Rattatoullie: Very sweet and charming and funny and everything Pixar does right. Not the best ever, I don't think, but up there. However, the short at the beginning is my favorite short ever. I cannot remember the last time I giggled like an idiot for 5 minutes straight!
Little Children: Umm.... meh. I had a weird state of mind for this movie, as I had heard from two people how genius it was, and two others how horrendous it was. I ended up in the middle. It was just a little boring, a little mishmashed. The announcer was occassionally the only source of humor (wry, of course), and sometimes completely ruining the drama by narrating emotions. People did an ok job, it just was so long and drawn out and not really about all that much. The football scene was amazing, though. I desperately searched for a way to connect that amazingness to the rest of the movie, but I can't think of a way!
Saw 3: Zzzzz. You are boring, Saw! It's not novel anymore to tear people up in interesting ways. Inserting a lame story of redemption/forgiveness doesn't help. Inserting a lame "twist" doesn't help. Inserting lame backstories doesn't help. BORing.
[typed a few days later]
Hostel 2: I take it back! Saw 3 was great! Jeez, at least Saw 3 pretended it was deeper than blood and guts. It failed utterly, but it tried. Hostel is just about torture. It's not about anything, and no it's not interesting that people want to watch or participate in torture. It wasn't interesting when the first one came out, it's defintely not for the lame sequel. And even if you only want blood and guts, Saw 3 does it better. Damn you, Hostel 2, I hate you for making me elevate Saw 3!
Shrek 3: Y'know, I don't really know. I fell asleep on the plane cuz the movie was boring and I was tired. Don't really care to find out what happened either. *shrug*
The Fountain: Weird and silly. Pretty, I guess, but mostly fluff. Extraordinarily slow and boring fluff. Newagey/buddhist ideas with fancy graphics, meh. B said it was like an hour and a half long music video.
Sunshine: Woooooooo! Oh em gee I love this movie. It was soooo great. So beautiful and suspenseful and awesome. The science is a little thin (restart the sun?!), but it's not The Core, trust me. It was really great, and I don't understand people's complaints about the ending either, it was fine. Man I wanna go see this movie again.
Harry Potter 5: Well, hm, it's a Harry Potter movie? I mean, it's not bad, it's a harry potter movie. But it's not good, it's a harry potter movie. Much like the books, the longer they go on, the less charming and more dramatic they get. If you care about the drama, it's interesting, if not... meh. And even still, this movie was thin on drama, it mostly advanced the plot for the 6th and 7th. I thought the wizard battles were cool. B said they were like star wars, but hey, I like star wars. Maybe 6 will be awesome.
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As a side note, I saw Sunshine in Robert Redford's Sundance Theater. One of those new fangled theaters that are supposed to reinvigorate the movie going experience. I was excited for this, as I think it's an interesting development in movies and media. People hate going to movies, shitty seats, crappy food, annoying people, etc etc. And our home systems are getting so much better, the only reason some of us go out is for the blockbusters. So this idea interested me. Unfortunately it wasn't all that fancy. They have a cafe and a restaurant and a lounge in front, I guess that's nice. You have assigned seats, that's cool. And some stooge introduces the movie on a microphone before it starts. That all adds up to an $11.50 ticket price. Don't get me wrong, it was a nice experience, but it wasn't really the wave of the future, as far as I'm concerned. Maybe there are other theaters that go all out, dunno.
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