture] Black Sheep [Always a corker, I love this movie] Talladega Nights [Ricky Bobby!] Fast Times at Ridgemont High [Who ordered a pepperoni pizza? "Right here, dude!"] Click [Fair movie, Christopher Walken alone makes it work watching] Small Soldiers [Great movie from when I was a kid] Hot Shots Part Deux! [I love a good piss take] Down Periscope [Kelsey Grammar as a rebellious commander. What's not to love?] Star Trek TMP [I watched all these...] Star Trek TWOK [In preparation...] Star Trek TSFS [For the new...] Star Trek TVH [Star Trek movie...] Star Trek TFF [that was coming out...] Star Trek TUC [On May 8th...] Star Trek GEN [Of 2009...] Star Trek FC [Starring Chris Pine...] Star Trek INS [Zach Quinto...] Star Trek NEM [and Leonard Nimoy. I was not disappointed.] Austin Powers [Shagadelic baby, yeah!] Pirates of the Caribbean COTBP [My favorite of the three] Pirates of the Caribbean DMC [Okay 2nd installment] Pirates of the Caribbean ATW [Meh, just too over the top] Dumb & Dumber [Harry! Your hands are freezing!] Gridiron Gang [Decent movie] Shanghai Noon [Loved it. Chong Wang? That's a stupid name for a cowboy!] Shanghai Knights [Got to see it for the first time, loved it] School of Rock [Great for those of us who were in a band] The Day the Earth Stood Still [Original 1953 Michael Rennie version] The Day The Earth Stood Still [New Keanu Reeves version] Cash Back [First viewing - Terrific] Wall-E [Cry every time I see this movie] The Iron Giant [Yeah, I cry, so what of it! ] The Simpsons Movie [I have wore this DVD out - ] Open Season [First Viewing - Boring. I did not like this movie.] Batman Begins [Made me fall in love with the idea of Batman again] Robin Hood Men In Tights ["Hey Blinkin!" "Did you say Abe Lincoln?"] Super Troopers [Oh, if only this movie could be true, I'd be a State Trooper] Finding Nemo [I tear up at this movie often. A testament to Pixar's high quality] History of the World Part I ["Occupation?" "Stand up Philosopher..." "Bullshit artist"] Paul Blart Mall Cop [First viewing - Loved it. Lots of fun.] Short Circuit [Johnny Five is alive!] Wagon's East! [Fun movie, sad that it was John Candy's last] Dogma [Oh, what a wondrous movie for those of us who ask questions.] Happy Gilmore ["The price is wrong, bitch!"] Joe Dirt [Fun David Spade movie, just not the same without Chris] Leap of Faith [I love this movie. It is a gem.] Cowboy Bebop Movie [One of my favorite anime movies] Wayne's World [Party time, excellent!] Billy Madison [Veronica, I thank you, for beating the shit out of me!] Spaceballs ["The radar, sir, it's...jammed!"] Animal House [I love this movie, particularly Belushi] Iron Man [This movie made me love comic book heroes again] City Slickers [Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'] Charlie & The Chocolate Factory [I much prefer this version over the Gene Wilder movie] Primary Colors [First viewing - Very interesting political movie] Back to School ["I don't get no respect!"] Back to the Beach [I have worn out this DVD. I love it.] Ghostbusters I ["Aim for the flat top!"] Ghostbusters II ["I... love you guys"] Dutch [Great movie with Ed O'Neill. A very underrated actor and movie] Blazing Saddles ["What, you'd do it for Randolph Scott!" "RANDOLPH SCOTT?! RANDOLPH... SCOTT!"] J.
These are the ones I can remember watching this year... Frost/Nixon: B+ Grand Torino: B+ Max Payne - F Next: C+ Juno: B Fanboys: B Harry Potter 1: B Harry Potter 2: B Harry Potter 3: B Harry Potter 4: B+ Harry Potter 5: B+ Star Trek: A Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince: B The Day the Earth Stood Still: B- The Damned United: B+ Push: D Wolverine: B- Transformers 2: B- Angels n Demons: B
An American Werewolf in London -- 6/10 -- I didn't mind this film persay, but it's definitely not one of my favorites. I saw it with a friend recently. Didn't like most of the acting... it was rather over the top . But the cinematography and effects were nice (that's why it's getting a score of 6/10 instead of a 4/10). As for the music/soundtrack to the film, it was pretty good. Overall, I consider it a horror/comedic farce kind of movie.
Sullivan's Travels - now I understand the O Brother Where Art Thou in-joke! The Mission - great classic movie, see see see! Drag Me To Hell - fun fluff, not too scary Captain from Castile - corny fun to begin with but drags on waaay too long...
Bolt [I love this movie. I cried and laughed and cried. If Disney can keep this up, they'll get a good CG reputation like Pixar]. J.
Personally I thought it was one of the scarier horror movies I've seen in a long time... Mostly because a lot of it was left to your imagination. That's not to say it was really scary, I just don't find horror movies scary most of the time.
I didn't really care too much for this movie either. It had rave reviews and a friend recommended it, and I just didn't get all the fuss.
Since my last update here, I've seen: Primer Milk Oldboy Moon Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus Primer I was watching for the second time (and I still don't get the ending). The others I was watching for the first time.
I'm easily scared and it didn't faze me too badly. Maybe I'm getting tougher. I should try to sit thru The Exorcist on my own - again - been trying that for years now. Hey, I've never seen that! Okay, that goes to the top of the Netflix list. Let's see how tough I am!
I was Exorcist when I was 13 (I think, I don't remember what year they unbanned it here) and I just laughed at it. Didn't scare me in the least. I have trouble thinking of anything that really gave me a good fright, Ghostwatch did when I was 10, Silent Hill 2(the game) had me watching the shadows for a night but I can't really think of much else. Although there was a couple of points in Drag Me To Hell that had my heart going, hence why I thought it was scarier than most. Probably just their use of sound in the darkened cinema, worked better than it would at home. I used to love Poltergeist as a kid, but haven't seen it in years, bet it's rubbish.