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Blood: The Last Vampire 2009
This was a pretty enjoyable movie about a vampire girl who goes around killing other vampires. She's been doing it for hundreds of years and it shows. She is quite an efficient vampire killing machine.
With the bright orange colored day shots and the swooping cameras, it almost felt like I was watching a Michael Bay movie. Other times it seemed like it was mimicking Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It was a very beautiful, very stylized world that was created.…
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Farce of the Penguins 2007
I love March of the Penguins, and I'm even a moderate fan of Bob Saget (both his G and R rated material), but this movie is terrible. The jokes are barely funny and even then they aren't much more than fart jokes. With the sheer amount of comedy talent in this film, you would think they could help contribute, or at least tell Saget his material was complete shit.
About the only good thing about the movie was the voice actors. It's fun to listen to all the famous voices and try to figure out who they are. Samuel L Jackson was great as a narrator. -
Fantastic Four 2005
This movie did a great job of getting the characterizations right for each of the Fantastic Four. For me, Chris Evans really stands out as Johnny Storm though. He has the perfect, over the top, cocky attitude to play the Human Torch. The interactions between him and the Thing were some of the best parts of the film.
The only two real points that detract from the film are Reed's CGI and the fact that with almost every move the…
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Girl Model 2012
This was a very disturbing documentary about the overseas modeling world of young girls. Nothing horrific seems to have happened to our protagonist, but you have to wonder what was going on when the cameras weren't there. She seemed awfully sad and upset about being on her own and scouting for jobs. The American lady who was her scout seemed more like a pimp than someone who was truly on her side. I have a feeling her giant New England…
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Captain America: The First Avenger 2011
I loved Chris Evans as Captain America. Before the film came out, I was a little shaky upon hearing he was going to play Cap. I mostly knew Evans from Fantastic Four's Johnny Storm and Scott Pilgrim's Lucas Lee. Those were both the sort of wise-cracking jock types, and I could have easily seen him wrongly playing Cap as that. I was very pleasantly surprised that he was able to capture Steve Rogers' heart. I really felt like I was…
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Sin City 2005
Worth dying for
Worth killing for
Worth going to hell forThis movie is all style with quite a bit of substance. I love the black and white stylized with splashes of color. At times the black and white didn't even seem black and white, it was as if they were just shooting at night in the shadows and I think that helped it give Sin City the grunge and shadiness a town like that would have. Like the town…
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Excess Baggage 1997
A Life Less Ordinary may have done it better, but this is still quite an enjoyable film even if for nothing other than the chemistry between Alicia Silverstone and Benicio Del Toro. Plus it's got Christopher Walken. I do have to admit seeing this a bit through nostalgia goggles. Like a lot of people I had a big crush on Alicia Silverstone in the 90s, and I watched this movie many, many times, but I haven't seen it in years.…
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No Country for Old Men 2007
Honestly this just seems like a toned down Fargo. It's still a great film though. Excellent acting by all involved, even the minor characters (Beth Grant always cracks me up). Introducing unique weapons such as the air gun and the silenced shotgun was an interesting way to keep the audience's attention.
There's not really much I can say about this movie that hasn't been said a hundred times already. -
Escape from Sobibor 1987
This was definitely a depressing movie. It offers a view into everyday life at a Nazi work/death camp in Poland. This is where the film really shines. It really painted a grim portrait of life under Nazi guard, but never got too heavy or preachy with the way it was portrayed. I won't get into specifics because I think it's better to not know what's coming as it makes it all the more jarring when these things happen. Needless to…
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The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle 2010
This was an interesting independent movie. The lead character quits his job and becomes a janitor. He goes on a sort of spiritual exploration by trying out different religions. Meanwhile he and his coworkers have been eating some experimental cookies which have extremely unusual side effects.
By far my favorite parts of this film were the surreal sequences. At times it almost felt like I was watching some music video. The camera work and editing throughout the movie took risks… -
Across the Universe 2007
I'm not a huge fan of musicals, but this is easily my favorite.
I tried picking out my favorite song/sequence, but I couldn't, they're all great and do their part to tell this fantastic story. I will say that I would never have thought that the songs Helter Skelter and Across the Universe could be played with and against each other like they were in the film. It seems like every song was written for these scenes. They flowed the… -
Mission: Impossible 1996
I still remember seeing this back in theatres when it came out. I'm embarrassed to say I fell asleep during the film, but I have seen it many times since then and enjoyed it every time. I didn't really care for the second and third movies, but I recently saw the fourth and it seemed to be a return to form and I liked it surprisingly well. I still prefer this film though. The spy thriller meets action movie works…
