Movie 40: The Italian Job

I know, I know, it's been a while, and my 9 followers miss me. Honestly, I have been watching a lot of movies, just mostly documentaries and weird shit that frankly, I don't feel like blogging about. This movie however, must be lauded. What it lacks in depth of plot, which I could probably sum up in a short paragraph, it makes up for in sheer fucking awesomeness. There is nothing like pulling off the perfect crime, and then learning that the shit stain gets "taken care of" by pissed off Ukrainians. I don't know, it just warms my heart a bit. The driving is cool, the characters are comical yet they have a serious side. I particularly enjoy Left Ear, because he doesn't die first of all, but also because his dream is to have a nice house in the south of Spain with a room for his shoes :) just makes me chuckle gently to myself. Oh and boobs, Charlize Theron is smokin'. Just sayin'

Movie 39: In Time

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... hot girl with a gun... Ok I'm done staring at the poster, on to the movie. I liked this movie, it wasn't great but it was good. The one thing that was left out that made it less than awesome was the lack of explanation for the history of their condition (if you don't know the concept, a clock ticks down the time till they die, they are given 25 years to start with and can in theory live forever). I would have like the story to have gone down the path of getting rid of the clock system altogether, but it never took that turn. Instead it went for a Robin Hood type story line, where the poor guy gets the rich girl and distributes the wealth from the rich to the poor. Now that I think of it... that's exactly what this story is... it's modern day Sci-Fi Robin Hood. All in all it is a good movie, with good realistic actors and quite a bit of action, it just lacks the explanation for it to be a true hit, at least that's how I see it.

Movie 38: Jack and Jill

What's worse than Adam Sandler? Two Adam Sandlers, kill me. I don't think this movie deserves a review because... well it's just another Sandler movie, full of slapstick comedy, jew jokes, and overall idiocy. If you like Adam Sandler you should watch this movie, as he plays both the starring roles (not as well as Eddie Murphy, or the money guzzling Tyler Perry I might add). He does not play the female role very well (which shocked me, I thought he'd play it better than the male role). Oh and side note... on the poster his male face is totally a me gusta face.

Movie 37: Footloose

This movie is the modern day version of the original, only the acting is not as good, the music is not as good, and it sucks. This movie is a classic and did not need to be remade. One point that struck me as particularly stupid was the fact that the song "Footloose" is only heard like one time during the movie... AND IT'S A CRAPPY COUNTRY STYLE COVER OF IT!!! First of all, this is sacrilegious to Kenny Loggins and that awesome song (believe me I know sacrilege), and second of all it's the goddamn name of the movie, a crappy cover of "Hero" should not be the overlying theme of the movie. All in all I think this movie should be burned and I wish I had a copy of the original 1984 version because I want to watch the good one again like now.

Movie 36: Salt

This movie kept me guessing till right up to the end, which is good I guess since that was its blatantly obvious sole function. Forget being confusing with a cool story like Inception, no just throw in as many twists and turns as you possibly can and say fuck it to the substance part. It reminds me of video gaming, when you create stuff in video games for fun, like a Sims house with 40 bathrooms, or a Spore creature made of all eyes. This movie was that ridiculous extreme, except with twists and turns (and unconscious guards). Don't get me wrong, it was fun to watch, with a lot of bad ass moments because apparently Salt is immortal. However, I would not watch it again because its gimmick has been used up. I know the outcome of all the convoluted shit in the story, so now it's no longer fun to watch. This movie is worth one watch, so rent it don't buy it.

Movie 35: The Green Lantern

This is where I start talking about how this movie strayed so far from the comic and had a shallow story and was horrible. Honestly, I thought this movie was cool. It was visually appealing, the costume and ring power effects were nice, they were also clean and didn't detract from the action, in other words they didn't seem forced to make them cooler, like Captain America jumping in front of an excessive amount of explosions because that's really all he's good for. The core concept of the movie, while straying from the comic in its execution (for example the speed at which he learns his powers is remarkable, holy shit), was interesting, and easy to understand for those who haven't read all the comics. It is packed to the brim with action without all that pesky dialogue. All in all I liked it, though it wasn't the best super hero movie I've seen, it far exceeded Captain America and certain Hornet of the same color. I just can't wait till Deadpool comes out :)

Movie 34: Hugo

This movie was interesting to say the least. I liked it for the fact that it allowed us to glimpse into the world of movie making at its roots. As a beginning film studies major this movie really struck a chord on how much of an art movie making is, and it made me appreciate its artistic value that much more. The story itself was a little dull and didn't really keep me enthralled, but it was nice and the acting was pretty good. The greatest part of the film itself though was the style it was filmed in, it looked animated, and even fooled me for a good 30 minutes before I figured out that it was real. The saturation of color and the angle of the shots just resembled that of an animated movie (a very realistic 3D animated movie) that it kept me more enthralled than the story itself.

Movie 33: Puss 'n Boots

If you like Zorro, Shrek, or little kitties, Puss in Boots is the movie for you. There isn't much to be said about the standard DreamWorks film. It's packed full of classic machismo Puss in Boots quotes in Antonio Banderas' sexy Spanish accent. Salma Hayek plays Puss' female cohort, who of course has a secret which happens to be that she is actually working against him (big surprise). I wasn't expecting gripping story and dialogue and I didn't get it. I expected a cutsie DreamWorks film with lots of gimmicks and that's precisely what I got. I don't see it as wasted time for watching it either, I quite enjoy a movie that takes my mind off things for a while.

Movie 32: The Stand

It took a long long long ass time but I finally made it through this monstrosity of a movie. I sat down to the movie depicting one of my favorite books of all time. The story itself was pretty accurate to the book, with a pretty outstanding cast of actors and actresses. The characters were pretty believable and the action was accurate, but the movie didn't really capture the darkness and mystique of the book. King captured evil incarnate (Randall Flagg) like no other, it's something he excels at, but this movie cheapened Flagg's  look with cheesy special effects and a corny ass mullet. Even though the acting was a little shallow on the evil side the movie was still pretty accurate to the book (right up to the convenient... I'm done