Released: 9/28/2012
OVERALL RATING: * * *
(on a scale of 1 to 4 - 4 being best)
Director: Rian Johnson
Writer: Rian Johnson
Producers: James D. Stern, Ram Bergman
Main Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt
Directing: * * *
Acting: * * *
Plot: * * * *
Predictability: * *
Entertainment Value: * * * .5
Action Sequences: * * * *
Bruce Willis still has it. He is so bad ass!
I do have more to say about the movie, but did I mention that Bruce Willis is friggin amazing? Oh, yeah... the first line of my review kinda says that.
Seriously though, I thought Joseph Gordon-Levitt did a great job being a young Bruce (Joe). His expressions in some of the scenes almost made me laugh cause he was making Bruce faces.
The action in the movie rocked, but it did get a little slow in a couple places. It was also a bit predictable. I can't give specifics cause I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't seen it.
I highly recommend the movie and consider it worth while seeing in the theater.
Favorite Lines:
"I'm from the future. You should go to China."
"Put a glowing thing around your neck or something."
Favorite Scene: Bruce (Joe) taking all the bad boys down. Yep, that's hot.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
White Noise
Released: 2005
OVERALL RATING: * * *
(on a scale of 1 to 4 - 4 is best)
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Naill Johnson
Producers: Paul Brooks; Shawn Williamson
Cinematography: Chris Seager
Main Actors: Michael Keaton; Deborah Kara Unger; Ian McNeice; Chandra West
Directing: * * *
Acting: * * *
Plot: * * .5
Predictability: * * *
Entertainment Value: * * * .5
I'm too scared to sleep tonight. Maybe I shouldn't have watched a scary movie alone right before bedtime. This kinda movie freaks me out. I can take the whole "crazy people in the woods chop up the sinful teenagers" horror movies. I can even take the "mental patient escapes and hunts down a pretty girl" and the "vampire gets hungry and goes to the big city to eat" films, but paranormal bizarreness... freakazoid.
My fear factor is taken into account in this rating. If I wasn't scared or freaked out, well, it wouldn't have gotten 3 stars (well, duh...).
The editing of the movie was well done and it contributed to my uneasiness. I liked the cuts and overlays that they did. It was good timing and very appropriate for the style of film. The music was good at first. Scary music would play like something was about to happen, then nothing scary. It started to get old by the end though. Yep, the music was a tease.
I recommend this movie, but if you are like me when it comes to the paranormal, don't watch it alone at night.
Favorite Scene: Michael Keaton tells the granddaughter that her grandmother had been contacting him for the past week - but she had only died 2 days before! (FREAKY)
OVERALL RATING: * * *
(on a scale of 1 to 4 - 4 is best)
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Naill Johnson
Producers: Paul Brooks; Shawn Williamson
Cinematography: Chris Seager
Main Actors: Michael Keaton; Deborah Kara Unger; Ian McNeice; Chandra West
Directing: * * *
Acting: * * *
Plot: * * .5
Predictability: * * *
Entertainment Value: * * * .5
I'm too scared to sleep tonight. Maybe I shouldn't have watched a scary movie alone right before bedtime. This kinda movie freaks me out. I can take the whole "crazy people in the woods chop up the sinful teenagers" horror movies. I can even take the "mental patient escapes and hunts down a pretty girl" and the "vampire gets hungry and goes to the big city to eat" films, but paranormal bizarreness... freakazoid.
My fear factor is taken into account in this rating. If I wasn't scared or freaked out, well, it wouldn't have gotten 3 stars (well, duh...).
The editing of the movie was well done and it contributed to my uneasiness. I liked the cuts and overlays that they did. It was good timing and very appropriate for the style of film. The music was good at first. Scary music would play like something was about to happen, then nothing scary. It started to get old by the end though. Yep, the music was a tease.
I recommend this movie, but if you are like me when it comes to the paranormal, don't watch it alone at night.
Favorite Scene: Michael Keaton tells the granddaughter that her grandmother had been contacting him for the past week - but she had only died 2 days before! (FREAKY)
Saturday, September 8, 2012
2-Headed Shark Attack
Released: 2012
OVERALL RATING: * *
(on a scale of 1 to 4 - 4 being best)
Director: Christopher Ray
Writers: Edward DeRuiter; H. Perry Horton
Producer: David Michael Latt
Main Actors: Brooke Hogan; Christopher O'Connell; Carmen Electra
Acting: *
Direction: * *
Story Line: *
Entertainment Value: * * *
Predictability: *
Worst love kiss on screen I have ever seen. Couldn't the director get even a little passion out of Carmen Electra and Chris O'Connell? I would have been more than happy to show Carmen how to passionately kiss him.
Carmen Electra was absolutely horrible in this move. It was obvious why they had cast her. If I had seen one more gratuitous bikini shot of her, I was going to have to stab my eyeballs out. Dude, really?
Brooke Hogan was far better in this movie than Carmen Electra. I actually kinda liked Brooke in the role as Kate. She was pretty kick ass. I loved it when she said her dad was a welder. No he wasn't, he's a wrestler. Hehe
Anyway, the entertainment value was high because I was laughing at half of the things going on. It's so totally outrageous it's funny.
Favorite Scene: Lindsey's melt down and Kate's reaction - perfect.
OVERALL RATING: * *
(on a scale of 1 to 4 - 4 being best)
Director: Christopher Ray
Writers: Edward DeRuiter; H. Perry Horton
Producer: David Michael Latt
Main Actors: Brooke Hogan; Christopher O'Connell; Carmen Electra
Acting: *
Direction: * *
Story Line: *
Entertainment Value: * * *
Predictability: *
Worst love kiss on screen I have ever seen. Couldn't the director get even a little passion out of Carmen Electra and Chris O'Connell? I would have been more than happy to show Carmen how to passionately kiss him.
Carmen Electra was absolutely horrible in this move. It was obvious why they had cast her. If I had seen one more gratuitous bikini shot of her, I was going to have to stab my eyeballs out. Dude, really?
Brooke Hogan was far better in this movie than Carmen Electra. I actually kinda liked Brooke in the role as Kate. She was pretty kick ass. I loved it when she said her dad was a welder. No he wasn't, he's a wrestler. Hehe
Anyway, the entertainment value was high because I was laughing at half of the things going on. It's so totally outrageous it's funny.
Favorite Scene: Lindsey's melt down and Kate's reaction - perfect.
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