Monday, June 23, 2008

Movies # 168-174

06/22/2008

174. Superhero Movie (2008)
Other Means

So the only reason why I gave this a chance was because there were a few reviews on aintitcool that suggested that this didn't suck, well they were wrong, this movie sucks. The majority of the movie so closely follows the plot of the first Spider-Man that's it's not really parody, just an extremely shitty remake.

06/19/2008

173. In Bruges (2008)
Other Means
The ads for this film kind of sold it as a really dumb movie, so that's why I didn't catch it during it's theater run. In this film Colin Ferrall continues to show that he really can act, and this movie has a nice grasp really black humor, I was really surprised with how good this movie was. Recommended Viewing

06/18/2008

172. The Signal (2007)
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They were able to do quite a bit with the budget, and for the most part this movie is pretty watchable, I just didn't really care for the story breaks and the third segment was as strong as the others. Your not going to waste your time watching this but it wasn't quite the revelation that the ainitcool staffers had hyped it up to be.

06/17/2008

170. Puffball (2007)
Other Means
This movie wasn't bad, it's got some weird stuff in there, but it's nowhere as memorable as some of Nicolas Roeg's past work, so I can't really recommend it unless your a Roeg follower.


171. War, Inc. (2008)
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Even though this film didn't get a huge numbered screen release, this movie feels just as homogenized as any mainstream Hollywood film, I would like to see what the original script looked like compared to this, I bet it probably had a lot more edge than this final product did, skip this one.

06/16/2008

168. Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show (2006)
Other Means
I had pretty low expectations about this movie going but I was pleasantly surprise with how good the unknown comic featured in the film are and this is a pretty good tour documentary which I've been a fan of for a long time, and don't worry Vince isn't really on screen that much.


169. The Grand (2007)
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This movie looks pretty cheaply done, it screams out made for cable/dvd movie, and it doesn't that there are quite a few lame jokes and scenes that fall completely flat. This has a really great cast that could have produced something a lot better. This was written and directed by Zak Penn who some how got all the screen credit for The Incredible Hulk even though what made it to screen he had little to do with, and he has screen credit for X-men 3 also, so maybe he should stick to making bad movies instead of ruining superhero movies.

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