What was the last movie you watched?

[TripExistence]

Hancock was a tremendous disappointment.

I don't see it as a big disappointment as much as I see it failing to fulfill people's expectations of the movie. Everybody was expecting it to be a superhero comedy (which it was for the first part), when it's really a tragic story. The main problem I see with it is it's shift in tone at about the halfway point in the movie. But, I think the movie was able to hold it together and make those more dramatic scenes work for the whole of the film. But yes, there's no denying, the first half was much better than the second half if you're looking for consistency.

[Heartless_Gentleman]

The second half felt like a spinoff, or a whole different movie or something.

[Tirk]

The Patriot

Awesome movie.

[Bruce_Campbell]

Tropic Thunder. B

[Keero]

My Best Friend's Girl

Wow, the first twenty minutes was raunchy with F-words and nudity at at strip club, then the rest of the movie was a real "meh" experience. This is the first time I've been bored in a movie. I only laughed once, otherwise, it was a waste of my friend's money.

F+

[Obibear]

Well. Let's see.

The Golden Compass

It was mediocre at best, and basically what I expected it to be. Which was mediocre. Some of the ideas were fresh and original, most were familiar and disappointing. And the only reason it was PG-13 was for one stupid violent moment, which didn't need to be in there. The rest of it reminded me of the lame action of the first Narnia movie.

C

Burn After Reading

Superb. The Coen's dark comedy are always a breath of fresh air for me, and the same was true of this. So what if it wasn't like No Country for Old Men? It wasn't supposed to be. It was funny, original, and completely enjoyable. The Coens are geniuses.

A

[Keero]

The Dark Knight

OH. MY. SELF. Best movie I've seen in a long time.

EASILY a A++++(x4).

[Heartless_Gentleman]

-_-


Basic Instinct

Blarg. Almost two hours of Michael Douglas having sex with Sharon Stone. It sounds like I'm joking, but there were seriously almost half a dozen lovemaking scenes. It was structured around a weak story with a pointless (and downright irritating). A huge disappointment from the director of Total Recall, Robocop and Starship Troopers. He needs to stick to sci-fi ownage movies.
C-

[Chozon1]

Night of the Lepus.

You thought the Monty Python rabbit was tough? Pfft. He wouldn't stand a chance against these bunnies.

Lepus is Latin for Rabbits, or so I'm told by the movie. A rather overlooked classic starring Deforest Kelly (Bones! Yay!) Steve Whitman and Rory Calhoun. I don't know who it was directed by, but it was the 70's. Who cares?

The plot is by no means intricate or annoying. In an attempt to wipe out mass amounts of rabbits ruining Arizona farms, a biologist infects a bunny with a virus to wipe them out. It has the reverse effect of making it grow huge and develop a taste for man. Funny our world eh? The rabbit, of course, escapes and infects thousands of other fuzzy manglers around the small town. The carnage and mayhem which follows are all part of the fun. Being an early 70's movie, the graphics weren't great. But the director balanced this by using fancy camera shots and miniaturizing entire settings. Houses, mine shafts, railroads, even a tiny pond were made rabbit sized so they appeared giant. Quite good. Though I have one thing to complain about: Why use tomato soup for blood? Of which there was quite a bit. Blood spurting, dripping, leaking and...Sloshing, maybe. Despite the huge amount of blood, very little gore was thrown in. Some, yes. but it was obviously mannequins. So no problems there. Though you have to wonder, how much sense does it really take to get back into the truck?

All in all, I could recommend Night of the Lepus as a pseudo comedy about giant flesh hungry bunnies. Maybe rent it and give it a shot. Mild language paired with blood and gore make this film inappropriate for children. I'd say 13+ would get a kick out of it. ^_^

P.S. You may not know this, but I have a traditional thing where every October I take in all the ancient horror movies I can get. So while movies aren't my thing, you can expect more reviews later on.

[Drewsov]

Burn After Reading

Superb. The Coen's dark comedy are always a breath of fresh air for me, and the same was true of this. So what if it wasn't like No Country for Old Men? It wasn't supposed to be. It was funny, original, and completely enjoyable. The Coens are geniuses.

A

The ending was epic, wasn't it?

I just watched Choke, which I saw with a few friends for my birthday.

It was... hilarious. Sacrilegious. Well acted. Perverse. Low budget. Basically, black humor that was amazing. I loved it.

A

[Heartless_Gentleman]

Rawr, me jealous! I wanna see Choke and Burn After Reading!

[Obibear]

Transformers

Good CGI. Some interesting camera work. Everything else was crap. They took a dumb idea and spent a ton of money on it to make it presentable to the movie going public. And the sad thing is that the movie going public accepted it as a good summer film.

Dear movie going public,

I hate you.

D

[Heartless_Gentleman]

QFT. Again.

Leatherheads

Ugh. One of the year's biggest disappointments. It looked funny in the previews, but the previews had all the funny parts. It was incredibly boring, and only sprinkled with funny parts. George Clooney, why have you forsaken me?

C-


The Love Guru

I was expecting a horrible movie, and while it was incredibly stupid, I actually laughed several times.

B-

[Drewsov]

Blood Diamond

There were two movies in the past two years where I saw the trailer and rolled my eyes at the leads' performances and accents. The first was Blood Diamond. The second was Eastern Promises. I later saw both (Blood Diamond at home and Eastern Promises in the theatre) and found them to be amazing, though very different, pictures.

Leonardo DiCaprio proves here, just as he did in The Departed, that he is one of Hollywood's best up and coming actors. For years, I couldn't stand this guy. However, after Scorcese, Spielberg, and now, Zwick, got ahold of him... well, my mind is quickly changing. He's very good, and he's getting better. Djimon Hounsou and Jennifer Connelly both put in equally gripping performances, and work with a script that is gripping, exciting and saddening. Characterization goes a long way with me, and that the first time I saw this, I was moved to tears says something.

B+

[Obibear]

Been meaning to see that one for a while.

Raising Arizona

The second movie that the Coen's put together in their amazing career. Gotta say, though, I'm not jumping on any bandwagons for this one. Perhaps it's because I've seen the comedies they've written at the top of their game. Well, Raising Arizona is them at the start of their game. There are so many indications of the future brilliance that would become these two filmmakers. So many glimpses at the formulas they'd be using from there on out. But they didn't have it down yet in this film, and it showed.

Also, Nic Cage was terrible. Absolutely terrible. Peggy Sue, Moonstruck, and this. Thank God his vocal chords developed.

C-