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Last night I watched Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star out of the worst cases of boredom. It had its humorous parts, I must admit, but the plot, itself, seemed rather predictable and unoriginal. I usually like David Spade's acting, his dry humor, but, regarding the movie itself, I cannot say many good things. :p
My rating: 5/10.
I love the scene where Dickie and all the former child stars are playing poker, that scene alone made watching the movie almost worth it. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by mono
I just watched Assault on Precinct 13 (the newer one). This is one of the worst movies I've seen in quite awhile.
Nothing made any sense; I must have said 'Yeah right!' about 50 times during the course of the movie.
There are too many cliches to count in this movie - even just in the traditional interpersonal relationships the movie drags you through.
Worse than any of that, however, is the resolution of the film.
Apparently, the good of Ethan Hawke recovering his confidence (read - ability to kill, command others to kill, and place others in dangerous situations) is far superior to the massive body count.
Guesstimate - at least 35 personal deaths in this movie - including 5 of the main characters.
But it works out in the end because Ethan Hawke is a more resolved, refined police officer.
2/10.
Drumline 9/10
What a girl wants 3/10.It was rather odd,don't know why?
I went to the drivein theater this past weekend and saw X-men 3 and the remake of The Omen. X-men was pretty good, but my BF complained because the story line was changed quite a bit from the original comics. The Omen was blah, I had to leave during the middle anyway. I sometimes take my dog with us (it is the drivein, remember, not a regular theater. ;) ) and there was a fireworks show going on nearby. Dillon gets very afraid of fireworks and he kept trying to climb in the front seat with us.
Superman, it gets 5 of 10
I just watched Onegin with Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler. I'm not a huge Liv Tyler fan but she wasn't nearly as annoying in this movie as she was in LOTR and Ralph Fiennes was, as always, fabulous. It stayed quite faithful to the book which is good, although it was even more brooding than the novel but I love brooding so that worked for me. The odd thing about this movie is that it was so slow moving and I'm not talking about the plot, I'm talking about the physical movements of the actors, seriously, I've never seen a movie where people walk sooooooo slowly. I don't know if it was because of their super duper dandy clothes or the directors attempt at setting a mood but it was downright distracting. And Ralph Fiennes' hair was very...fancy. :rolleyes: I give it an 8 out of 10.
Man on Fire, with Denzel. Tough in one scene (the fingers scene); great story; very well acted; great cinematography.
Yesterday evening, I watched Underworld Evolution through the strong coaxing of my younger brother. I apologize if anyone here enjoyed the movie, but (*sigh), I thought it a plotless set of television frames that only had sex and violence to offer. On the brighter side, the special effects seemed decent, I suppose.
My rating: 2/10.
Pirates of the Caribbean II—Dead Man’s Chest
9/10
Save The Last Dance.
I didn't have a choice to watch this. Well, I did, but I only voted by it for accident. At school yesterday we were given a choice of DVDs to watch, and seeing as I'd never seen this before, I decided to vote for it. If I'd realised it was going to be all about hip-hop, I might have had second thoughts (I don't have any interest in hip-hop, I'm afraid).
The idea was nice. I thought the plot sounded interesting, and I suppose the way the ballet was mixed with contemporary dancing was well done, but I ended up feeling irritated with Julia Stiles's character, instead of feeling sympathetic like you were supposed to. I also found that the plot dragged in places. The best thing you could say about Save The Last Dance, I suppose, is that the dancing is well choreographed. The main fault was that the characters seemed bland and two dimensional, and that I ended up not really caring if the girl was accepted into the dance school or not.
4/10. Not horrific, but personally I didn't enjoy it very much.
Last night . . . *sigh, I had a horrible night . . . but I watched a movie called Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a fairly recent movie.
I had heard decent things of it, of its dark humor (which I always, always love), its twisted plot, thrilling scenes, and a brainy plot. The storyline, itself, reminds me of a classic 'who-done-it?' type of plot, but in a very modern setting; its satirical theme, too, reminded me of something Quentin Tarantino would direct (and I had to look twice to see the name of the director, Shane Black).
Anyway - wonderful movie, dark, twisted plot, excellent storyline, and dark humor that almost (not quite) compares to one of my favorite directors, Wes Anderson.
My rating: 9/10.
Went to the drivein movies again this past weekend as I did last weekend. In total we saw Poseidon, Superman Returns, Cars (they showed it again) and Pirates of the Caribbean 2, dead man's chest.
Poseidon 4/10
Superman 5/10
Cars 7/10 was my original rating, but after a second viewing (and it held up very well! ) I give it an 8.5/10
Pirates 7/10
Pirates has just opened and I think it was very cute, good fun...and the drivein was PACKED! Must have been over 300 cars....
Pirates: 9/10