What movies have you seen this year, new or old?
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) [A] It's barely an A, mind you, I think it could have been trimmed by about 30 minutes
- Hancock [C] I really enjoyed the first half of the movie, and then the script just falls apart.
- The Ex [C] It's unbelievably corny.
- Blue Velvet I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. It was very weird.
[*]The Visitor [A] One of last year's sleeper hits.
[*]My Best Friend's Girl [C] Watchable, but corny.
[*]Winter Passing [B-] Does Will Ferrell even try to play other characters?
[*]Zack and Miri Make A Porno I laughed all the way through this movie.
[*]Crank It's stupid, but It's fun stupid.
[*]Pulse [F] One of the worst films I've ever seen.
[*]Saw V [C] The last 20 minutes or so are cool. Most of it's a drag.
[*]Pathology I highly recommend this. Despite some bad acting, it's a really cool story.
[*]Dazed and Confused [B-] Nothing happens, but it's pretty good.
[*]Fast Times at Ridgemont High [D] Overrated.
[*]Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist [A] I usually don't like stuff like this, but this was one of the best movies I saw from last year.
[*]Changeling [B+] Good movie, needed some major editing
[*]The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Depressing, but not very effective overall
[*]Blindness [B-] Could have been so much better, I'm interested in seeing the book
[*]Elegy [B-] Too long in parts, but worth watching
[*]Slumdog Millionaire [A+] By far the best movie of last year. Great film.
[*]Mojave Phone Booth An interesting little film. Highly recommended.
[*]X-Men Origins: Wolverine [C] Kinda boring, honestly
[*]Star Trek [A+]
[*]The Executioner's Song (TV) [C] Tommy Lee Jones won an emmy. I think it's mostly silly
[*]Taken Solid film. I'd probably rewatch it.
[*]The Alphabet Killer [D] Eliza Dushku couldn't even save this crap.
[*]Prince of the City Too similar to Serpico, another film directed by Sidney Lumet.
[*]Helter Skelter (TV) Enjoyable
[*]The Last Emperor [A] One of my new favorite films
[*]Valkyrie [A] I had heard a lot of negative buzz, but I enjoyed it
[*]Twilight [B-] I was shocked I liked it. I know I know...
[*]Serpico Pretty good film
[*]Appaloosa [B-] Not as good as 3:10 To Yuma, but I'm glad to see the Western genre back
[*]Revolutionary Road [C] Overrated
[*]Frost/Nixon [A] loved it