Movies out January 1st
There were no movies out last Friday, but I would like to report that I have seen Avatar and it is ridiculously awesome. The story, as I suspected from the trailers, is contrived and reminiscent of Pocahontas, but the action, acting, and visual effects more than made up for it. Everything was brilliant and, if possible, you have to see it in IMAX 3D. It literally feels as though you are in the film running from crazy animals and flying around floating mountains. James Cameron is a genius and I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't take home a boatload of Oscars this year.
DVDs out today
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - This was a highly enjoyable movie. A little cheesy, but it's for kids so what do you expect? I love Steve the monkey.
The Final Destination - It wasn't in theaters long so it's probably terrible. That's not going to stop me from seeing, though. I just want to know why they decided to do the final destination at a Nascar race. Airplanes, cars, roller coasters, and Nascar? I don't think so.
Classic British Goodies and Gluteus Maximus Goodies
Underrated movie of the post:
Children of Men. I don't think this movie gets the credit it deserves. Not only does it have a great story, amazing actors, and action, but it is a wonderful look at human nature.A Beautiful Mind. I know it's not anywhere close to being underrated, but it's one of the few movies that I actually enjoyed and Russell Crowe doesn't really make underrated movies, does he? No, no he doesn't.
Movies to see:
Avatar in IMAX 3D, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Final Destination, Children of Men, and A Beautiful Mind.Trailers of the post
Harry Brown. Not going to see it, but it does prove that Michael Caine is a badass.
Inception. I have no idea where this movie is going, but I plan to see it based solely on the cast.
Tenderness. Uber-creepy. No thanks.
Robin Hood. Why is it they keep making Robin Hood movies with unattractive lead actors? That show on BBC had a hunkier Robin Hood than Russell Crowe or Kevin Costner. Even Carey Elwes was better looking than them in Robin Hood: Men in Tights. So I guess I'll just have to wait another two decades to see if a decently hot Robin Hood emerges...
Name 7 Michael Caine:
Miss Congeniality, Batman Begins, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Secondhand Lions, Prestige, Alfie, Sleuth.Name 7 Russell Crowe:
Beautiful Mind, Gladiator, Body of Lies, American Gangster, State of Play, Proof of Life, 3:10 to Yuma.Kevin Bacon Game:
Michael Caine was in Alfie with Jude Law who was in Closer with Julia Roberts who was in Flatliners with Kevin Bacon: 3 steps.Russell Crowe was in Proof of Life with Meg Ryan who was in In the Cut with Kevin Bacon: 2 steps.
Quote Quiz #129 winner:
Kristina with Happy Feet!
QQ #130: Name this Michael Caine movie:
"There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch."a. Miss Congeniality
b. Secondhand Lions
c. Children of Men
d. Austin Powers: Goldmember
QQ #131: name this Russell Crowe movie:
"Nobody's innocent in this shit."a. Body of Lies
b. State of Play
c. American Gangster
d. 3:10 to Yuma
4 comments:
The first one is D. Goldmember and the second I will guess B. State of Play
okay, krissy guessed D, so I guess A for Michael Caine. And I guess c. (that's American Gangster, right?) for Russell Crowe
also, blerg to avatar. i cannot for the life of me imagine why it would be remotely interesting. They're BLUE!
OK, Since D and A have been guessed, I'm going with C for the first. Since B and C have been guessed, I'm going with A. There we go!
And Avatar was really cool. It was totally like a cross between Pocahontas and Surrogates, but the scenery was extremely pretty.
BTW, Skelnik, I saw Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and found another reason for you to love it: Zachary Levi is in it. More than Jason Earls! =D
Im mainly writing this comment to "comment" on what you said about Avatar.
I agree with you on two things, The script and the visuals. The script was predictable and bland, and not original as they made it out to seem from the trailers. and the visuals were AMAZING!
However i have to disagree with you on saying that the action and acting were good. The movie was soooo long and could have been shortened and edited out cutting the movie in almost half. My thought of their reasoning behind this choice was to show off the visuals in the non important parts. even so, they could have cut so much of it. The action (when there is finally some) is good. The acting was ok, preformed well by some, bad by others, and why they cast that fool from terminator salvation Marcus Wright as the lead is beyond me. I didn't like him or his fake accent :\
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