| May. 18th, 2009 @ 10:49 pm (no subject) |
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I made a decent-sized movie post at a forum, figure I may as well copy it here. I could just copy it without pointing it out, but for some reason I like to mention whenever I post something not originally intended for Livejournal. Weird. Anyhow, no spoilers.
JCVD: Not a great movie, but good. Van Damme's performance was solid -- it certainly helps that he speaks his native language most of the time. I'm not sure who to recommend the movie to; the novelty of Van Damme playing a "real" role isn't reason enough to sit through it. I guess it's ultimately a bit of a black comedy with some drama thrown in. Watch it if you're in the mood for something a little slow and a little different.
Fight Club: I've seen bits and pieces here and there for the past decade, enough that I was already familiar with the ending and big twist prior to sitting down with the film. Fantastic movie regardless. It pretends to make logical sense when it really doesn't, but that's okay. It's badass in every way, from acting to camera work to sound cues.
Mosters Inc.: Eh, it was good. I liked the two main characters and a few scenes were pretty impressive, but it seemed to go through the same ol' motions most of the time. They could've done more considering the setting. I don't like it so much when scenes in a Pixar movie rely solely on the humor of inhuman characters displaying classic human traits. "Hey, his girlfriend is getting mad at him. It's funny, because they're both monsters! Who knew monsters have girlfriends!?" They relied on that sort of thing too often in this one.
Death Note: I watched this and half of the sequel. Couldn't bring myeslf to finish it. Nope, they're just not good. I thought the manga was fairly intelligent -- I don't know if that's because it had tight scenarios or because I let myself get fooled by long stretches of dialogue -- but they change quite a bit here and half the time everyone looks like a bloody idiot for treating the obvious like a revelation. It's ridiculous and not very well executed. If only the films weren't so pretentious, they'd at least be funnier.
Super Mario Bros.: Can't remember if I talked about this one. It's actually a really fun, really 80's movie. I'll put it this way: I enjoyed it more than Monsters Inc. You're doing something wrong if you're watching this and not having a good time.
Mortal Kombat: Wow, this one's aged badly. Bluntly stupid and fun in that B-movie way, but not so much that you shouldn't be watching something else. |
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