I'm pretty sure I can actually feel my intelligence seeping out through my ears today. I have a headache that seems to be unpacking some rather large furniture inside my brain as though it were going to stay for a very long time, which is slowly causing me to forget how to read and to lose my ability to focus. Stupid Tuesday.
Clearly, I'm in a fabulous mood and therefore thought I should for sure post something in order to spread my cheer to the rest of the world. :)
Actually, I was thinking I hadn't done a movie post in quite some time, and that's simply tragic. Here are some thoughts on my most recently watched flicks, going backward:
The Prestige which I currently have from netflix. I'm about a 50% fan of Christian Bale. I like Batman Begins and Reign of Fire a whole lot, but I'm not so into Equilibrium and The Machinist. I haven't seen American Psycho all the way through so I'll reserve judgment on that one (and I know there are a bunch of others but take my word for it that I only like him about half the time). Hugh Jackman is ok, although I prefer for him to stick to playing a romantic lead or a comic book hero. Scarlett Johannsen keeps making weird movies where her part isn't that great/likeable/interesting and I don't really get that (Match Point, anyone? No? Take my word for it, it's not a very good movie) Anyway, I heard this was a good flick, I like magic, two leading men who are easy on the eyes, figured I'd give it a shot. I watched this movie two days ago and I'm still pretty undecided about it. I'm also pretty sure I never want to go to a magic show as long as I live. It left me with a very unsatisfied feeling, which is too bad. I feel like I figured out the end pretty close to the beginning and then I was just biding time until they got around to telling me. See The Illusionist instead, it came out about the same time, got way less press and I think it's way better. Plus, it's got Edward Norton who is 100% cool all of the time and Jessica Biel whose name is Jessica and therefore must be ok.
The Incredibles, which I own. I love this movie. I've probably seen it 20+ times and I still love it. That's pretty much it on that one, I watched it Sunday during my Day of Pajamas and remembered how much I like it.
Live Free or Die Hard. Now, I saw this movie the day it came out in the theater, because it's a Die Hard movie and Bruce Willis is the star. These two things are a guaranteed recipe for me to like a movie. And yea, I know it's completely unrealistic and over half the things that happened in it are probably not even remotely possible within the laws of physics and the universe and whatever. I'll tell you right now though, it doesn't even matter. You give me a movie where Bruce is saving the world and being a carefree smartass while he does it and I'm happy. I was checking out amazon while I was at my parents' and saw that it was being released the Tuesday before Thanksgiving so I immediately purchased it and got overnight shipping so that it would be there in time to watch on Thursday. I watched it Thursday night with my brothers and my dad, and we'll just say that one of them sucked the fun out of it by refusing to suspend disbelief and just enjoy the ride. In fact, it sucked the fun out so much that I had to watch the movie again on Saturday when I got home. And guess what? I still love it. This one had the added bonus of Justin Long playing a nerdy computer genius, and I do love nerdy men. Moving along....
National Treasure. Let me preface this by telling you that outside of Moonstruck I really REALLY don't like Nicolas Cage. I think he's the king of the over-actors and he's pretty creepy in real life. That being said, I love love love this movie. It's another one of those movies that I could watch over and over again. Any movie that combines history with adventure and romance and good vs. evil, etc is a good movie. I can't wait for the sequel to come out, and here's the trick I've learned for sequels. Pretend as if the first movie was never made, pretend as though this movie has nothing to live up to and just hope that it can keep you entertained for a couple of hours. Do that and if it's still disappointing, you know it was a terrible, terrible movie and you just wasted 2 hours and $10 that you'll never get back (if you're seeing it in the theater).
Beowulf. Let me start out by telling you that no matter what forms of trickery your little brother uses to get you to go to a 3D IMAX movie the day after your friend's bachelorette party when you're completely hungover, IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA. The form of trickery my little brother employed was very clever. He sent me a text message and the only things I paid attention to were "beowulf" and "1:30". I had already agreed to see the movie, and it was only later that I realized the full message said "...seeing beowulf 3D at 1:30 if you are interested." But by then it was too late. I was committed. To watching an animated action movie three stories high in 3 dimensions. I did manage to make it through the movie without fainting or vomiting (I'm not sure how) but I did try to swipe the things coming at me from the screen out of my way because they were way too close. There was a lot going on there. My overall impression was that it was kind of a silly movie, I have a hard time taking animated characters that seriously and I was pretty irritated that Robin Wright Penn didn't actually look like Robin Wright Penn until the end of the movie. I'm serious, that almost completely ruined it. I will say that visually it was pretty amazing and if you're going to see it, ABSOLUTELY see it in 3D IMAX, because otherwise it would be pretty disappointing.
Next I really want to see Enchanted, which Grace saw over Thanksgiving and hated, so that pretty much tells me that I'll like it. Grace and I have completely opposite taste in movies. We always end up completely surprised when we go to a movie and both have a good time. Anyway, if this writer's strike goes on for much longer, I'm pretty sure I'll get a chance to get caught up on all the movies I'm missing in the theater because of the television season.
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2 comments:
Hey come on there is no doubt that Hugh Jackman is the most multi talented actor on the stage and screen. His performance in The Prestige was really something to watch particularly all the twists and turn the character had to make and he did them so smoothly.
Christian Bale was excellent but at the end of the day with the complexity of Angier and the additional emotions I think he was better than Bale
MidnightAngel
Christian bale is one of the best actors alive, actors don't get much more dedicated than that guy
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