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Looper

By aj, on October 7th, 2012%

Rating: 4 of 5

There are so many things I want to say about Looper I don’t even know where to start.

The thing about good movies is that you can analyze them inside and out. You can draw out narrative parallels that maybe were or were not actually intended. You can talk in circles about . . . → Read More: Looper

Battleship

By aj, on May 20th, 2012%

Rating: 3.5 of 5

It doesn’t happen often, but Battleship surprised me. I expected it to be big and dumb and flashy and loud, lots of special effects and little story and less characters. But, I was curious and thought a little bit of big and flashy might be fun. Plus Taylor Kitsch never hurts.

Instead, . . . → Read More: Battleship

John Carter

By aj, on March 17th, 2012%

Rating: 3.25 of 5

There’s been a lot of speculation about John Carter, if not by you then at least by Kel and me. Is it the sort of movie, as most people expect, that is horrendous – trite and full of weird aliens and special effects but ultimately a lame movie? Because that’s what the . . . → Read More: John Carter

Real Steel

By aj, on October 18th, 2011%

Rating: 4 of 5

The thing I like about Real Steel is, it’s not a movie you need to make allowances for.

With most action movies, you make allowances for the story or the performances or the characters because the action is awesome or the music is cool or something. But with Real Steel the characters . . . → Read More: Real Steel

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

By aj, on June 29th, 2011%

Rating: 2.25 of 5

I almost don’t want to say anything nice about it, by virtue of it being Transformers. But there are good things in this movie that can’t entirely be ignored.

Like Alan Tudyk!

And I liked Sam’s storyline of wanting significance in his life and how do you go back to ordinary . . . → Read More: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Sherlock Holmes

By aj, on June 28th, 2011%

Rating: 3.5 of 5

I never really felt driven to see this, because I don’t really love Robert Downey Jr. and I’ve kind of been over Jude Law since 2004 (more for cheating on his wife with his nanny than the massive glut of his movies from that year). What I forgot to factor in, however, . . . → Read More: Sherlock Holmes

I Am Number Four

By aj, on May 25th, 2011%

Impressive, partly because my expectations were so low. I mean, I read the book and it was awful and the first thing I said was that it should have skipped being a book and been a screenplay straight away. Because the book had so little substance I didn’t expect much from the movie.

It . . . → Read More: I Am Number Four

Source Code

By aj, on April 9th, 2011%

Rating: 3.25 of 5

I’ve never been a huge Jake Gyllenhaal fan, but I like him a lot more after seeing Source Code.

The basics were all there for a sci fi/action movie: decent effects, unique concept, dashing leading man. And most of it worked.

But, like a lot of sci fi stories, trying to validate . . . → Read More: Source Code

Tron Legacy

By aj, on December 18th, 2010%

Rating: 2.75 of 5

Mostly Tron: Legacy was awesome. Not great, but kind of awesome.

Let me say first that I never saw the first Tron. It was just never on my radar as a kid and then I had no reason to watch it once I grew up and never got around to it before . . . → Read More: Tron Legacy

Never Let Me Go

By aj, on September 14th, 2010%

Rating: 1.75 of 5

As much as I like to see science fiction movies outside the expected tropes of the genre I wouldn’t recommend this one.

There was an interesting mystery that initially drew me in. I wanted to understand what was going on, so the story kept me going for a while. But once answers . . . → Read More: Never Let Me Go