Amateur movie review time!
Dude, my hair is making me look like James Dean today. It is possibly the most awesome thing ever.
Also, I saw movies! Hot Fuzz. SEE IT. It was made of hilarious and win. And gay. But it had Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, so the gay was pretty much a given. Seriously, did anyone ever notice how those two can't make a movie with just one genre? It's like a horror comedy action adventure mystery buddy cop romance. (Well, maybe the romance is just me. Then again, maybe not!) Also, it has references to Shaun of the Dead, all of which are minor, so you're not missing anything if you haven't seen it. Well, yes you are. You're missing a freaking awesome zombie movie.
Rosemary's Baby. Consistently rated one of the top ten horror movies ever, and it does stand the test of time, let me tell you. I had to sleep with the door closed. But honestly, it's worth seeing for several reasons: top class horror. You don't get to really see anything - the goriest moment was the shot of a girl who had supposedly fallen from a window, and that was just blood. Very much a creeping horror, psychological freak-out. Also, naked Mia Farrow. See it.
Live Free or Die, by two of the writers of Seinfeld, and it shows. It wasn't much my kind of humor, personally, but it was entertaining, and anyone who loved Seinfeld will probably think it's awesome. It's about John "Rugged" Rudgate, the criminal legend of New Hampshire.
Premonition with Sandra Bullock I would not recommend simply for the fact that it was very much a Lifetime original mystery/romance/faith kind of thing, and I personally can't stand those. Also, it had Julian McMahon. There's something about that actor that I just can't stand (which I feel bad about, because I'm sure he's a perfectly nice man in real life). He just can't seem to relate to anyone on screen. He kills the chemistry - you can really tell that he's playing a part. He's acting, not becoming a character. I think Sandra Bullock gives an excellent performance in it, but again, not my type of movie. Too moralistic and gooey for my taste.
Also, I saw Slither, and I wouldn't recommend that either. Too formulaic, and while I do appreciate that on occasion if its done well, in this case, it wasn't. I will give them credit for not being afraid to go after the little kids, and also the cannibalism angle was a little creepy, but really, it was just another "dark evil bent on devouring all life on Earth" movie with a bad romantic subplot. It even took place in a small town with the heroes being a sheriff and a schoolteacher. Please. (And no, the special effects, acting, and plot weren't quite bad enough for it to be the stupid B-movie brand of entertaining. Skip it.)
We rented Pathfinder, but I haven't seen it yet. Updates when I do. Ta!
P.S: At the time of this post, no one is on AIM. Anyone feel like chatting?
P.P.S: I forgot! The Great Gatsby. Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, and - get this - Sam Waterson, as in Jack McCoy from Law & Order. Only he's like, 22. Fantastic movie, and they do such an excellent job of capturing the book. Fitzgerald would have been proud, I bet. (And if I didn't have a literary girly crush on Nick Carraway before the movie, I sure as hell do now.)
Also, I saw movies! Hot Fuzz. SEE IT. It was made of hilarious and win. And gay. But it had Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, so the gay was pretty much a given. Seriously, did anyone ever notice how those two can't make a movie with just one genre? It's like a horror comedy action adventure mystery buddy cop romance. (Well, maybe the romance is just me. Then again, maybe not!) Also, it has references to Shaun of the Dead, all of which are minor, so you're not missing anything if you haven't seen it. Well, yes you are. You're missing a freaking awesome zombie movie.
Rosemary's Baby. Consistently rated one of the top ten horror movies ever, and it does stand the test of time, let me tell you. I had to sleep with the door closed. But honestly, it's worth seeing for several reasons: top class horror. You don't get to really see anything - the goriest moment was the shot of a girl who had supposedly fallen from a window, and that was just blood. Very much a creeping horror, psychological freak-out. Also, naked Mia Farrow. See it.
Live Free or Die, by two of the writers of Seinfeld, and it shows. It wasn't much my kind of humor, personally, but it was entertaining, and anyone who loved Seinfeld will probably think it's awesome. It's about John "Rugged" Rudgate, the criminal legend of New Hampshire.
Premonition with Sandra Bullock I would not recommend simply for the fact that it was very much a Lifetime original mystery/romance/faith kind of thing, and I personally can't stand those. Also, it had Julian McMahon. There's something about that actor that I just can't stand (which I feel bad about, because I'm sure he's a perfectly nice man in real life). He just can't seem to relate to anyone on screen. He kills the chemistry - you can really tell that he's playing a part. He's acting, not becoming a character. I think Sandra Bullock gives an excellent performance in it, but again, not my type of movie. Too moralistic and gooey for my taste.
Also, I saw Slither, and I wouldn't recommend that either. Too formulaic, and while I do appreciate that on occasion if its done well, in this case, it wasn't. I will give them credit for not being afraid to go after the little kids, and also the cannibalism angle was a little creepy, but really, it was just another "dark evil bent on devouring all life on Earth" movie with a bad romantic subplot. It even took place in a small town with the heroes being a sheriff and a schoolteacher. Please. (And no, the special effects, acting, and plot weren't quite bad enough for it to be the stupid B-movie brand of entertaining. Skip it.)
We rented Pathfinder, but I haven't seen it yet. Updates when I do. Ta!
P.S: At the time of this post, no one is on AIM. Anyone feel like chatting?
P.P.S: I forgot! The Great Gatsby. Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, and - get this - Sam Waterson, as in Jack McCoy from Law & Order. Only he's like, 22. Fantastic movie, and they do such an excellent job of capturing the book. Fitzgerald would have been proud, I bet. (And if I didn't have a literary girly crush on Nick Carraway before the movie, I sure as hell do now.)