Movies #146-148

05/25/2008

148. Death at a Funeral (2007)
Other Means
I was really taken by surprise at how funny this movie ended up being, I don't that this is worth seeking out but worth a viewing that requires little effort.

05/22/2008

147. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
In Theaters
So I really liked this movie, the rest of the review is in inviso-text that you will have to highlight to read because it contains spoilers.

So for most of the film things are going the right way to a really good movie, and what you would expect from an Indy adventure, but at a point later in the movie they take a hard right which leads to the most unimpressive ending of all the Indy series. What the hell do UFO's and Aliens have to do with Indy? But it does have the required amount of action scenes to be considered an Indy movie.

05/20/2008

146. Speed Racer (2008)
In Theaters (DLP Screening)
I had really low expectations going into this movie because I saw the first trailer and thought the movie looked awful, and is yet another reason why I like to avoid trailers as much as possible because I really ended up enjoying this movie. You'll quickly forget any comparisons to Spy Kids that the trailers may have brought to mind because the script and super stylized word will hold your attention. I have to admit though, either you buy the style or you don't, but seriously thought, if you can't enjoy this silly movie on some level your clearly operating at level of seriousness that I can't comprehend. This movie is tons of fun, but make sure you go to a late night/ early afternoon screening so you don't have to children, because they can suck the fun out of all living things.

Movies #142-145

05/18/2008

145. Blacula (1972)
Off DVR, Shown on Turner Classic Movies (Widescreen, Uncut)
Besides having the greatest character name ever, this isn't really that much to stick around for in this film. I like that whitey is the one who made the black guy Dracula (by biting him), so Blacula of course isn't to blame for feeding a majority of the time, on black people. Good for a laugh.

05/17/2008

142. Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
Off DVR, Shown on Turner Classic Movies
I've always been a big Joseph Cotton fan, and this has Cotton in spades. This is a watch-able noir piece about new beginnings, and it doesn't fall flat, it's just average.


143. Corvette Summer (1978)
Off DVR, Shown on Turner Classic Movies (Widescreen, Uncut)
This is a camp classic, well, really anything with Mark Hamill in it besides the Star Wars series is automatically considered a camp classic. There isn't really much going on in this besides Mark looking for a car that he is to the point of being disturbed enraptured about. Annie Potts (the secretary from Ghostbusters) is surprisingly hot in this movie, but unless you a Hamill uberite, you can miss this and go on living.


144. The Rack (1956)
Off DVR, Shown on Turner Classic Movies
The issue raised in this film, such as being in a POW camp and being tortured, and if you do break, how would the prosecution of treason be handled, but these issues are bigger than the film itself, with solid acting all around the movie really grows stagnant with all the scenes taking pretty much in the court and he never have a flashback to what the POW camp or what situations looked like, so I can't say this is a must see, only recommended for Paul Newman fanatics.

Movies #140-141

05/11/2008

140. Eragon (2006) (with MST3K/Rifftrax Commentary)
Other Means
Oh man, this movie is as awful as I was expecting so I'm glad I watched it with the MST3K/Rifftrax commentary on over the film, which is the only way that this movie is watchable, the guys on the riff track point out how many times this movie apes from other films.


141. Cleaner (2007)
Other Means
With Renny Harlin directing I had something much worse that this ended up being, but this is still achingly mediocre and actually plays alot like an extended pilot episode of a series, all the fake editing tricks are in the scenes of high tension, to ramp things up. Not really worth anyone's time to watch this but this is easily the best that thing Renny Harlin has ever made, which is good for him i guess.

Movies #138-139

05/02/2008

139. Iron Man (2008)
In Theaters (DLP Screening)
Yeah, so believe the hype, this movie is really good. This is the first Marvel character film under the new Marvel Studios banner, which means that Marvel was able to put up the entire budget for the film out of their own pocket and Paramount only is the distributer which means that Marvel has a lot more control of the films that it's characters are in so we won't have Spider-Man 3/ X-Men 3 like debacles again because people who actually care about these characters are making the decisions and not some aloof studio heads. I whole heartedly welcome this if this is the quality of movie that they want to turn out. Highly Recommended Watch.

04/29/2008

138. The Name of the Rose (1986)
Other Means
Sean Connery plays a monk Sherlock Holmes in this film which features a young looking Ron Perlman, and an almost infantile Christian Slater. I'm usually bored by films that take place in the dark ages but this one held my interest, worth a watch for Connery who surprisingly doesn't stick out like sore thumb like he usually does in period pieces.