Sunday, October 14, 2012

September 2012, Movies #208-221

221. Schizopolis (1996)




























Rating: 6/10
Review: Completely frenetic low budget movie that plays with all the accepted notions of what a film is.  I really with that Soderbergh would perform in front of the camera again because I really enjoy the odd energy he brings to the screen.

220. Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)

























Rating: 6/10
Review: Being a fan of stop motion animation I had to give this movie a spin and this is one of the few Claymation movies that are out there.  This movie would probably be more fun for kids that what I got out of it.

219. Freak Dance (2010)



























Rating: 6/10
Review: Enjoyable low budget film from one of the founding Upright Citizens Brigade.  It's mostly a comedy musical which some pretty funny songs and scenes throughout.

218. The Pirates: Band of Misfits (2012)

























Rating: 6/10
Review: I'm a huge fan of stop-motion animation and this one kind of just sits on the screen doesn't reach the heights that previous Aardman animation films achieved.

217. Red Lights (2012)

























Rating: 7/10
Review: What's this? Robert DeNiro is actually in a decent movie?  Well even a broken clock is right twice a day.  Cillian Murphy has a nice starring part in this one.

216. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)



























Rating: 7/10
Review: Good Wes Anderson ensemble piece that isn't revolutionary if you've seen all of Anderson's other movies but was an enjoyable movie.

215. Cosmopolis (2012)

























Rating: 6/10
Review: Very cryptic movie that harkens back to Cronenberg of old.  This was like watching a play that's been adapted into a movie, lots of long monologues and scenes between only two characters.  While I did enjoy what was going on in this movie it didn't blow me away.

214. Bernie (2011)

























Rating: 7/10
Review: This is first Linklater movie in awhile that I've really enjoyed.  I really like the docudrama take on the material and good performances all around.  Even Jack Black doesn't detract from the story.

213. Prometheus (2012)


























Rating: 7/10
Review: All I remember about this movie when it came out was how disappointed people were with it and also I've heard quite a number of jokes about it in pop culture also.  But I really enjoyed this movie and the morphing of the Alien series.  I also had completely isolated myself from all advertising about this movie when it came out so I went in completely fresh to this movie which is how I suggest you did it if possible.

212. Magic Mike (2012)

























Rating: 7/10
Review: I'm allowed to watch this because of one of my favorite directors being involved, and overall I did enjoy this movie but I can't imagine sitting through it if any other director had tried to bring it to the screen.

211. The Babymakers (2012)


























Rating: 5/10
Review: I really like the main actors featured on the poster in other projects but this is the worst vehicle that I've seen either of them in.  Every character in this movie has lost half their brain and it makes the entire movie terrible because nothing is believable that the characters are doing.

210. Beyond The Black Rainbow (2010)

























Rating: 6/10
Review: I had been hooked on seeing this movie after seeing the trailer over a year ago, and while I doubt anything could have stood up to my expectations after thinking about it that long this movie was a little disappointing with the lack of substance but I still enjoyed it overall and I'm glad I finally got to see it.  Movie is a trippy as you would expect after watching the trailer, highly influenced by THX 1138.

209. Men In Black 3 (2012)

























Rating: 6/10
Review: I had extremely low expectations going into this movies because of how bad Men in Black 2 was and so I was pleasantly surprised that this movie was a fun watch.  But still not a ton of substance and I know that $300 million budget could have been better used making 10 other movies that I would have enjoyed more.

208. Thirst (2009)

























Rating: 6/10
Review: While I am a big fan of the director I just couldn't get into this movie that much because it still does seem like an also-ran entry in the vampire genre.