Walk Hard - This was good! I was surprised, the previews made me think not so much. And this is a parady of the Johnny Cash movie, and parodies for me usually don't have the legs to make a full movie, the gag gets old. But I actually kept this one and laughed quite a bit. It's not taking any crowns, it's not Anchorman or Ricky Bobby, but it was fun.
Aliens Vs. Predator 2 - Good, I guess. Guns and 'splosions and all that. I guess I wasn't totally in the mood for the gore (which is ruthless choosing its victims), so I didn't feel jazzed by it. But I felt like if I had been in the mood I would have enjoyed it quite a bit. Like the first, you have to completely ignore any logic, especially concerning the gestation cycle of the aliens, but oh well, it's not like you expected otherwise.
Beowulf 3D - Um... ok I guess. Considering just the movie, it was alright. As much as I love seeing technology advance as far as the animation, the Zemeckis brand has never impressed me and mostly annoyed me, I hated Polar Express. Some of them looked pretty good, some of the time. John Malkovich's character looked awful all of the time. The action stuff was cool, I guess, excepting the retarded Austin Powers obscure the sausage scene. When it comes to the 3D, I still find this to be a technology completely an unnecessary novelty. It offers nothing beyond fancy title screens and "omg there's a rock coming at my face" thrills. I'm sure someday it will develop into a medium that utilizes its advantages over 2D to tell stories in completely different ways. Though that's clearly not today, I suppose it has to start somewhere, it's that's ok for now.
Seraphim Falls - Been waiting a while for this one, finally was able to. It didn't totally catch me, for most of it. It's sort of a Searchers-style slow chase movie. Parts of that were good, but the cavalcade of characters they met on the way sometimes felt forced and hokey to me. But then the last 15 minutes came along and allasudden made it a good movie. The ending was weird, not sure if I agree with what they did (there were only two real options), but the last sequence was so surreal and cool, I decided they knew what they were doing.
Captivity - Meh. If the purpose was to be scary, no. If the purpose was to be Saw, no. If the purpose was to ogle Eliza Cuthbert, not even that.
For Your Consideration - Ha! This movie is insane. I love it, but it's pretty damn annoying. Everyone in this movie is a douche, which is sort of the point. It's a behind the scenes, creating and releasing a movie. I mostly liked it a lot, it's pretty funny. But it's pretty dang over the top. Sometimes it's bad to play obnoxious so well. That being said, I probably like it more than any other Christopher Guest movie I've seen.
The TV Set - This is an old one, very much like For Your Consideration, except behind the scenes on writing, filming, and releasing a TV show. Not as over the top as FYC, and as a result both not as good and not as annoying. So what am I saying here? I guess these people can't win with me!
My Super Exgirlfriend - Why do I even watch these movies?
Flushed Away - Kind of Wallace and Grommit animation does Ratatouille. Cute, I guess, but I saw it yesterday and I already forgot what happened.
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