Movies seen in 2009
Up!
Star Trek
Zombieland
Adventrueland
Taken
Friday the 13th
Watchmen
Monsters vs Aliens
Crank 2
Wolverine Origins
Transformers 2
Star Trek
Angels & Demons
Terminator Salvation
Ice Age 3
Public Enemies
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
GI Joe
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Final Destination 4
H2
Law Abiding Citizen
Saw 6
Avatar
Sherlock Holmes
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Top Movies of 2009
So I think I'm going to have to revise my top movies of 2009 list:
1. Watchmen
2. District 9
3. Avatar
4. Inglorious Basterds
5. Public Enemies
6. Taken
7. Up!
8. Sherlock Holmes
9. Harry Potter/HBP
10. Star Trek
Saturday, January 12, 2008
I've watched two new movies in the last two days:
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE--which I finally sat through and totally and completely loved and
LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN--which should have worked, had a stellar cast (I mean come on, Morgan Freeman AND Ben Kingsley?!) but it just didn't. It should have been a great movie but it was like it was trying for something it never quite achieved.
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE--which I finally sat through and totally and completely loved and
LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN--which should have worked, had a stellar cast (I mean come on, Morgan Freeman AND Ben Kingsley?!) but it just didn't. It should have been a great movie but it was like it was trying for something it never quite achieved.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
The Manitou----70's Schlock so bad it doesn't even rate as a B movie. And it had Tony Curtis, who really must have needed food money at this point. The ancient otherworldly phrase the possessed people utter over and over again is so funny and ridiculous sounding, not only are you not scared, you're wondering if they ripped it off from Sesame Street.
The Last Kiss-----Really good chick flick drama except the fact that I can't believe either girl would want to have sex with Zack Braff. That guy is just hideous in my book. I've had a thing for Jacinda Barrett ever since The Real World and in this movie she really reminds me of my pal Joey P. Equal parts funny and sad.
Black Christmas---like a giant crappy train wreck. It's awful but you simply cannot look away! And come on, if anyone had liver problems so bad that they were permanently yellow I think they'd only live a few months. Come on. I know they got away with it in Sin City but that was a great movie anyway. This was just pure camp.
Art School Confidential----EXCELLENT! Good, sarcastic fun AND John Malkovich. What more could you want!
Music and Lyrics----cute and mindless. Sort of like The Wedding Singer only not nearly as quotable.
The Story of Us---Perfect chick flick, absolutely perfect story of a marriage. One argument scene was EXACTLY, almost word for word like an argument Aaron and I had.
Failure to Launch----Not the biggest Sarah Jessica Parker fan but who cares about her-----Zooey Deschanel MAKES this movie. Funny as hell. Has Matthew M (I can't spell his last name, naked bongo guy) and the guy that played the asshole rich boyfriend in the Wedding Crashers. Plus Terry Bradshaw and Kathy Bates.
The Last Kiss-----Really good chick flick drama except the fact that I can't believe either girl would want to have sex with Zack Braff. That guy is just hideous in my book. I've had a thing for Jacinda Barrett ever since The Real World and in this movie she really reminds me of my pal Joey P. Equal parts funny and sad.
Black Christmas---like a giant crappy train wreck. It's awful but you simply cannot look away! And come on, if anyone had liver problems so bad that they were permanently yellow I think they'd only live a few months. Come on. I know they got away with it in Sin City but that was a great movie anyway. This was just pure camp.
Art School Confidential----EXCELLENT! Good, sarcastic fun AND John Malkovich. What more could you want!
Music and Lyrics----cute and mindless. Sort of like The Wedding Singer only not nearly as quotable.
The Story of Us---Perfect chick flick, absolutely perfect story of a marriage. One argument scene was EXACTLY, almost word for word like an argument Aaron and I had.
Failure to Launch----Not the biggest Sarah Jessica Parker fan but who cares about her-----Zooey Deschanel MAKES this movie. Funny as hell. Has Matthew M (I can't spell his last name, naked bongo guy) and the guy that played the asshole rich boyfriend in the Wedding Crashers. Plus Terry Bradshaw and Kathy Bates.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
AVP-R---Don't waste your time, movies of the week are better than this.
REDS---Incredible. Even for the length it was, absolutely riveting and worth all the hype. I had no idea it was the story of John Reed or I would have looked it up myself. Had Jack Nicholson as Eugene O'Neil. Just fantastic, definitely deserved all the awards it got back in the day!
FAST FOOD NATION---more disturbing than what I was expecting. Will make you never want another burger again. Very sad. Very depressing.
There were plenty of cameos from name actors throughout: Wilmer Valderramah, Kris Kristopherson, Greg Kinnear, etc. Avril Lavigne made an appearance toward the end and the whole time I thought it was Tara Reid.
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP----very odd foreign film. Great effects but was one of those that left you saying "Wha---?" when it was over.
OUTFOXED, THE STORY OF RUPERT MURDOCH AND FOX NEWS----depressing because it was so true. The story of how Fox news spins all it's stories and commentary to be utterly anti Democrat, anti liberal, anti gay, even though it promises "Fair and Balanced" reporting and how controlling and evil Rupert Murdoch is.
CHILDREN OF MEN----Had a few good "are they gonna get away?" moments but was nothing I would see again or tell anyone to see.
10th AND WOLF----Good basic gangster story.
SUPERBAD---Hysterical movie. Def. reminded me of Big Spring and Corpus. They had high school life dead on.
THE LAST SECT---Unimaginative vampire flick that held no surprises but for some reason the editing and effects made it look cool and make it interesting enough to keep watching.
RX---this movie stars Eric Balfour, who has to be the UGLIEST young actor out there. Seriously, he's hideous! I hated him in Six Feet Under as the Toe Sucker Guy but for some reason I can watch this movie over and over. It's easy to watch, no heavy plot to follow, just some kids trying to smuggle Ecstacy from Mexico into the US. The female lead is awfully cute. I'm not sure who she is.
WONDER BOYS----Okay, it probably isn't fair to post that here as this is the FOURTH or FIFTH time I've seen it. That should be a testament to the genius of this movie. From the actors to the dialogue, to the background music to the situations it is still one of the best movies made in the last ten years.
REDS---Incredible. Even for the length it was, absolutely riveting and worth all the hype. I had no idea it was the story of John Reed or I would have looked it up myself. Had Jack Nicholson as Eugene O'Neil. Just fantastic, definitely deserved all the awards it got back in the day!
FAST FOOD NATION---more disturbing than what I was expecting. Will make you never want another burger again. Very sad. Very depressing.
There were plenty of cameos from name actors throughout: Wilmer Valderramah, Kris Kristopherson, Greg Kinnear, etc. Avril Lavigne made an appearance toward the end and the whole time I thought it was Tara Reid.
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP----very odd foreign film. Great effects but was one of those that left you saying "Wha---?" when it was over.
OUTFOXED, THE STORY OF RUPERT MURDOCH AND FOX NEWS----depressing because it was so true. The story of how Fox news spins all it's stories and commentary to be utterly anti Democrat, anti liberal, anti gay, even though it promises "Fair and Balanced" reporting and how controlling and evil Rupert Murdoch is.
CHILDREN OF MEN----Had a few good "are they gonna get away?" moments but was nothing I would see again or tell anyone to see.
10th AND WOLF----Good basic gangster story.
SUPERBAD---Hysterical movie. Def. reminded me of Big Spring and Corpus. They had high school life dead on.
THE LAST SECT---Unimaginative vampire flick that held no surprises but for some reason the editing and effects made it look cool and make it interesting enough to keep watching.
RX---this movie stars Eric Balfour, who has to be the UGLIEST young actor out there. Seriously, he's hideous! I hated him in Six Feet Under as the Toe Sucker Guy but for some reason I can watch this movie over and over. It's easy to watch, no heavy plot to follow, just some kids trying to smuggle Ecstacy from Mexico into the US. The female lead is awfully cute. I'm not sure who she is.
WONDER BOYS----Okay, it probably isn't fair to post that here as this is the FOURTH or FIFTH time I've seen it. That should be a testament to the genius of this movie. From the actors to the dialogue, to the background music to the situations it is still one of the best movies made in the last ten years.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Movies Seen:
3:10 To Yuma-------Excellent. I've never been huge on westerns but this was just incredible.
The Sentinel-----Better than expected, a lot of twists and turns, a good solid thriller.
The Devil and Daniel Johnston-----Aaron said it best: "How is this guy different than any other creative person who had shitty parents and took drugs?". I think the documentarians could have made any subject interesting. I loved the guy's drawings and some lyrics were cool but his singing voice was horrendous. Of course Austin is the town that launched Edie Brickell. Go figure.
The biggest revelation was that ubiquitous frog with the two eye stems I see on shirts all the time was one of his.
I felt bad for his father, his mom was just a bitch.
Cassanova-----Charming movie. Good fun! How he could have gone after the redhead in leiu of the blonde is beyond me though.
Candy----Another Heath Ledger movie. A very clear depiction of addiction. Painful to watch, but very good at the same time.
The Marine---- complete and utter crap, couldn't even watch five minutes worth.
Christmas with the Kranks----- couldn't get into it. Jamie Lee Curtis' character was such a whiny bitch. If someone offered me a $6,000 cruise I don't think I'd be bitching about it.
Off The Black---- really good, but Nick Nolte playing an alcoholic, what a stretch! It was good but you could pretty much see the ending a mile off.
Saw IV ----LOVED IT! It is amazing that they can keep turning out these movies and keep it so fresh and believable.
Failure to Launch----VERY cute, no brainer and holy cow was Zoey Dechanel freaking hot!!
You Me, and Dupree----see above. Same thing only with Owen Wilson.
Blood Diamonds----very good, very intense
Pollack-----loved the visuals but the story didn't do much for me.
Before Sunrise-----yeah, it was way too talk-y and Ethan Hawke came off as a major douche but for some reason I really liked this film. I had seen Before Sunset before this and didn't get much out of it, having not seen this one first.
Idiocracy-----BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR!!!
3:10 To Yuma-------Excellent. I've never been huge on westerns but this was just incredible.
The Sentinel-----Better than expected, a lot of twists and turns, a good solid thriller.
The Devil and Daniel Johnston-----Aaron said it best: "How is this guy different than any other creative person who had shitty parents and took drugs?". I think the documentarians could have made any subject interesting. I loved the guy's drawings and some lyrics were cool but his singing voice was horrendous. Of course Austin is the town that launched Edie Brickell. Go figure.
The biggest revelation was that ubiquitous frog with the two eye stems I see on shirts all the time was one of his.
I felt bad for his father, his mom was just a bitch.
Cassanova-----Charming movie. Good fun! How he could have gone after the redhead in leiu of the blonde is beyond me though.
Candy----Another Heath Ledger movie. A very clear depiction of addiction. Painful to watch, but very good at the same time.
The Marine---- complete and utter crap, couldn't even watch five minutes worth.
Christmas with the Kranks----- couldn't get into it. Jamie Lee Curtis' character was such a whiny bitch. If someone offered me a $6,000 cruise I don't think I'd be bitching about it.
Off The Black---- really good, but Nick Nolte playing an alcoholic, what a stretch! It was good but you could pretty much see the ending a mile off.
Saw IV ----LOVED IT! It is amazing that they can keep turning out these movies and keep it so fresh and believable.
Failure to Launch----VERY cute, no brainer and holy cow was Zoey Dechanel freaking hot!!
You Me, and Dupree----see above. Same thing only with Owen Wilson.
Blood Diamonds----very good, very intense
Pollack-----loved the visuals but the story didn't do much for me.
Before Sunrise-----yeah, it was way too talk-y and Ethan Hawke came off as a major douche but for some reason I really liked this film. I had seen Before Sunset before this and didn't get much out of it, having not seen this one first.
Idiocracy-----BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR!!!
Friday, September 14, 2007
So far this week I have seen:
SEXY BEAST with Ben Kingsley and another guy who looks exactly like the guy who runs the storage space I rent from. You'd never know Kingsley played Ghandi by this performance as an absolute bastard.
But then again, without the captioning on, his British accent is so strong, it's like trying to decypher an interview with Oasis.
The Great New Wonderful was just that and I am becomming more and more a fan of Maggie Gyllenhall every day. Good movie, quirky at times and very sad during others. The only thing was the entire time I was watching Tony Shaloub, all I could think of was Monk.
Man About Town was pretty damn good considering it was a Ben Affleck movie. Not the best thing in the world but if nothing else is on it is at least enjoyable.
This is more than I can say for The Matador.
If it had only been Pierce Brosnan being snarky and making snide comments and killing people it would have been fine but it also had Greg Kinnear sucking the life out of every single scene he was in! And NO ONE -------I don't care who you are........no one wants to see Greg Kennear having sex! Ew.
I saw two indy films that were both really good: Mind The Gap and Happy Endings. Happy Endings had the best of everything-------Maggie Gyllenhall singing, Tom Arnold NOT being completely revolting, hot boys making out and a good story.
Lisa Kudrow looked like a vole with that brown hair ------again, EW. But the movie was great.
Mind The Gap was much more serious and sad but it had a really sweet ending. I spent the entire movie wondering who was playing the character of Jody, a singer with a pacemaker who was travelling to NY for her first real gig. The voice was incredible and she looked so familiar.Turned out it was Jill Sobule, the girl that had that novelty song (that, well, changed my life) I KISSED A GIRL, in the early 90's. Good to see her around still, she's awesome.
The movie was sad and disturbing at some points and there was girl with red hair that I was so sure was Heather Graham but actually wasn't. Her name is
Elizabeth Reaser
Alan King was also wonderful in this movie.
A lot of the time when people do movies about "Seven people whose lives converge unexpected", a lot of the characters just get lost in the jumble. In this one every one stood out and you felt for each one of them.
SEXY BEAST with Ben Kingsley and another guy who looks exactly like the guy who runs the storage space I rent from. You'd never know Kingsley played Ghandi by this performance as an absolute bastard.
But then again, without the captioning on, his British accent is so strong, it's like trying to decypher an interview with Oasis.
The Great New Wonderful was just that and I am becomming more and more a fan of Maggie Gyllenhall every day. Good movie, quirky at times and very sad during others. The only thing was the entire time I was watching Tony Shaloub, all I could think of was Monk.
Man About Town was pretty damn good considering it was a Ben Affleck movie. Not the best thing in the world but if nothing else is on it is at least enjoyable.
This is more than I can say for The Matador.
If it had only been Pierce Brosnan being snarky and making snide comments and killing people it would have been fine but it also had Greg Kinnear sucking the life out of every single scene he was in! And NO ONE -------I don't care who you are........no one wants to see Greg Kennear having sex! Ew.
I saw two indy films that were both really good: Mind The Gap and Happy Endings. Happy Endings had the best of everything-------Maggie Gyllenhall singing, Tom Arnold NOT being completely revolting, hot boys making out and a good story.
Lisa Kudrow looked like a vole with that brown hair ------again, EW. But the movie was great.
Mind The Gap was much more serious and sad but it had a really sweet ending. I spent the entire movie wondering who was playing the character of Jody, a singer with a pacemaker who was travelling to NY for her first real gig. The voice was incredible and she looked so familiar.Turned out it was Jill Sobule, the girl that had that novelty song (that, well, changed my life) I KISSED A GIRL, in the early 90's. Good to see her around still, she's awesome.
The movie was sad and disturbing at some points and there was girl with red hair that I was so sure was Heather Graham but actually wasn't. Her name is
Elizabeth Reaser
Alan King was also wonderful in this movie.
A lot of the time when people do movies about "Seven people whose lives converge unexpected", a lot of the characters just get lost in the jumble. In this one every one stood out and you felt for each one of them.
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