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The A Team (2010) film review
This summer has been rather lackluster for the usual tentpole blockbuster season. Joining the chorus of mediocrity is the updated A-Team. I was a
kid when the show was originally aired. I think I saw re-runs. My father was an actual A-Team fan though and was surprisingly excited for the film. I was vacationing in San Diego, CA when this
premiered. A 5.7 earthquake struck the theater moments into the movie, creating an intense viewing experience. Thoughts are ...
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Get Him to the Greek Film Review
One of several films I failed to write about was Get Him to the Greek. This is an unofficial follow-up to 2008's (I think) Forgetting
Sarah Marshall. It brings back the breakout character of Aldous Snow (played with aplomb by Russell Brand), the sex and drug fueled rocker behind such international sensations as "The
Clap". The film, directed and primarily written by Nicholas Stoller (a writer for Forgetting Sarah Marshall), tells the story of Aaron Green (Jonah Hill, ...
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Apolgies
It's apparently been nearly 60 days since my last review. Things have just been incredibly hectic for myself. Work is beating me up a bit and I've both had my
heartbroken and have found new romantic endeavors. Also, I just failed to sit down and write. I'm going to be adding several very short reviews today.
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Iron Man 2 review
And here we are, the official kick-off of the summer blockbuster movie season. What better way to start the summer then with a popcorn flick starring the
imminently talented Robert Downey Jr.? Iron Man 2 was a blast to watch. Though not as even as it could have been. It's clear that John Favreau shoots from the hip in his
film-making. Clearly that is is a double edged sword here as too much is thrown on the able ...
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Kick-Ass film review
Yet another late review. I really do apologize. Life just keeps getting in the way of me keeping up with this non-money generating blog. Funny how that goes. So
I'm going to do another one of my lazy man reviews because today I want to talk more about Iron Man 2.
So a couple weeks ago the friends and I caught this indie-comic film. Here are my bulleted thoughts:
So a couple weeks ago the friends and I caught this indie-comic film. Here are my bulleted thoughts:
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Clash of the Titans (2010) film review
Where do I even begin with this one? The remade Clash of the Titans was so brash, loud, and empty that all I can remember is my friends and I
trying to behave like the characters on Mystery Science Theater 3000. I almost thought to see a SyFy channel logo pop up at some point because the production quality and
thought put into this movie was about on par with Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus.
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Alice in Wonderland Review
Another review I've been meaning to write for a while. I saw Alice in Wonderland when it premiered earlier this month. As I'm pretty busy and under the weather I
again will be forgoing any real depth to my reactions. Here is a bullet list run down of my feelings on this new Tim Burton vehicle:
- Entertained me throughout. Johnny Depp makes a great Mad Hatter. I don't understand the hate he's gotten due to the varying accents ...
The Wolfman film review
The Wolfman is one of Universal Studios' most celebrated horror franchises. After an embattled production, release delays, and script rewrites we now have Joe Johnston's remake of the 1941 classic. In nearly all human cultures there are stories of men turned into beasts via a curse. All cultures have ideas of what is means to be human and the threat of losing that identity to malevolence or violence. This is an idea that no longer is original so how does one even hope to make it engaging? If you're living in 2010, you take out most of this identity crisis and sprinkle it with insane amounts of violence and generalizations about lycanthropy.
Benecio del Toro turns in an admirable performance as the titular Wolfman. He is apparently an American actor born of British parents who has essentially self-exiled himself after a traumatic experience. His character, Lawerence Talbot, returns to Victorian England after the death of his estranged brother at the claws of some "creature". After some investigation he finds that the creature is the mythical werewolf. He is of course attacked and the fun ensues.
Anthony Hopkins stars as the distant father, who spouts line of dialogue so obtuse even my head was scratched. There is a twist involved which I won't spoil but you will see coming a mile away.
Emily Blunt is the beautiful widow of Lawerence's brother. She of course falls in love with Lawerence too somehow. Perhaps because he is one of three males we ever see her interact with? Her acting is actually better than most of her peers.
The movie is pretty forgettable. If you don't like violent films you'll want to steer away. One thing the film really got right was the atmosphere. When the wolfman tears shit up, he tears shit up and people are absolutely affected and Victorian England definitely says, "my word". All in all I was entertained but not floored. Yeah, my reviews are getting lazy and I don't really care.
Benecio del Toro turns in an admirable performance as the titular Wolfman. He is apparently an American actor born of British parents who has essentially self-exiled himself after a traumatic experience. His character, Lawerence Talbot, returns to Victorian England after the death of his estranged brother at the claws of some "creature". After some investigation he finds that the creature is the mythical werewolf. He is of course attacked and the fun ensues.
Anthony Hopkins stars as the distant father, who spouts line of dialogue so obtuse even my head was scratched. There is a twist involved which I won't spoil but you will see coming a mile away.
Emily Blunt is the beautiful widow of Lawerence's brother. She of course falls in love with Lawerence too somehow. Perhaps because he is one of three males we ever see her interact with? Her acting is actually better than most of her peers.
The movie is pretty forgettable. If you don't like violent films you'll want to steer away. One thing the film really got right was the atmosphere. When the wolfman tears shit up, he tears shit up and people are absolutely affected and Victorian England definitely says, "my word". All in all I was entertained but not floored. Yeah, my reviews are getting lazy and I don't really care.
Youth in Revolt film review
This is going to be a short and not very well-written review of a movie I've meant to review a long time ago. Youth in Revolt left no truly lasting impression on
me so I'll just review it in bullet points:
- The film is entertaining and I did let out a few guffaws
- Michael Cera stretched himself just ever so slightly to play a "bad boy". Really I felt like like it was another way for him to use ...
Busy Busy
I've been neglecting the blog recently. I've had a shift change at work and some life events that have taken my focus away from reviewing the movies I've seen recently. I'm going
to have some reviews up later today.
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