Mar
31
Monthly Movie Roundup
Posted in: movies| Bolt |  |
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| Genre: | Comedy/Animated (2008) | |
| Director: | Byron Howard, Chris Williams | |
| Starring: | John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman (Voices) | |
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| Comment: | This was actually not as bad as I had thought, but you can still tell that it’s not a Pixar film. It definitely has its moments, but not too many of them. If you like animated movies, go for it. | |
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Fuck | |
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| Genre: | Documentary (2006) | |
| Director: | Steve Anderson | |
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| Comment: | How can 90 minutes entirely devoted to the word Fuck not be entertaining? This documentary doesn’t really offer any new insights, but it is a good deal of fun to watch nonetheless. | |
| Quarantine |  |
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| Genre: | Thriller/Horror (2008) | |
| Director: | John Erick Dowdle | |
| Starring: | Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez | |
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| Comment: | Had this come out before Cloverfield it would’ve been good. But it didn’t, so you can’t help the feeling that someone tried to fuse Cloverfield with Resident Evil but didn’t get it quite right. There’s nothing truly original to it. | |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | |
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| Genre: | Action/Fantasy (2008) | |
| Director: | Andrew Adamson | |
| Starring: | Ben Barnes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell | |
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| Comment: | Good, but not as good as the first one. I had the most wonderful company while watching this so I probably would’ve liked pretty much anything *wink* :-) | |
| Thick As Thieves |  |
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| Genre: | Crime (2009) | |
| Director: | Mimi Leder | |
| Starring: | Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas | |
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| Comment: | A direct-to-DVD movie featuring Morgan Freeman? This alone should have been enough to convince me that this wasn’t going to be all that great. And it wasn’t: it’s your average bank heist movie with the expected “yeah, right…”-factor that doesn’t really have to offer anything you haven’t seen before. | |
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Yes Man | |
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| Genre: | Comedy/Romance (2008) | |
| Director: | Peyton Reed | |
| Starring: | Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel | |
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| Comment: | I like Carrey, I like Deschanel, I like Third Eye Blind and I fucking love the Eels. It promised and it delivered. Very solid entertainment. | |
Quarantine is a stupid and unnecessary Hollywood remake of the spanish movie REC which came out in 2007 before Cloverfield.
In that case it just sucks twice as bad :)
Besides, I wasn’t implying that Cloverfield was the first movie to utilize that “first person camera man” kind of thing (it obviously wasn’t), but it most certainly popularized it to a remarkable degree.
So you would recommend watching REC then?
I liked REC a lot. If you like seeing the same movie twice, go watch REC. But I guess it is better if you see it without knowing the plot.
I will have to look into this movie, “Fuck”. Never heard of it. Sounds as though it’s my kind of movie. :)