Archive | July 2012
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Here’s a handy review of The Machinist for you
…and you thought some of my other post titles were terrible. Plot I had originally written some disparaging words about the plot, because it was so slow to start moving, but everything got so crazy during the last 30 minutes that I’ve decided to give back the point I had originally taken off. Characters Talk [...]
Crazy Stupid Love. Is there any other kind? Anyway, I reviewed it.
Plot There’s enough plot here for two movies. I can’t decide if it’s a good thing that they gave all of the characters plenty of time to develop their stories, or if it’s a bad thing because the movie felt long and crowded. Plus, the “big reveal” that came near the end didn’t pack the [...]
Turns out the local theater was screening Moonrise Kingdom all along
I thought I was going to have the whole theater to myself, until about 20 (talkative) people, in separate groups of 3-5, started coming in around 5 minutes into the movie, and didn’t stop until about 30 minutes in. I possibly missed some things as a result of being distracted. Plot This film had a [...]
Here she is, Miss Congeniality
Today’s review was recommended to me by William Shatner. I mean, he mentioned it in his autobiography, Up Till Now, which I just finished reading. Why, yes, I do read books. Plot As much as I hate beauty pageants and all they stand for, as well as My Fair Lady story lines (and the “guy [...]
Get this Trespass review out of my house!
Today’s for-no-reason-other-than-I-love-you bonus review was supposed to be another film, but the DVD wouldn’t play…and Trespass was so bad that it doesn’t deserve a day to itself. Plot This was supposed to be a suspenseful movie**, I think, but they kept adding new “twists” every few minutes which totally killed that. In fact, by the [...]
I finally gave in and watched (500) Days of Summer
Plot Ugh. This film is saturated with talk of pretentious indie hipster music that I secretly love. This film was very non-linear, but they made sure you could keep track of when each scene was taking place. Oh, and, for the record, Octopus’ Garden really is the best Beatles song. Characters I don’t care much [...]
Look out! It’s a Lockout review!
Plot Space. Action. Space action. This film unapologetically has it all. The action starts almost immediately and doesn’t stop until it’s almost time for the closing credits. You can’t fault an action movie for that. Side note: Although this film does feature a space prison, nobody accidentally frees any sorceresses. Second side note: So I [...]
Celebrate Christmas in July with a review of Trapped in Paradise
Plot I liked that they eventually “mended their ways”, but giving the money to the church? Why didn’t they leave it on the bank president’s doorstep if they couldn’t return it to the bank? Characters That voice Dana Carvey was using was a little annoying, and Nicolas Cage’s accent came and went, but the three [...]
Reviewing Starship Troopers guarantees citizenship!
It’s been a while since I’ve had a bonus review, so let’s celebrate TIWAM getting 1,000 views in one week, shall we? And 300+ followers and 7,500 total views while we’re at it! As always, I couldn’t do it without you beautiful people. My RoboCop review was (surprisingly) one of my most controversial yet. Considering [...]
Why don’t they make more films like Casa de mi Padre? Yo no se.
Plot This movie takes its plot very seriously, and it does so for laughs. That’s a very rare combination, and it works really well here. Characters The dialog in this film is very stilted and clunky, but it’s stilted and clunky on purpose. I don’t think anyone else could have filled Will Ferrell’s role here. [...]