Archive | April 2012
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The Brothers Bloom blew me away.
Two posts in one day! Why? Because I can. Plot The Brothers Bloom contains several intricate con artist scams that, despite all their complications, somehow still manage to be simple to follow. And you know how confused I can get sometimes. Characters This film has some of the most eccentric and lovable characters I’ve ever [...]
Hulk smash!…my hopes of seeing an enjoyable film
Plot NOTE: This is about the 2003 film, not to be confused with 2008′s The Incredible Hulk, which I can’t seem to get my hands on. If The Incredible Hulk is the redheaded stepchild of the Marvel film universe (it’s the only one they didn’t bring back to Redbox now that The Avengers is in [...]
If nobody else is going to review Mirror Mirror, then I will.
I read a lot of blogs, but I can’t remember seeing any reviews of Mirror Mirror on any of them. Maybe I just don’t remember the reviews, seeing as it’s been out now for a month, but either way, I thought I’d give it a shot. Hooray? Plot This wasn’t so much a re-imagining of [...]
Iron Man 2
Plot The whole “blood toxicity” plot line seemed a little guilty of “ramping up the odds to make the sequel more exciting,” for lack of a better phrase. The “Russian guy helped Tony Stark’s dad” seemed a little guilty of “too much ret-conning,” for yet another lack of a better phrase. Characters I have to [...]
Iron Man
Plot Admittedly, I had never even heard of Iron Man before this film came out. What? I’ve already mentioned knowing more about the DC Comics universe in other reviews! Having now done my research, and having now seen this quite a few times (including the Rifftrax version!), I have to say they did a pretty [...]
Columbus Circle
Plot I accidentally watched another direct-to-DVD film, after saying I wouldn’t. So, here’s a bonus review! Columbus Circle was unpredictable enough to keep me hooked, but predictable enough to keep me comfortable. I’m sure that makes very little sense, but you’re used to that by now. Characters It’s nice to see Beau Bridges in a [...]
Hop
Plot Hop is a halfhearted attempt to make an Easter movie in the mold of lower-tier “__________ Saves Christmas” movies, combined with a little bit of Alvin and the Chipmunks for good* measure. Too bad the story almost completely fell apart about halfway through, because I was about to give it a 3 here based [...]
Max Payne
Plot I don’t know much about the video games this movie is based on, but I’ve heard this isn’t a very faithful adaptation. What I do know is, this was a pretty decent action thriller, at least up until the final few minutes when they decided that “fire as many shots as possible” was better [...]
Footloose
Plot Sure, actually showing the car crash that caused the whole story was an interesting touch, but switching from the original’s “no dancing is allowed whatsoever” to this version’s “unsupervised dancing is not allowed” just made the whole movie make absolutely no sense. Most of the rest of the scenes in this film were “updated” [...]
Bargain Binsday – Footloose
What is Bargain Binsday? Click here for details. Plot Today’s Bargain Binsday review is going up first, for reasons that will be obvious once today’s regular review is up. The premise of this movie seems so silly and tame by today’s standards, but somehow it works. Maybe that’s why it works. Characters Ah, the good [...]