Posts Tagged ‘Movie Reviews’
Knowing – I watched the Blue-Ray version of the movie Knowing the other night and was not impressed. I can’t believe how much money Hollywood is wasting on film these days. I have spent more enjoyable time on YouTube. Don’t try to blame Nicolas Cage it was not his fault at all. The story had nowhere to go except where it ended. There were just not any real surprises. The Aliens made no sense appearing and disappearing and watching, what for? In the end they just took the kids anyway so why the cat and mouse? Why drive people crazy with incoherent whispering and numbers if you don’t really care if they are going to understand? You are just going to take them anyway, right? The spaceships were very lame and there were presumably hundreds if not thousands. Did they drive all of those people crazy for 50 years and then torture their kids with whispering and number carving just to kidnap the kids in the end? Figuring it out or “knowing” didn’t and couldn’t save anyone. I just didn’t get the script, who wrote this crap? One more thing, why was some of it shot in Australia? This is another stupid trend. I watched New in Town a week ago and it is set in Minnesota but they filmed it in Canada.
If you have a choice you should watch New in Town rather than Knowing. It’s corny, predictable, and a cookie cutter chick flick but it doesn’t try to be anything other than what it is. Harry Connick Jr. does a great job too.
The Bourne Identity A great CIA movie. Good plot, good characters, good combat and weapons but not too far over the top like most modern action movies. Matt Damon is Jason Bourne. This is the best of the trilogy but Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum are not far behind. Very few sequels can pull off what they did with this trilogy. I only wish they would have stuck with Doug Wiman as the director on all three. One can only wonder if the “shakey cam” would have been under control if so.
True Romance 
Written by Quentin Tarantino but directed by Tony Scott. This is a thrill ride. If for no other reason, you must see this for Gary Oldman’s character portrayal of a white pimp (Drexel) that thinks he’s black. This isn’t your typical romance movie, it’s almost all action. A loner (Christian Slater) meats a prostitute (Patricia Arquette), they fall in love and make a one time drug deal that goes bad. The scene with Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken is a true classic. The cast includes other stars like Brad Pitt, Michael Rapaport, Val Kilmer, Bronson Pinchot, Tom Sizemore, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Penn, and James Gandolfini.
Leon (The Professional) Luc Besson makes this one work. Jean Reno and Natalie Portman team up for a great duo. Gary Oldman gives another great character performance. A hit man befriends a little girl and teaches her to be a cleaner (Hit-man). If you haven’t seen this movie you should order it now!
The Fifth Element – Another great movie from Luc Besson. It’s an action – sci-fi – comedy with Bruce Willis and Chris Tucker. Gary Oldman makes another character his own. Only the Fifth Element can save the world and only Bruce Willis can save the Fifth Element.
The Wedding Singer – A romantic comedy that’s mostly comedy. Plenty of laughs with a pinch of romance. Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler hit it off in this 1980’s themed off the wall hit.
12 Monkeys – One of Brad Pitt’s best performances with Bruce Willis in the lead. What is Twelve Monkeys? It’s a science fiction movie about a convict going back in time to find out what nearly wiped out the human race.
Happy Gilmore – Very funny with good characters. Definitely over the top but who cares? It’s a comedy! Once you see this movie you will spend your cash on more Adam Sandler movies if you haven’t already.
