Archive | February 2012
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Marmaduke
Plot Marmaduke left me with several questions. Questions such as, “Whose idea was it to make a kids movie about a comic strip that hasn’t been funny in decades and is mostly read by old people?” Questions such as, “Who hung the lights at the dog party?” Questions such as, “Why isn’t there enough background [...]
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Plot Tonight, on Nicolas Cage Will Do Anything for a Paycheck Theater… I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that this project got the green light to attempt to cash in on the whole Harry Potter craze, and to take advantage of that particular series coming to an end not long [...]
Take Shelter
Plot I’m at a loss as to what to even write in this section, because I have no idea what I just watched. How did this guy know the storm was coming? What did his dreams actually mean? Why were there so many birds? The movie answered none of these questions. Characters The main character [...]
The Guard
Plot I remember seeing the poster for The Guard a few times, but never gave it another thought. That’s probably because the poster I saw didn’t show that it was a comedy. I decided to give it a shot after seeing the trailer come on before one of my recently reviewed movies. Underneath all the [...]
Crazy Heart
Plot I decided to do Bloodworth and Crazy Heart back to back, because I thought they’d be similar stories. You know, since the posters are almost identical, and they came out a year apart. Boy, was I wrong. My biggest problem with Crazy Heart was that the subplot involving the main character’s son was never [...]
Bloodworth
Plot Okay, I get that the main plot of Bloodworth was that the old man came back after 40 years. What I don’t get is why they buried it under all those subplots. Every single character had one of their own, most of which weren’t directly related to the main plot. That left this movie [...]
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Plot Time travel doesn’t always play well with storytelling, especially when the story doesn’t stick to its own rules. In the case of The Time Traveler’s Wife, the main character seems to switch back and forth between being able to control where he goes and how long he goes, and showing up random places for [...]
Somewhere
Plot Somewhere got its name after they strung together a bunch of pointless scenes (my favorite was the scene where the main character straightens a bottle on his coffee table!) and said to themselves, “There’s a plot in there…somewhere.” The one thing that even remotely hinted at a plot were the mysterious foul-mouthed text messages [...]
The Debt
Plot The Debt had two plots going on at once. That isn’t usually a bad thing, but they were really imbalanced here. Plus, one of the stories gave away the key plot point of the other one. Then I had to watch as the second plot unfolded, even though I already knew what would happen. [...]
Restless
Plot It’s a given that any film, no matter what the length, will more than likely have a scene that comes thirty minutes before the ending where the main characters have a misunderstanding. I think this signals the beginning of the third act, but I’m no movie expert. In Restless, it just feels a little [...]