Run, Fat Boy, Run - So, this is by the dude who did Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Quick review - Shaun of the Dead is genius. One of my favorite movies ever, hilarious, awesome, farce/satire at its best, it is tops. Hot Fuzz is pretty dumb, not very funny, not all that interesting. Good bits, but nothing special. This is a more honest movie, no satire, just sort of a story about a dude trying to get back his family. As far as the plot goes, it's pretty standard, nothing new, everything happens exactly like you would expect it to. It is pretty funny though, and him doing a more geniune kind of humor was much better than me than him trying to redo Shaun with Hot Fuzz. So, it's not amazing, but I did enjoy it.
We Own The Night - Not bad. It's basically a cop story. It's nothing amazing, but it's servicable. It's easy to compare to The Departed (both with Mark Wahlburg, which is weird), and fails in every respect compared to it. But if you haven't seen a cop movie in a while and you see this, it'll be good. Joaquin Phoenix is the best of the bunch, lotta rage and desperation going on there. So, don't run to see it, but defintely watch if it's on.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Finally saw this one, it was as amazing as advertised. If you haven't heard, the story is basically this guy has a stroke thing and gets "locked in syndrome" Can't move any part of his body except one eyeball. Using this eyeball, blinking out which letter he wants one letter at a time, he wrote a novel about his experience. Done mostly from his perspective, and based on a real thing, it's completely amazing and beautiful.
Saw 4 - See: review of saw 3 but replace "lame story of redemption/forgiveness" with "lame story of origin/motivation". Another boring twist, more boring backstory. Stupid and boring.
Hitman - Video game movie! And as such, not so good. I loved the games, but it doesn't make for a great movie, mostly because the main character is cool for his lack of presence, not for being a leading man. I guess it lends itself to a complicated plot, but this one was pretty generic. Oh, plus an unnecessary love story, cuz of course. Oh well, didn't expect it to be good, did I?
Persepolis - This movie is wonderful. It's a story of an iranian girl, growing up in the 70s and 80s, in Iran and in Vienna. It was a graphic novel, made into an animated movie. The story itself is interesting and beautiful, would make a fine book. The character art is just ok, nothing bad, nothing amazing. The backgrounds are fantastic, though. A prison on a hill, a city scape, even just a room - all done in this greyed (the movie is mostly black and white) style. It looks like it was done with chalk and then photocopied 5 times, it's great. Defintely worth seeing. Also, my favorite quote, as she describes the changes of puberty: "My breasts grew. [she falls forward] my buttocks appeared, thus restoring my center of gravity [she pops up like a weeble wobble]" Teehee.
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