Archive | March 2012
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Flypaper
Plot The plot of this one has me torn. There were so many plot twists, and when one would ruin everything and cause the plot to make no sense, the next one was close behind to fix things again…only to have the next one ruin it all over again. Characters Did anyone in this film [...]
Letters to Juliet
Plot This film is as predictable as this type of film usually is. That is why I’m giving it a 2, because it neither over or under performed as far as the plot goes. Characters Why did the main character get engaged to that Balki impersonator, anyway? They had nothing in common, and he didn’t [...]
Young Adult
Plot I have to admit, this was a decent story, with lessons learned in the end and changes made because of those lessons. I especially liked how the events in the book the main character was writing reflected her own view of the events in her real life. Characters Charlize Theron’s character in Young Adult [...]
Carnage
Plot It’s easy to tell that this film was based on a play, because it felt like a play. The story didn’t really go anywhere before just abruptly stopping. Characters Despite not having much to work with, everyone did a good job here, and I’m not usually a fan of John C. Reilly or Christoph [...]
Sympathy for Delicious
Plot They squandered a really good premise here about a paralyzed guy who got the power to heal other people but not himself. They could have done a lot more with it. And that ending…I don’t even know what to say about that. Characters The main character was incredibly mean-spirited and arrogant, even when he [...]
RED
Plot Admittedly, I was a little confused until they finally got around to explaining what was going on, but once they did, I fully realized what a great film I was watching. Certain films can learn a lesson from RED. You can be excessively violent without all that bloodshed, and still manage to be entertaining. [...]
The Muppets
Plot They tried to invoke the spirit of the old Muppet days, and the result was incredibly nostalgic, in a sad sort of way. Sure, the plot was as cliche as they come, but the self-aware throwbacks to the Muppets’ earlier work overshadowed that. Characters I could go crazy here and talk about how great [...]
The Music Never Stopped
Plot When I read the synopsis for The Music Never Stopped, I thought the dad was the one with the tumor. Needless to say I was confused at the beginning because of that, but that’s not the film’s fault. Characters I don’t think I’ve described anything as “powerful” yet, but the performances were nothing short [...]