Percy Jackson & the Olympians the Lightning Thief
I loved greek mythology in jr. high. So, in some ways it was fun to revisit that through this movie. I was surprised at how much mythology they incorporated and much of it they got right.
Tag: 2 star
When in Rome
I laughed out loud. a couple of times. You’d be surprised how much impact that has on a movie’s score.
Other than that, When in Rome is an interesting premise that is not well executed.
Extraordinary Measures
Extraordinary Measures is a good movie. It’s sentimental but not in an inauthentic way.
The performances, in fact, are all very good. Brendan Frasier looks like he’s put on weight and
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
It’s amazing what a good director can do.
When I saw New Moon, I have to admit I was afraid to get my hopes up. Twilight was just so poorly done and the books are so badly written, but the characters are incredibly engaging
The Missing
I’m not gonna lie, I don’t remember a thing about this movie. I remember being curious to see it. I know that I like Cate Blanchett a lot. And then when I go back to move all of my reviews over to my new blog, there’s The Missing in my list with a 2 star rating no review.
X-Men Origins – Wolverine
I admit I went into Wolverine without a lot of expectations. Despite Hugh Jackman’s interviews about how they chose the director because Gavin Hood would handle the characterization well. I haven’t seen any of Hood’s other work so I don’t know if is inability to actually live up to all the talk because he really doesn’t handle
Seven Pounds
This would have been a better movie if it wasn’t so utterly predictable.
The story itself is interesting, I can’t deny that. It’s fairly unique also. Except that as soon as the movie started I could see exactly where it was going. I might have half guessed it from the trailer.
Bella
This was an interesting movie. The whole time I was thinking: the characters are interesting, but it has no narrative thread. I don’t know where it’s going which keeps me from becoming immersed in it. The directing is a little avant garde, which works but at the same time sometimes takes me out of the film that I’m not that immersed
Quantum of Solace
I know nothing about Bond. But for the uninitiated this was pleasant. Which, I know, is an odd adjective to apply to Bond but it works for me.
You have to understand, though, however much the action is fast or exciting and there’s chases of several different varieties and pretty girls, whatever – I don’t like James Bond.
Get Smart
I don’t really watch comedies because my sense of humor is a bit odd. I also don’t really review comedies because either you laugh or you don’t and most are intended to be so outlandish (in order to get you to laugh)