Get Him To The Greek
A somewhat sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but nearly as good. Jonah Hill is his usual self in this movie, Russell Brand is annoying and not very funny in this. The songs are not very good either, but the read standout from Puff Daddy, anytime he was on the screen, I was laughing quite loudly. Plays like a typical Apatow-esque comedy, throw in the funny in the first half, and throw in some laughs along wiht "dramatic" moments.
Overall Grade: B
Splice
I was surpised by this, judging by the preview it looks like another Species. The film is FAR from that and it more about the relationship of the animal-human hybrid and the two scientists. I must say, this is a solid sci-fi movie, well-directed and goes into a weird direction. A good way to describe this is Cronenberg meets Frankenstein.
Overall Grade: B+
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The first entry of this trilogy is rather solid, it's a little long but there is enough going on to keep you watching this. The performances are good, the plot is nothing spectacular, but this film is done well enough to get to anticipated the next two entries of the trilogy.
Overall Grade: B+
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Catch Up
Prince Of Persia:
When I was watching this, all I could think is was how much of a dated political allegory this was. The whole story was basically an allegory towards the military not finding the WMD's in Iraq. It also seemed like Disney took over this thinking they were going to make a Pirates of the Carribean-like franchise with this one. The cast was bland and the action was dull, and as far as video game adaptations go, this was in the middle of the list.
Overall Grade: D
She's Out Of My League:
When I first saw the trailer for this, all I could think of is that this film is cashing in on the Apatow-style comedy bandwagon. Upon watching, I was surprised to find that this film seems to be more of a Farrelly Brothers movie more than an Apatow flick, even though there is elements of Apatow in this. I'll admit, I chucked at parts here and there, but the predictable romantic comedy formula ruined this film from being any funnier.
Overall Grade: C
When I was watching this, all I could think is was how much of a dated political allegory this was. The whole story was basically an allegory towards the military not finding the WMD's in Iraq. It also seemed like Disney took over this thinking they were going to make a Pirates of the Carribean-like franchise with this one. The cast was bland and the action was dull, and as far as video game adaptations go, this was in the middle of the list.
Overall Grade: D
She's Out Of My League:
When I first saw the trailer for this, all I could think of is that this film is cashing in on the Apatow-style comedy bandwagon. Upon watching, I was surprised to find that this film seems to be more of a Farrelly Brothers movie more than an Apatow flick, even though there is elements of Apatow in this. I'll admit, I chucked at parts here and there, but the predictable romantic comedy formula ruined this film from being any funnier.
Overall Grade: C
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Film Review; Macgruber
Macgruber is the latest film to be based off an SNL skit, while it certainly isn't fit with all the terrible ones (Superstar, Night At The Roxbury, The Ladies Man, etc.), it still isn't fit with the best ones either (Wayne's World 1 and 2). It fits in the middle, and I'll have to say that it is better than the skits itself, since I'm not a fan of the skits.
The film plays off like a homage/spoof to the chessy action films of the 80's. Macgruber (Will Forte) dissapeared off the face of the earth after his wife was killed by Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer). After found by the colonel (Powers Booth) and Phillip Dixon (Ryan Phillippe), they offer Macgruber to take part of an assignment involving Cunth and a nuclear missile. At first, he declines, but he eventually takes the job after some convincing.
Macgruber teams up with Dixon and Vicki St. Elmo (Kristin Wigg) in order to stop Cunth (the film is filled with 'Cunth' jokes, and it does get old fast) from obliterating America. Upon the mission, Macgruber keeps messing up for the sake of comedy, while Elmo and Dixon are picking up the pieces. That is basically the whole joke of this film.
Most of the time, I found this movie to be very stupid, but the film did have several laugh of loud moments. I wished it focused more on making fun of action cliches than it does with Macgruber messing up a mission. The film also makes a good running joke involving throat-ripping. Kilmer is also pretty good in this, but I was hoping he would have delivered a campy villian accent instead of his normal voice.
Overall, this film is a one-note joke that occasionally contains some funny moments, while the rest of the film is just insanely stupid.
Overall Grade: C+
Friday, May 21, 2010
Catch Up
Robin Hood:
Ridley Scott delivers another ambitious miss, but that doesn't mean this is a terrible film. Scott proves he can still direct and give believable performances, even though I wasn't a fan of casting Crowe as Robin Hood. There are some good actions scenes thrown in, but there are too many dull scenes. There are also some inaccuracies with the Robin Hood story as well, I don't recall King Richard dying before Robin Hood is considered an outlaw. As far as prequels go, this did an ok job.
Overall Grade: C
The Human Centipede:
Your liking to this movie will depend of how sick your sense of humor can be. To me, this is one of those movies where when you talk about it to your friends, basically pitching this would be funny. But it doesn't come off very funny when put on the screen. I admire Tom Six with coming up with an outlandish idea and sticking with it. If you think the idea of a "human centipede" is disgusting and unfunny, then this film is not for you, others lie myself would think it's not that good. While this film works as being what I call a fucked up movie, there are still some flaws. I admire that Six didn't attempt to being too gross, but still being gross. The acting and pacing is awfully dull. Many of the actors aren't very good, and the dialogue is pretty poor. There are moments of sick brilliance, and moments that go a little too far. I also enjoyed the campy performance from Dieter Laser. I read that Six is planning to make a sequel, and he promises that this film will be tame compared to the sequel. I thought this film was disgusting enough, but I'm probably watch the sequel out of curiosity.
Overall Grade: C+
Ridley Scott delivers another ambitious miss, but that doesn't mean this is a terrible film. Scott proves he can still direct and give believable performances, even though I wasn't a fan of casting Crowe as Robin Hood. There are some good actions scenes thrown in, but there are too many dull scenes. There are also some inaccuracies with the Robin Hood story as well, I don't recall King Richard dying before Robin Hood is considered an outlaw. As far as prequels go, this did an ok job.
Overall Grade: C
The Human Centipede:
Your liking to this movie will depend of how sick your sense of humor can be. To me, this is one of those movies where when you talk about it to your friends, basically pitching this would be funny. But it doesn't come off very funny when put on the screen. I admire Tom Six with coming up with an outlandish idea and sticking with it. If you think the idea of a "human centipede" is disgusting and unfunny, then this film is not for you, others lie myself would think it's not that good. While this film works as being what I call a fucked up movie, there are still some flaws. I admire that Six didn't attempt to being too gross, but still being gross. The acting and pacing is awfully dull. Many of the actors aren't very good, and the dialogue is pretty poor. There are moments of sick brilliance, and moments that go a little too far. I also enjoyed the campy performance from Dieter Laser. I read that Six is planning to make a sequel, and he promises that this film will be tame compared to the sequel. I thought this film was disgusting enough, but I'm probably watch the sequel out of curiosity.
Overall Grade: C+
Friday, May 7, 2010
Catch Up
Yeah, It's been awhile
Death At A Funeral
If you've seen the original, there is nothing new brought to this. It's the same movie done by different actors. Some of it still worked, the performances from Columbus Short, Marsden, Glover, and Luke Wilson did well. If you haven't seen the original but want to see the new one, go ahead.
Overall Grade: C
Oceans
Beautifully shot, but the narration of Bronson is rather dull, and it ends with a message we've seen too many times before
Overall Grade: C
The Losers
Somewhat enjoyable, but there are too many scenes that were stupid and most of the comedy didn't work. If you want to watch a big stupid PG-13 action movie, you'll enjoy this. This film has a shitty villian though, he seemed bored. Columbus Short was good in this, everyone else was ok. The final ending moment was stupid.
Overall Grade: C
Nightmare On Elm Street
What an unnessesary remake, well-done lighting mixed with shitty performances. Jackie Earle Haley's Kruger was rather boring, all the humor of the original is gone. Don't waste your time.
Overall Grade: D-
I Love You Phillip Morris
Ewen McGregor is on a roll this year, and this is one of Jim Carrey's best comedies. The sexual content may be uncomfortable for some (makes Brokeback Mountain seem tame), but if you can sit through it, you'll find yourself laughing through the entertaining black comedy. Also one of my favorites this year.
Overall Grade: A-
Iron Man 2
I'm pretty dissapointed with this one, it was too heavy on plot and pretty light on action. The film was uneven, and it reminded me of Spider Man 3 at times. The performances are all good, and Faverau seems to improve as a director. I think they were cramming too much just to set up the Avengers movie.
Overall Grade: C
Death At A Funeral
If you've seen the original, there is nothing new brought to this. It's the same movie done by different actors. Some of it still worked, the performances from Columbus Short, Marsden, Glover, and Luke Wilson did well. If you haven't seen the original but want to see the new one, go ahead.
Overall Grade: C
Oceans
Beautifully shot, but the narration of Bronson is rather dull, and it ends with a message we've seen too many times before
Overall Grade: C
The Losers
Somewhat enjoyable, but there are too many scenes that were stupid and most of the comedy didn't work. If you want to watch a big stupid PG-13 action movie, you'll enjoy this. This film has a shitty villian though, he seemed bored. Columbus Short was good in this, everyone else was ok. The final ending moment was stupid.
Overall Grade: C
Nightmare On Elm Street
What an unnessesary remake, well-done lighting mixed with shitty performances. Jackie Earle Haley's Kruger was rather boring, all the humor of the original is gone. Don't waste your time.
Overall Grade: D-
I Love You Phillip Morris
Ewen McGregor is on a roll this year, and this is one of Jim Carrey's best comedies. The sexual content may be uncomfortable for some (makes Brokeback Mountain seem tame), but if you can sit through it, you'll find yourself laughing through the entertaining black comedy. Also one of my favorites this year.
Overall Grade: A-
Iron Man 2
I'm pretty dissapointed with this one, it was too heavy on plot and pretty light on action. The film was uneven, and it reminded me of Spider Man 3 at times. The performances are all good, and Faverau seems to improve as a director. I think they were cramming too much just to set up the Avengers movie.
Overall Grade: C
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Film Review: Kick-Ass
Kick-Ass is the latest highly anticipated adaptation of a popular comic book, while the ending is different and leans toward the typical happy ending. Kick-Ass is still Kick-Ass.Aaron Johnson plays Kick-Ass, a once average teen who was sick of getting picked on and all the bad people in the city. He decides that he wants to be a superhero and fight crime, the problem is; he doesn't have any superpowers. After becoming a Youtube phenomenon, Kick-Ass gets dug deeper into the gritty and violent crime underworld. He meets Big Daddy and Hit Girl (Nicolas Cage and Chloe Moretz), who are out to get mob boss Frank D'Amico (played excellently by Mark Strong). Big Daddy and Hit Girl offer Kick-Ass to team up with them to stop D'Amico.
I'll be honest, I haven't enjoyed a film this year, like I enjoyed Kick-Ass. It's gleefull with the graphic violent, it's profane, and often funny. It's obvious that the cast had a good time being involved with this. If you have enjoy tons of bloody violence and a sense of humor, you will enjoy this. If not, you might want to watch something that clearly isn't badass like this. The title clearly speaks for itself.
Overall Grade: A-
Saturday, April 10, 2010
3-D Catch Up
I caught two 3-D flicks recently, heres some quick thoughts.
Clash Of The Titans
If you "have" to see this movie, watch it in 2-D because the 3-D was uglier to look at than my asshole. Anywho, the movie, well, it wasn't good. I don't get what's the big deal with this Sam Worthington (Terminator: Salvation sucked, Avatar was extremely overrated, and now this). I'll admit, he's not a terrible actor or anything, but when the fuck did this guy come in to big in huge blockbusters already? About the movie, there was too many plot holes when it came to the inconsistent references to Greek mythology. Its brief reference to the robot owl made me cringe in my seat. The CGI was bland, and it wastes it's talents. Neeson and Fiennes seemed wasted in their role. The scene with Kraken was boring, go watch the campy original instead.
Overall Grade: D
How To Train Your Dragon
It seems like Dreamworks is starting to take advice from Pixar in the storytelling department, since this is one is better than some of the recent Pixar flicks when it came to in-depth characters. The story formula is nothing new, but it was still a tad convincing. The 3-D is actually well-done (up par with Avatar in that department). The comedy was simply "meh", mostly jokes I've seen in every other kids movie. This movie could have been better if it didn't try to be funny.
Overall Grade: C+
Clash Of The Titans
If you "have" to see this movie, watch it in 2-D because the 3-D was uglier to look at than my asshole. Anywho, the movie, well, it wasn't good. I don't get what's the big deal with this Sam Worthington (Terminator: Salvation sucked, Avatar was extremely overrated, and now this). I'll admit, he's not a terrible actor or anything, but when the fuck did this guy come in to big in huge blockbusters already? About the movie, there was too many plot holes when it came to the inconsistent references to Greek mythology. Its brief reference to the robot owl made me cringe in my seat. The CGI was bland, and it wastes it's talents. Neeson and Fiennes seemed wasted in their role. The scene with Kraken was boring, go watch the campy original instead.
Overall Grade: D
How To Train Your Dragon
It seems like Dreamworks is starting to take advice from Pixar in the storytelling department, since this is one is better than some of the recent Pixar flicks when it came to in-depth characters. The story formula is nothing new, but it was still a tad convincing. The 3-D is actually well-done (up par with Avatar in that department). The comedy was simply "meh", mostly jokes I've seen in every other kids movie. This movie could have been better if it didn't try to be funny.
Overall Grade: C+
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