Cemetery Man - It started off very charming, began to get disturbing, and ended up wtf?
I liked it overall, though
I watched Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen out of sheer boredom yesterday. Let me say one thing about Michael Bay:
He can't direct himself out of a wet paper bag.
Seriously, one of the worst movies I have ever see. The plot was completely incomprehensible, the acting was atrocious and the fight scenes weren't even choreographed halfway decent. The movie I watched several years back about the girl whose vagina swallowed people whole (pre-Teeth was better than this piece of trash and it was completely D-List.
FInally saw Inglorious Bastards, and I must say it was an incredible movie. Acting was top notch, story flowed nicely, and many times I found myself laughing aloud.
Definately one of the best Movies I'd seen in a while.
Alice, Wonderland, Mad Hatters, Tim Burton and talking animals you say?
Wonderful movie, 10 out of 10 imho. Burton's best work, excluding Nightmare Before X-mas, it was great. Entertaining for kids and adults and an amazing subtext message. I highly suggest that you guys see it.
Star Trek
6/10
Admittedly, I'm not big on Sci-Fi movies and especially not big on the Star Trek series, but I did enjoy this. It was a bit cheesy to me at first, but then it got boss. Like many people have said before me, they picked a perfect person to play Spock and I was pleased with Leonard Nimoy's cameo appearance.
I think Karl Urban as Bones was the best casting I've ever seen.
Up in the Air - George Clooney plays George Clooney in, what I thought was a very well-crafted script with realistic dialogue and situations. I didn't think I'd like it at first, but I came away from it satisfied. 8.5/10
The Hurt Locker - Man the tenseness in the movie is almost too much to take at times. Unfortunately I felt little to no attachment to any of the characters, and found myself not really caring what happened to them in the long run. Well crafted movie overall, but, in my estimation, nothing too memorable. 7.5/10
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Pretty good Wes Anderson film, a little weirder than his usual stories but the witty dialogue is there and this film more than others was very touching. Really one of those interesting stories about the twilight of a legends career. Bill Murray was fun as usual and Owen Wilson finally showed he can actually act like someone that isn't himself! Awesome music of course.
Alice in Wonderland - I liked this film, but then again, I'm a Tim Burton fan so its difficult for him to disappoint. I feel the movie works cause its not a re-telling and Wonderland really works with Burton's quirky style. I really felt the March Hare and Red Queen steal the show. In regards to Depp doing Hatter, I felt it was definetly over-hyped. He wasn't bad or anything but it does get annoying he keeps getting top billing despite clearly being in a supporting role. His Hatter is amusing but I feel he's not really better than any of the other performers in this film.
True beauty exists in things that last only for a moment.
Current Mood: And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe. Maybe this year will be better than the last. I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself. To hold on to these moments as they pass...
Ponyo
Great stuff. Standard Miyazaki scoring applies. 10/10.
Finally watched Donnie Darko. I was very annoyed the first time around, but then enjoyed all of the foreshadowing the second time around.
Dead Snow: a movie from some northern European country about Nazi zombies. Yes, you read that correctly.
This scene pretty much says how the movie is: so one of the main characters gets bitten on his forearm in a fight with one of the Nazi zombies. After they (him and his friend) finish off that group of zombies he, thinking he will at some point become a zombie due to the bite, CUTS OFF HIS OWN ARM WITH A CHAINSAW AND CAUTERIZES THE WOUND BY SHOVING HIS STUMP INTO A FIRE HOLY. Then immediately after that a hidden Nazi zombie jumps partway out of the snow right in front of him and bites him in the crotch.
Final rating: 194574302057/10
I was looking at that Dead Snow movie on On Demand and it explained the synopsis. After just reading it I was like, "What the hell."