Good Shephard - slow but interesting.

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago on 12 January 2007 03:42 (A review of The Good Shepherd)

Admittedly, the movie was not what I expected. It showed very little spycraft, very little action, but was ultimately interesting and good. Totally agree twith prior review that it was plodding and didn't pay out a whole lot, but still very enjoyable.

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Not really a movie

Posted : 1 year, 9 months ago on 8 January 2007 10:04 (A review of United 93)

My wife and I watched 911 and walked away feeling it was less like a movie, more like a documentary. It was very hard to "enjoy" but in it's own unique way was excellent.

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Lady in the Water Barely Floats

Posted : 1 year, 9 months ago on 23 December 2006 07:08 (A review of Lady in the Water)

Overall, I felt there was lots to like about LITW, less to dislike, and plenty to feel mediocre about. I was captivated at times, but felt the last 30 minutes stumbled, and ultimately I was left wanting something more. This is my first M. Night Shyamalan disappointment, loving ALL of his other pics. Enjoyable, and I can recommend, but with reservations.

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A Smiler With No Big Laughs

Posted : 1 year, 11 months ago on 23 October 2006 03:41 (A review of The Break-Up)

The Break-Up was an amusing movie with lots of resonance for married and dating couples. I never really laughed during the movie - it was just a "smiler", but I did enjoy it. I was left unpleased by the ending, like they did not quite know how to finish the movie. Jennifer Aniston is fun, but unremarkable. The thing that bugs me is the characters don't make a lot of sense - yes it's only a comedy, but is seems to be trying to say something profound about relationships. Personally, I did not get the message.

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The Wild - Quite Tame

Posted : 2 years, 5 months ago on 2 May 2006 12:22 (A review of The Wild)

I recently saw The Wild in the theater with my 4-year old, and I came away finding it lacking. The Wild is an uninspired rehash of several movies - most notably Madagascar. How they could possibly come up with a movie so similar is beyond me - not that Madagascar was anything to emulate. The animation is very good, but like MGSCR, the characters are uninspired. I also thought it had shades of Nemo - the dad trying to find his son. Just a bit too drab and unoriginal for my taste. My four-year-old liked it - but couldn't tell me much she liked about it, and didn't talk much about it, so I would say it was 5 out of 10 for her too.

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Good, but nothing special.

Posted : 2 years, 5 months ago on 12 April 2006 07:13 (A review of Underworld)

I was surprised at how unsexy Kate Beckinsdale was in this movie - she looks pissed off all the time, and is basically running throughout the entire movie. There was a suprisingly decent plot - it just got stretched a bit thin trying to come up with reasons to have certain scenes. I felt unsatisfied at the end, but it was by no means bad - just not very good.

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Red Eye - Get the Visine!

Posted : 2 years, 7 months ago on 8 March 2006 08:59 (A review of Red Eye)

Red Eye was pretty bad if you have any sort of a brain. I know you are supposed to suspend disbelief, but the contrivances got a little too big to swallow, and in the end the movie took a hard landing. There were moments in the beginning of good tension, but it just fell apart.

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