Hmmm. I don't think I've posted in one of these threads for a while. Here is the latest batch of movies I watched:
Get Smart
This was pretty good. Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway were hilarious. I think some of the physical stuff (e.g. Max shooting himself repeatedly) wasn't as hilarious as the people responsible thought it was, but the dialogue was funny. Plus some of the physical stuff
was good; the dance scene had me laughing out loud, especially the bit where the fat woman drug Carell across the floor.
Not sure why Bill Murray was hired to stand in a tree.
Charade
Still as good as ever. I bought it on DVD, and was very excited for having done so.
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Ugh. A lot of the acting in this was quite odd. I don't think I'd call it wooden. Maybe overdone. I thought at first that perhaps it was just because of the time in which it was made, but then I remembered my third-favorite movie of all time (
Soylent Green) was made just a year later, and it wasn't hard to watch. Bad acting is bad acting. Which is strange, because one of the actresses was nominated for an Academy Award (though I don't know what else was out that year). Even Roddy McDowall was consigned to a one-note role that had him talking in a silly manner. Gene Hackman did the best job, though even he couldn't save this movie from sinking (olol, I am like da movie critics, durrr). The only reason to really watch it, for me at least, was the coolness of the set of the upside-down ship.
I want to see the the remake, though. It has Adam Baldwin in it!
Hook
I hadn't watched this movie since sometime in the nineties. I wanted to re-watch it and gain an adult perspective on it. I actually expected to be repulsed and expected to have the uncontrollable urge to hurl throughout the movie. Surprisingly, I found myself enjoying it. Maybe I'm a bad person, or maybe it was purely the nostalgia talking, but I had a lot of fun watching it. As over-done and excessive as it is, it's a blast to look at, and I found I understood the themes a lot better this time around. I nearly got teary-eyed during what was hands down the best scene, i.e. Peter learning once more to fly. One thing that definitely lifted this movie up was the score. The score was so amazingly awesome, it blew me away hearing it again. Clearly, John Williams was still in his prime and going strong. I swear that the first
Harry Potter's score sounds like this one in parts.
Also, BANGARANG.
After The Sunset
I didn't set out to watch this. My little brother was watching it, and I sat down to say something to him, and I ended up watching the whole thing. It wasn't a
brilliant movie by any means, and I know some people crap on Brett Ratner, but I found it to be a surprisingly fun little heist comedy. Woody Harrelson was funny opposite Pierce Brosnan (who usually bugs me), and there was a nice twist at the end.
Sin City
Having heard so much about it, I pretty much knew what to expect in terms of shock-factor, though being told how creepy Elijah Wood is a thousand times doesn't quite prepare you as much as it ought to. Visually, this movie was a delectable, orgasmic treat. Story-wise, I most heartily enjoyed the middle chapter, i.e. the one with the character Marv. Mickey Rourke was so awesome, it made me desperately want to watch
The Wrestler.
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
I actually saw this in my World History II class, but I've been meaning to watch it for ages. It was less of an outright comedy-fest as I expected, but I did appreciate the subtle satirical humour present throughout. I also expected the Dr. in the title to take center stage but, though he was pretty hilarious, I liked the character of General Turgidson the best. His expression when he voiced concern that the Soviet Ambassador would 'See the big board' was just priceless. I also liked the scenes of the President arguing with Soviet Premier Dmitri Kissoff as though they were a married couple, as well as the parodying of crazed patriots with the character of General Ripper giving lectures to Mandrake on the evil communist plot of fluoridization.
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