Well, after a long blogging hiatus i'm back to update, inform, comment, and blab. Here's my brief thoughts on the movies i've seen or heard about over the past 4 or 5 months:
Bablyon A.D.: Wanted to see it at first because it seemed to have a cool sci-fi premise, but the reviews where simply dreadful. A big no on this one. Maybe I'll rent it sometime.
Traitor: Has anyone seen this movie? It stars Don Cheadle (black tech guy on Ocean's 11, 12, 13). I heard mixed reviews, but it did look interesting. Trying to decide if it is truly worthy of my viewing. Another one on the Maybe Rent list.
Play it Again Sam: Very, very funny. Woody Allen at his best. Unfortunately Woody Allen at his best also means that he'll sneak some off-color humor in there. Really impressed with it overall though.
Quantum of Solace: The newest Bond entry got knocked a little bit because it wasn't as sweepingly fresh, and emotionally moving as the first Daniel Craig installment. I feel that it didn't deserve the questionable reviews it got (though overall they were mostly positive). It has the same, if not better, action flair as the first Craig 007 movie, and the villian is truly on par with classic, creepy, power hungry Bond villians of yesteryear. Well crafted, intense, and enjoyable.
Valkyrie: Tom Cruise as a German Nazi??? If you can get past the weirdness of that concept, then this movie is wonderful. It's a tale of how higher ranking officials in the Nazi army attempted to assassinate Hitler. It was very refreshing to see another movie from the viewpoint of the other side (also see All Quiet On the Westfront). Very suspenseful even though you can guess closely as to what the outcome of the movie may be. Tom Cruise does a wonderful job.
Young Frankenstein: A classic that i had never seen before this past Christmas time. A weird, quirky, very funny comedy about the grandson of the great Dr. Frankenstein. Gene Wilder is delightful, and the supporting cast is bizarre (which is perfect). Unfortunately crude in a couple parts, but hilarious. A classic deserving to be so.
There are probably a couple other movies that i've seen recently that i've forgot about...probably because it is getting late and i should get to bed. There's my two cents on those movies. Blog you soon!
2 comments:
I havn't even heard about some of these movies; probably because I live in a small town with a crap movie theater that only plays one movie at a time. It's good to get your view on them.
Brian, you're an excellent writer. I've noticed that for a while. Keep writing-- you have a talent for that.
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