Date Night
Grade: D- (Skip it)
Review: Steve Carell and Tina Fey not so funny in this movie.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Inception (2010)
Inception
Grade: B (Watch it)
Review: Original idea, great special effects, good cast, good directing equals good movie. Movie explores Existentialism in original manor but comparison with Matrix is inevitable. While Inception is not as good as Matrix it is still an astounding work of art.
Grade: B (Watch it)
Review: Original idea, great special effects, good cast, good directing equals good movie. Movie explores Existentialism in original manor but comparison with Matrix is inevitable. While Inception is not as good as Matrix it is still an astounding work of art.
The Losers (2010)
The Losers
Grade: C+ (Rent it)
Review: Zoe Saldana is hot (had to be said). Surprisingly it was fun action movie to watch. Simple action with straightforward story.
Grade: C+ (Rent it)
Review: Zoe Saldana is hot (had to be said). Surprisingly it was fun action movie to watch. Simple action with straightforward story.
Splice (2010)
Splice
Grade: D- (Skip it)
Review: Another debacle of Adrien Brody. The interesting ethical problem of inter-specie cloning is reduced to an unwatchable movie.
Grade: D- (Skip it)
Review: Another debacle of Adrien Brody. The interesting ethical problem of inter-specie cloning is reduced to an unwatchable movie.
Predators (2010)
Predators
Grade: D- (Skip it)
Review: I'm a big fan of the franchise but this was truly awful. Story doesn't stay faithful to other movies. Poor acting by everyone (Adrien Brody sucks). Movie starts with promising premise, but it turns into an hour and a half running sequence that we are to believe some humans can rival Predators (even Arnold couldn't measure up to them :-))
Grade: D- (Skip it)
Review: I'm a big fan of the franchise but this was truly awful. Story doesn't stay faithful to other movies. Poor acting by everyone (Adrien Brody sucks). Movie starts with promising premise, but it turns into an hour and a half running sequence that we are to believe some humans can rival Predators (even Arnold couldn't measure up to them :-))
Grown Ups (2010)
Grown Ups
Grade: D+ (Skip it)
Review: Not funny. It seems that Adam Sandler might need to sell few more things to the devil to get his mojo back.
Grade: D+ (Skip it)
Review: Not funny. It seems that Adam Sandler might need to sell few more things to the devil to get his mojo back.
Greenberg (2010)
Greenberg
Grade: D+ (Skip it)
Review: Way overrated by critics. Attempts to be a dark comedy but it only succeeds to be dark and boring.
Grade: D+ (Skip it)
Review: Way overrated by critics. Attempts to be a dark comedy but it only succeeds to be dark and boring.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The Road (2009)
The Road
Grade: B (Watch it)
Review: Flawless execution of this powerful story. Movie happens in a post-apocalyptic world. Earth is devastated, vegetation and crops are dying, civilization has disintegrated. Cause is not explained but it really doesn't matter. Story follows a son "The Boy" and father "The Man" walking toward the coast. The remaining rare survivors have been reduced to brutal survivalists that seek everything that can be used as food including other weak humans; sometimes enslaving them for later consumption.
Although movie doesn't have a single violent scene, viewer is terrorized and shaken by the implied violence and suspense. The son and father are suspicious and avoid everyone. Actors do an amazing job of portraying these isolated characters in a situation where death is far from the worst or scariest option. In fact death is an option constantly considered. The father training his son how to pull the trigger using the last two bullets is a chilling scene.
The director does a great job - without using special effects - creating this grayish landscape that is terrifyingly realistic.
If I was to critique one thing in this movie it is the unexplored relationship between "The Man" and his wife during few flash backs. It is evident that she decided to leave/die but it is not clear why is it relevant to the story. In retrospect I feel that the intent was to show that during hard times whether that is war, concentration camp, or post-apocalyptic world, we are only left with our memories (some good, some bad). This is not for everyone.
Grade: B (Watch it)
Review: Flawless execution of this powerful story. Movie happens in a post-apocalyptic world. Earth is devastated, vegetation and crops are dying, civilization has disintegrated. Cause is not explained but it really doesn't matter. Story follows a son "The Boy" and father "The Man" walking toward the coast. The remaining rare survivors have been reduced to brutal survivalists that seek everything that can be used as food including other weak humans; sometimes enslaving them for later consumption.
Although movie doesn't have a single violent scene, viewer is terrorized and shaken by the implied violence and suspense. The son and father are suspicious and avoid everyone. Actors do an amazing job of portraying these isolated characters in a situation where death is far from the worst or scariest option. In fact death is an option constantly considered. The father training his son how to pull the trigger using the last two bullets is a chilling scene.
The director does a great job - without using special effects - creating this grayish landscape that is terrifyingly realistic.
If I was to critique one thing in this movie it is the unexplored relationship between "The Man" and his wife during few flash backs. It is evident that she decided to leave/die but it is not clear why is it relevant to the story. In retrospect I feel that the intent was to show that during hard times whether that is war, concentration camp, or post-apocalyptic world, we are only left with our memories (some good, some bad). This is not for everyone.
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Hot Tub Time Machine
Grade: C+ (Rent it)
Review: Definitely better than the idiotic title would suggest. Some cast members are better than others but in this genre it didn't matter. Overall funny, flawed but worthy a rent.
Grade: C+ (Rent it)
Review: Definitely better than the idiotic title would suggest. Some cast members are better than others but in this genre it didn't matter. Overall funny, flawed but worthy a rent.
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