Topic: Movies.

[Todd]

Recently I've watched 30 Days of Night, Underdog and The Last Man on Earth.

30 Days of Night, what a let down. I actually thought this movie would be scary, instead it was borderline boring. It started off well, but it went downhill fast. The Vampires were slasher film psychotic, which to me makes them not very interesting. The way the movie is cut makes the film seem like everything happens over a day, instead it is over 30 days. It doesn't transition well to make you feel like the survivors actually lasted very long.

Underdog, it was actually decent. I think it helped that the film was cast really well. If you enjoyed Underdog as a kid you'll probably enjoy the movie.

The Last Man on Earth, the first movie adapt the book I Am Legend to film, the others being Omega Man and I Am Legend, and still the most faithful to the core story. We makes sense since the original .script was written by the author of the book, but changes to that .script made him want to remove his name from the credits. Instead to keep his royalties he used a pen name instead. It stars Vincent Price, and it isn't a bad movie either. It also made me realize the current I Am Legend movie would have been better it if bad been more faithful to the source material because it is far more interesting the what they showed. One of these days I'll have to read the book.

[Archelous]

I agree with you on 30 days of night. I was completely and utterly disappointed, maybe I went into the film thinking too much of it, but I was very upset.

Recently for me I caught Blade Runner and American Psycho (With Harrison Ford and Christian Bale respectively).

Blade Runner... I wasn't that impressed.

American Psycho, I don't know what happened in the two hours it took for me to watch it.

[Todd]

Okay, just watched Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Now that was a **** movie. Will Farrell in Stranger Then Fiction was great, why must he keep going back to idiotic roles like this?

Also watched Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. It wasn't great but it wasn't bad either.

[Archelous]

Okay, just watched Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Now that was a **** movie. Will Farrell in Stranger Then Fiction was great, why must he keep going back to idiotic roles like this?

Will Farrell can be a great dramatic actor, but he likes to keep his roots in idiotic comedy, IE: Anchorman, SNL, etc. Try looking at Talladega Nights as a parody of NASCAR and celebrity lifestyle. And rednecks.

Hmm.

I recently caught up with...

The Number 23: I was actually impressed with this movie, when a couple of my friends saw it they kept adding stupid **** up to 23 and freaking out, but I guess it is a legitimate paranoia, I always chalked this kind of numerology crap to lack of logic, but the film itself handles the main characters increasing paranoia from the book into a pretty good storyline and climax. 7.5/10 from me.

The Italian Job: I've been a fan of the old one since my father showed it to me when I was 8 or 9. I didn't understand much then, but the awesome car chases (Until I saw Bullit) were great. The new one? It's alright. It's a remake, but a fairly decent one. Donald Sutherland plays a great (if short) role as always, and I'm a fan of Marky Mark in film, and I've always liked Jason Statham, despite him not getting that breakout role he deserves. 5.5/10.

Edit: Also picked up I Am Legend from the video store, I've heard great things about the new ending, I'll post my thoughts.

[Geoff]

Here's how far behind the movie scene I am.  We watched "The Messengers" last night.  This film is 91 minutes long and if you can get past Dylan McDermott's perpetual vacuous look, the first 85 minutes are pretty enjoyable.  Good scares, decent effects and a solid build-up of suspense.  The last 6 minutes completely ruin the movie with one of the most trite and predictable endings I've ever seen.  Both Kiy and I just sat there dumbfounded at how awful the movie became in such a short span of time.

I'm never getting those 91 minutes back, and I may sue.

[Dana]

I'm never getting those 91 minutes back, and I may sue.

Let me know if you need a character witness.

[Archelous]

Here's how far behind the movie scene I am.  We watched "The Messengers" last night.  This film is 91 minutes long and if you can get past Dylan McDermott's perpetual vacuous look, the first 85 minutes are pretty enjoyable.  Good scares, decent effects and a solid build-up of suspense.  The last 6 minutes completely ruin the movie with one of the most trite and predictable endings I've ever seen.  Both Kiy and I just sat there dumbfounded at how awful the movie became in such a short span of time.

I'm never getting those 91 minutes back, and I may sue.

*g* Thankfully I never had an interest in it.

Try Night at the Museum! I just watched it, while I'm at it, I'll review it...

Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller and a plethora of other great and memorable actors, create a very fun and entertaining movie. Ben Stiller is probably at one of his best performances aside from Meet the Parents, it was also a fun shock to see Kim Raver. (Audrey!!)

Anyway, The movie seemed a little short, but after wrapping up, it all came together quite nicely. It was fun and full of laughs. Recommended to anyone who wants a laugh.

Rating:

The Movie: 9.0
Video (As seen on Blu-ray): 9.0)
Audio: 8.5
Extras: 6.0 (There was really nothing here, except a trivia track and commentaries. Why not something about making Robin Williams a wax portrait? He's always funny on video. Always!)

Overall: 8.5

[Todd]

It's funny when he an the monkey get in the slap fight. hehe

[Archelous]

It's funny when he an the monkey get in the slap fight. hehe

*g* I did laugh at that, especially when it was brought up a second time.

[Todd]

I just watched Dragon Wars. OMG, is that movie total cheese. The acting is horrible as well. After all that, I can't say I hated it. I didn't really say I liked it either. It was just kind of a big meh.

[Archelous]

I just watched Dragon Wars. OMG, is that movie total cheese. The acting is horrible as well. After all that, I can't say I hated it. I didn't really say I liked it either. It was just kind of a big meh.

*l* I watched that with a couple of friends, I have to honestly say we liked it so much because of it's cheese-factor.

We laughed quite heartily during parts that were I think supposed to be drama-esqe.

[Todd]

Bladerunner: The Final Cut. This post has some spoilers for the movie. It is over 20 years old so I am not to worried about posting them in here. Chances are if you wanted to see the movie you'd have probably seen it by now.

I must admit to never liking this movie, didn't like the theatrical version or the later director's cut. This new version that was released is supposed to the Director's real vision of the film. This new version really didn't change my opinion of it all that much. There are somethings I like about this movie, and always have. The problem is, and it is the problem with every version I've watched, is that the movie for me is just that it is boring.

Having not seen a version of Bladerunner in over 10 years, and even then having watched the movie a total of maybe 2 or 3 times. So it is hard for me to compare the versions and come to a conclusion on which one is better. Outside of saying they were all boring. I know a lot of people are going to call me crazy for that since it is one of the biggest cult classics of all time and try to explain to me the depth behind the movie. I get the movie and the questions it raises.

A couple of things I like about the movie. The first is obvious, at least to me, is what Roy says as he was dying and how all that he has seen will die with him. I think it encapsulates what the movie is all about very well. Humans don't view replicants as alive so have little caring for the short lifespans of the replicants or even care when one is "retired." They don't understand the replicants very real fear of dying and how only having a 4 year lifespan and their emotional immaturity affects them. Tyrell's slogan probably says a lot about the movies moral dilemma, "More human than human."

I also like how you were able to identify who the replicants were by the way there eyes would reflect the light sometimes. It was easy to tell since none of the human characters had their eyes shine like that, but all the replicants did numerous times. So it was an obvious clue for who the replicants were, you could tell Rachel was one even before she failed the test. It is interesting how Decker's eyes shined like a replicants once. Dun, dun, dun.

[Archelous]

I didn't feel much love for Blade Runner either, and I saw it for the first time about a month ago.

I recently watched 'Reign Over Me' with Adam Sandler and Don Chealde.

I liked the movie, I think. It was a very encompassing drama and very well acted. I liked both Chealde and Sandler in the roles, and realized Sandler is more and more a great actor in things other than comedy. He was very convincing and very apt at the role of a shut down man.

The film is about a post-9/11 man in New York, who going through family troubles, sees his old college room mate and they try to rebuild on their old friendship, the problem is that his old roommate (Sandler) is mentally and physically distraught from severe PTSD. He lost his entire family in 9/11.

The entire story is pretty well thought out, and I enjoyed the whole thing through, but by the end I found I felt it was lacking some little things that would've made it perfect.

Final score? 7.5/10. I'd say rent it if you're in the mood for a bit of a thoughtful flick, but after you're done with it I don't think you'll really feel the need to watch it again unless you want to cry more.

[Geoff]

You are both fricken' insane.  Blade Runner is one of the very few movies I'll watch again and again and never get tired of.  Everything about it is stellar, from the story to the acting to the cinematography.  

Love this flick.

[Archelous]

You are both fricken' insane.  Blade Runner is one of the very few movies I'll watch again and again and never get tired of.  Everything about it is stellar, from the story to the acting to the cinematography.  

Love this flick.

Not to try and make you feel old or anything, but I guess i've been ruined by modern cinema. Or maybe it was the fact that it was the directors cut, which takes out any supposed narration. To me the entire film felt quiet and in some movies, that's great, take I Am Legend, which makes up for the constant lack of dialogue. But the Directors Cut to me was incredibly lacking and didn't make me partial to the movie at all. If they ever put out the Theatrical Cut, i'd be happy to revisit it.