Worf101
01-31-2005, 08:40 AM
Well folks I've been watching movies on the weekends lately and have a few comments.
1. "De-Lovely" - A minus, Thought I was gonna see a "musical" about Cole Porter's life, instead I got more like an episode of "E's True Hollywood Story" about the composer's life. Makes Amadeus look like a chior boy. NOT for impressionable kids under 12. Great music, good movie, not what you're expecting however.
2. "Girl with a Pearl Earring" - "A", Not a "chic flick" but a study in "power" and who had it and who didn't back in the Europe during the time of the Dutch Masters. Fascinating study of men and women bound by money to people they dispise.
3. "Man on Fire" - B minus , A decent star vehicle but not a great one. Better than average but too many plot holes and I figured this one out from the opening credits. Semi - Hollywood ending ruined it for me.
4. "The Village" - "B", Not Mr. Shaylaman's best work. I saw the twist on this one coming as well. Interesting film, excellent use of tension and lighting I enjoyed it but not as much as earlier works.
5. "Cat Woman" - D minus, And to think this woman won an Oscar for Best Actress 2 years ago? Goodness gracious what a mess. What a horrendous mess. Bad script, worse acting and ludicrus CGI. Bad, bad, bad.
6. "The Manchurian Candidate" - D - What were they thinking? Bastardization of a movie that was a best a "cult classic". Terrible direction, awful waste of Denzel's talents. More plot holes than a pound of Swiss. Ouch...
7. "Collateral" - A Minus - Man this movie really shoots my "Tom Cruise can't act" theory all to hell and back. Messrs. Fox and Cruise put on a virtuoso performances in a movie that could've been perfect had there been a few less plot holes in it.
8. "The Punisher" - B Minus - Could've been better it they'd plugged some of the more obvious plot holes in it. A man is persumed dead, he's seeking revenge on people who killed him and his whole family. What the hell does he do but put his face in front of TV cameras and announce to his enemies that he's alive and living in Florida... "come and kill me before I kill you". Makes absolutely no sense.
Well that's all for this installment. Have fun folks...
Da Worfster :cool:
1. "De-Lovely" - A minus, Thought I was gonna see a "musical" about Cole Porter's life, instead I got more like an episode of "E's True Hollywood Story" about the composer's life. Makes Amadeus look like a chior boy. NOT for impressionable kids under 12. Great music, good movie, not what you're expecting however.
2. "Girl with a Pearl Earring" - "A", Not a "chic flick" but a study in "power" and who had it and who didn't back in the Europe during the time of the Dutch Masters. Fascinating study of men and women bound by money to people they dispise.
3. "Man on Fire" - B minus , A decent star vehicle but not a great one. Better than average but too many plot holes and I figured this one out from the opening credits. Semi - Hollywood ending ruined it for me.
4. "The Village" - "B", Not Mr. Shaylaman's best work. I saw the twist on this one coming as well. Interesting film, excellent use of tension and lighting I enjoyed it but not as much as earlier works.
5. "Cat Woman" - D minus, And to think this woman won an Oscar for Best Actress 2 years ago? Goodness gracious what a mess. What a horrendous mess. Bad script, worse acting and ludicrus CGI. Bad, bad, bad.
6. "The Manchurian Candidate" - D - What were they thinking? Bastardization of a movie that was a best a "cult classic". Terrible direction, awful waste of Denzel's talents. More plot holes than a pound of Swiss. Ouch...
7. "Collateral" - A Minus - Man this movie really shoots my "Tom Cruise can't act" theory all to hell and back. Messrs. Fox and Cruise put on a virtuoso performances in a movie that could've been perfect had there been a few less plot holes in it.
8. "The Punisher" - B Minus - Could've been better it they'd plugged some of the more obvious plot holes in it. A man is persumed dead, he's seeking revenge on people who killed him and his whole family. What the hell does he do but put his face in front of TV cameras and announce to his enemies that he's alive and living in Florida... "come and kill me before I kill you". Makes absolutely no sense.
Well that's all for this installment. Have fun folks...
Da Worfster :cool: