Saturday, March 27, 2010
@ Hot Tub Time Machine
Stay tuned! I will be @Hot Tub Time Machine later tonight and there will be a review to follow. I am so excited!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
@Frost/Nixon
Well I didn't like this movie at all. To begin with, the two main characters David Frost and Richard Noxin spoke in such a way that it was really hard for them to understand. Besides that, the movie is kind of unrealistic in that it implies that just because someone is super likable and suave, that he can beat an american president in a debate. I don't know about you, but I am getting pretty tired of this cool-guy-conquers-the-world template.
Frost looked like he hadn't worked a day in his life except to be funny and tell jokes and stuff on tv shows and then he was all hard on richard nixon. Plus the guy playing nixon didn't really look like the real nixon and used some salty language which I felt demeaned the office.
Also, why should a brittish guy who lives dewn-undah (~g'day mate!) give a crap about a fallen american prez? Who does he think he is trying to take down the guy who set up the first earth day in 1970?! I mean nixon worked his KEISTER off to get to where he was and then to have some petulant child tell him that he's a shyster? Really?
This movie left an extremely fowl taste in my mouth. I do not recommend anyone watch this movie whatsoever. To paraphrase some of the salty language fake nixon from the movie used, I hope the M***********s who made this movie CHOKE!
Also I think I'm going to start instituting a rating system to put numbers to how much I like movies. I'll call it the at system and it will range from zero to 5 ats (@). This movie gets a shocking zero ats.
Frost looked like he hadn't worked a day in his life except to be funny and tell jokes and stuff on tv shows and then he was all hard on richard nixon. Plus the guy playing nixon didn't really look like the real nixon and used some salty language which I felt demeaned the office.
Also, why should a brittish guy who lives dewn-undah (~g'day mate!) give a crap about a fallen american prez? Who does he think he is trying to take down the guy who set up the first earth day in 1970?! I mean nixon worked his KEISTER off to get to where he was and then to have some petulant child tell him that he's a shyster? Really?
This movie left an extremely fowl taste in my mouth. I do not recommend anyone watch this movie whatsoever. To paraphrase some of the salty language fake nixon from the movie used, I hope the M***********s who made this movie CHOKE!
Also I think I'm going to start instituting a rating system to put numbers to how much I like movies. I'll call it the at system and it will range from zero to 5 ats (@). This movie gets a shocking zero ats.
Monday, March 8, 2010
@JCVD
When I was younger, I used to love Jean-Claude Van Damme movies. What set his movies apart from Steven Segal or the Gov-ah-nator was that they had real heart. They always had amazing stories and you always left the theater feeling like you could take on the world.
In the past few years, however, I haven't been paying much attention to Van Damme because I tend not to pay much attention to movies that are released directly to video. For those of you who don't know, the reason movies get released only on video is because they are either A) not very good to begin with B) have too much sex for main stream movies or C) are really artsy-fartsy and don't have a chance to make any money.
JCVD, however does not fit any of these very well sometimes it's a little artsy-fatrsy), but I don't remember it ever coming out in theatres. This movie definitely shows me something. I am happy to say that Van Damme still has not only the karate moves, but the acting chops to really carry a movie.
You spend alot of this movie feeling bad for him. He really is just a victim of circumstance who has tried to attone for his past sins by just being a good guy and trying to get stuff going again. There are lots of funny jokes in this movie, including jokes about steven segal cutting off his pony tail and about how Van Dammes daughter is ashamed of him. That last one extempified the level of black humor that abounds in this film; you often find yourself laughing at Vandammes Expense but then feeling really bad for it.
Like I said, there are several parts that were a little to much for me, like when Van Damme has a look at the camera and pretty much begs americans to like him. You don't have to beg Jean-Claude! I like you very much!
In the past few years, however, I haven't been paying much attention to Van Damme because I tend not to pay much attention to movies that are released directly to video. For those of you who don't know, the reason movies get released only on video is because they are either A) not very good to begin with B) have too much sex for main stream movies or C) are really artsy-fartsy and don't have a chance to make any money.
JCVD, however does not fit any of these very well sometimes it's a little artsy-fatrsy), but I don't remember it ever coming out in theatres. This movie definitely shows me something. I am happy to say that Van Damme still has not only the karate moves, but the acting chops to really carry a movie.
You spend alot of this movie feeling bad for him. He really is just a victim of circumstance who has tried to attone for his past sins by just being a good guy and trying to get stuff going again. There are lots of funny jokes in this movie, including jokes about steven segal cutting off his pony tail and about how Van Dammes daughter is ashamed of him. That last one extempified the level of black humor that abounds in this film; you often find yourself laughing at Vandammes Expense but then feeling really bad for it.
Like I said, there are several parts that were a little to much for me, like when Van Damme has a look at the camera and pretty much begs americans to like him. You don't have to beg Jean-Claude! I like you very much!
Friday, March 5, 2010
@Gooby
I apologize for the almost 2 month break but I havn't really seen any movies that tickled me enough to write about them.
Untill tonight.
Its not hard to figure out that I'm a huge sucker for childrens movies with really nice stories. I had a pretty tough week at work and really just wanted to unwind with a couple of glasses of mulled wine, some left over valentines candy and a light movie. As I was walking through Blockbuster's, I ran across a little gem called "Gooby". I was intrigued by the cover which had a giant stuffed animal with a scarf hanging out with a little boy.
The main charachter is a pre-teen named Willie who has an overactive imaginiation. He dreams up things like space cars and thinks he sees monsters and stuff but that his house keeps him safe. All that gets flipped upside down on it's head when his parents tell him that they are moving to a new place. His mom suggests that he takes his old stuffed animal gooby with him to keep him safe and he's like "Mom! I'm not a baby!" and leaves Gooby behind. But then, to Willie (and my) surprise, Gooby comes to life and shows up at the new place!
Man oh Man do they have some adventures too! There is a career reviving supporting star turn by Eugene Levy as the new school teacher "Mr. Nerdlinger", a sucessfull childrens writer and author of the "Fleshington Fish" series. He is very concerned with being famous and believes that getting a picture of gooby will be just the ticket he needs.
At first I thought Gooby was just in Willie's imagination but it is very clear that he is a real thing, as he talks to many other characters, buys movie tickets for children to an R rated action movie.
After I watched the movie I talked to a couple of friends about it and when I described the plot they all made fun of it and said it sounded like it was a movie about a pedophile in a bear suit who goes from child to child, leaving when the kid gets too old or boring. This is absolute horse hockey. There is nothing at all indecent or purile at work here and gooby just loves kids and gives them self-confidence!
There are many great lines and screwball scenes in this movie. Gooby takes Willie to a costume party at a movie theatre and when a bully dressed like a hotdog tries to beat willie up, gooby scares him so bad that he pees himself and says "Willie, the hotdog just peed!". One of the more touching lines is when gooby tells Willie:"I liked being your dad!"
All in all I really liked this movie. Though it is a little difficult to write about I just really felt in my heart that this was a story that alot of people need to see and maybe wouldn't if I didn't bring it to their attention.
Untill tonight.
Its not hard to figure out that I'm a huge sucker for childrens movies with really nice stories. I had a pretty tough week at work and really just wanted to unwind with a couple of glasses of mulled wine, some left over valentines candy and a light movie. As I was walking through Blockbuster's, I ran across a little gem called "Gooby". I was intrigued by the cover which had a giant stuffed animal with a scarf hanging out with a little boy.
The main charachter is a pre-teen named Willie who has an overactive imaginiation. He dreams up things like space cars and thinks he sees monsters and stuff but that his house keeps him safe. All that gets flipped upside down on it's head when his parents tell him that they are moving to a new place. His mom suggests that he takes his old stuffed animal gooby with him to keep him safe and he's like "Mom! I'm not a baby!" and leaves Gooby behind. But then, to Willie (and my) surprise, Gooby comes to life and shows up at the new place!
Man oh Man do they have some adventures too! There is a career reviving supporting star turn by Eugene Levy as the new school teacher "Mr. Nerdlinger", a sucessfull childrens writer and author of the "Fleshington Fish" series. He is very concerned with being famous and believes that getting a picture of gooby will be just the ticket he needs.
At first I thought Gooby was just in Willie's imagination but it is very clear that he is a real thing, as he talks to many other characters, buys movie tickets for children to an R rated action movie.
After I watched the movie I talked to a couple of friends about it and when I described the plot they all made fun of it and said it sounded like it was a movie about a pedophile in a bear suit who goes from child to child, leaving when the kid gets too old or boring. This is absolute horse hockey. There is nothing at all indecent or purile at work here and gooby just loves kids and gives them self-confidence!
There are many great lines and screwball scenes in this movie. Gooby takes Willie to a costume party at a movie theatre and when a bully dressed like a hotdog tries to beat willie up, gooby scares him so bad that he pees himself and says "Willie, the hotdog just peed!". One of the more touching lines is when gooby tells Willie:"I liked being your dad!"
All in all I really liked this movie. Though it is a little difficult to write about I just really felt in my heart that this was a story that alot of people need to see and maybe wouldn't if I didn't bring it to their attention.
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