After watching this movie you will want to run out and buy a fedora and a Moleskine notebook.
DON'T. You don't look good in a fedora and Moleskines are made in China.
Matt Damon stars as a candidate for NY Senate who meets the girl of his dreams and accidentally peeks behind the curtain covering the rabbit hole, finding out the world is turned by an all powerful Oz and his faithful fedora wearing Oompa Loompas.
The girl in question is either Zooey Deschanel, Emily Blunt or Katy Perry. If you can figure out which one, please let me know.
This is a romantic movie disguised as a sci-fi (syfy?) movie, questioning free will vs. fate. But that's ok. It means both me and my girlfriend enjoyed the movie and found it worth the buck plus tax it cost to rent it.
It will leave you thinking that maybe, with enough personal belief and hard work that you can accomplish anything.
But you still won't look good in a fedora.
Showing posts with label quick movie review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quick movie review. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Lightning Quick Movie Review: The Traveler
Man, redbox sure is nice isn't it? movies for a buck a day. So even if you pick a stinker, you shrug and say "well, it only cost a dollar".
Well I want my dollar back for the Traveler!
Ok, the Traveler is about a stranger who steps into a police station and confesses to killing six people. Mysterious goings on commence in the police station. This 2010 movie feels like a low quality '80's horror movie.
It stars Val Kilmer which immediately set off my warning alarms. Yes he is definitely a great actor in some of my favorite movies (Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, Batma...um The Doors...).
But honestly, his face is now fat and bloated looking. Yeah, he went all Brando. I spent the whole movie saying "Aww, Ice...Man."
The only redeeming factor is that whole evening I ended up continuously trying to hauntingly whistle Lacrimosa from Mozart's Requiem as Val Kilmer's character did.
Lightning Quick Movie Review: Battle Los Angeles
Tired of all my glowing reviews?
Well this movie stunk so much although I recently watched it I had to google it to remind myself what it was about.
Ok, apparently it's about an alien invasion a la Tom Cruise's War of the Worlds (which i did like). It centers around Aaron Eckhart as a veteran Marine who wants to retire but has to lead a platoon to battle aliens and rescue civilians.
The main reason I hated this movie was that for all the action in the movie, there was overemphasis of all the drama of Aaron Eckhart losing his entire squad in Iraq in the past and not wanting to lose more people. That is all good...in another movie. There is no place for this in an alien-fighting movie! I am sure there were parts I liked but I can't remember them due to all that drama.
It was so bad that my girlfriend fell asleep near the end. Since she picked the movie, I repeatedly attempted to wake her up so she could suffer through the movie as well.
Not worth the dollar plus tax she spent for the rental at redbox.
Well this movie stunk so much although I recently watched it I had to google it to remind myself what it was about.
Ok, apparently it's about an alien invasion a la Tom Cruise's War of the Worlds (which i did like). It centers around Aaron Eckhart as a veteran Marine who wants to retire but has to lead a platoon to battle aliens and rescue civilians.
The main reason I hated this movie was that for all the action in the movie, there was overemphasis of all the drama of Aaron Eckhart losing his entire squad in Iraq in the past and not wanting to lose more people. That is all good...in another movie. There is no place for this in an alien-fighting movie! I am sure there were parts I liked but I can't remember them due to all that drama.
It was so bad that my girlfriend fell asleep near the end. Since she picked the movie, I repeatedly attempted to wake her up so she could suffer through the movie as well.
Not worth the dollar plus tax she spent for the rental at redbox.
Lightning Quick Movie Review: I Am Number Four
Honestly, I hope there is a sequel to this movie and I hope they call it "I Am Number Two". Never afraid to wear a joke out to death, I continuously mused out loud during the whole movie "I wonder when Number Two will appear?"
This is a teen sci fi movie about a teen from another planet who has to conceal his different-ness and hide from other aliens who want to kill him. Yup. It's a metaphor for life as a teen. And it has all the teen elements in the movie for kids to associate with: a love interest, angst and frustration, cool vehicles (according to all these teen movies, you gotta have either an old truck or motorcycle, right?), bullies, fights with parental figures, and aliens trying to kill you.
I'm easy to please and it was worth the $1.00 plus tax I paid to rent it on redbox. Some of the special effects were bad but the fight scenes were great. Seriously, I doubt they will but they should make a sequel and expand on Number Six (an experienced combative girl that rides a motorcycle) and of course, introduce Number Two!
This is a teen sci fi movie about a teen from another planet who has to conceal his different-ness and hide from other aliens who want to kill him. Yup. It's a metaphor for life as a teen. And it has all the teen elements in the movie for kids to associate with: a love interest, angst and frustration, cool vehicles (according to all these teen movies, you gotta have either an old truck or motorcycle, right?), bullies, fights with parental figures, and aliens trying to kill you.
I'm easy to please and it was worth the $1.00 plus tax I paid to rent it on redbox. Some of the special effects were bad but the fight scenes were great. Seriously, I doubt they will but they should make a sequel and expand on Number Six (an experienced combative girl that rides a motorcycle) and of course, introduce Number Two!
Lightning Quick Movie Review: Unknown
Did you like the movie Taken with Liam Neeson? Did you like the Bourne Identity but got a little queasy with all the jittery camera work? Cool, me too! So let's watch it again only call it Unknown this time.
Unknown is about a biotechnologist (Mr. Qui Gon Jinn himself) who wakes from a coma and apparently finds his identity and wife stolen from him. He thus seeks to find out what the hell is going on.
Since I saw previews before I watched the movie, I constantly was yelling out "I DIDN'T FORGET EVERYTHING!" in my uncanny Liam Neeson growly, "i mean business now" voice. I am sure this annoyed my hyper tolerant girlfriend to no end.
I am not hard to please movie-wise and was not sarcastic with the opening paragraph. Since I enjoyed Taken and the Bourne Identity I enjoyed this movie. Plenty of suspense and action. It was well worth the obscene amount of money my girlfriend payed to rent it on iTunes.
Unknown is about a biotechnologist (Mr. Qui Gon Jinn himself) who wakes from a coma and apparently finds his identity and wife stolen from him. He thus seeks to find out what the hell is going on.
Since I saw previews before I watched the movie, I constantly was yelling out "I DIDN'T FORGET EVERYTHING!" in my uncanny Liam Neeson growly, "i mean business now" voice. I am sure this annoyed my hyper tolerant girlfriend to no end.
I am not hard to please movie-wise and was not sarcastic with the opening paragraph. Since I enjoyed Taken and the Bourne Identity I enjoyed this movie. Plenty of suspense and action. It was well worth the obscene amount of money my girlfriend payed to rent it on iTunes.
Quick Movie Review: Sanctum
*note: this is the first of my lightning quick movie reviews. I'm not going to get into an in depth character or story analysis and spoil the movie. I'm just going to tell you if I thought it was worth spending a dollar or so to watch it. Also these reviews are a little dated because I wait for them to come out on DVD. cheaper! Want me to review movies in theaters? you're welcome to donate through Paypal. don't forget popcorn and soda money!
Are you afraid of falling? tight places? drowning? the dark?
Are you afraid of falling into a tight place and drowning in the dark? Well....SANCTUM!
It's about a bunch of cave divers (spelunkers!) that explore a vast network of caves when some things start going wrong (of course!). Individually, caving, rock climbing, rappelling, and diving are already dangerous. Mix them all together, add some inexperience and bad decisions and you have a major disaster awaiting.
I wanted to watch this movie for the water factor since I have been doing a lot of swimming lately. I also found myself making a lot of comments on the climbing since I had a little experience with that as well. The scenery is great but some of the indoor cave scenes had me thinking "boy I bet those actors are cold in that water tank!" I also thought never since the Chilean miner rescue coverage has Petzl scored such a product placement bonanza. They make some great helmets and headlamps!
This movie was well worth the $1.00 plus tax I spent on it (redbox) and left me wondering how long I could hold my breath and how fresh the batteries in my headlamp are...
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