Worf101
08-31-2007, 05:19 AM
Now that the summer "dad take me and my babbon like friends to the mall" duties are winding down I've started renting some flicks again...
"Letters from Iwo Jima" - B-minus - Far better than it's companion piece but still not engaging to me. Perhaps I should've sprung for it on the big screen but in the HT it didn't grab me as much as I thought it would Perhaps I'm overloaded on WWII, who knows. Great soundtrack though. Right up there with SPR for battle separation.
"Hot Fuzz" - A - Far funnier than I'd thought it would be. Plenty of subtle knocks and sends up of American Culture. Specialy liked their take on NWA as opposed to ours LOL. Good special features, wonderful soundtrack. Great send-up of Cop Flicks in general.
"Black Snake Moan" - B-Minus - Gonna suprise a lot of folks here but I liked this movie. I visited the rural south every summer and I know people like Samuel L. Jackson, hell they were relatives of mine. Story was fair, acting was passable, but the ambiance was dead on. Seeing Christina Ricci's breasts every other minute didn't hurt either.
"Norbitt" - C - I may be overly kind here but I had to watch the movie that singlehandedly cost Eddie Murphy his Oscar for "DreamGirls". I guess every great Stand up comedian who turns movie actor sooner or later makes a flick that only a shrink could love. Much like Richard Pryor's "Jo Jo Dancer" of years gone by this flick is a freudian wet dream of self loathing and hate. I can also see that Eddie has a slight problem with large, loud and forcefull Black Women. Errrr... not exactly gonna earn any NAACP Image awards with this one. Still there were some hilarious moments. There are laughs between the cringes.
Da Worfster
"Letters from Iwo Jima" - B-minus - Far better than it's companion piece but still not engaging to me. Perhaps I should've sprung for it on the big screen but in the HT it didn't grab me as much as I thought it would Perhaps I'm overloaded on WWII, who knows. Great soundtrack though. Right up there with SPR for battle separation.
"Hot Fuzz" - A - Far funnier than I'd thought it would be. Plenty of subtle knocks and sends up of American Culture. Specialy liked their take on NWA as opposed to ours LOL. Good special features, wonderful soundtrack. Great send-up of Cop Flicks in general.
"Black Snake Moan" - B-Minus - Gonna suprise a lot of folks here but I liked this movie. I visited the rural south every summer and I know people like Samuel L. Jackson, hell they were relatives of mine. Story was fair, acting was passable, but the ambiance was dead on. Seeing Christina Ricci's breasts every other minute didn't hurt either.
"Norbitt" - C - I may be overly kind here but I had to watch the movie that singlehandedly cost Eddie Murphy his Oscar for "DreamGirls". I guess every great Stand up comedian who turns movie actor sooner or later makes a flick that only a shrink could love. Much like Richard Pryor's "Jo Jo Dancer" of years gone by this flick is a freudian wet dream of self loathing and hate. I can also see that Eddie has a slight problem with large, loud and forcefull Black Women. Errrr... not exactly gonna earn any NAACP Image awards with this one. Still there were some hilarious moments. There are laughs between the cringes.
Da Worfster