I happened to catch this movie about two weeks ago. I enjoyed it.

A really decent cast with some good performances, especially from Ving Rhames.

Yes I got it early from Blockbuster. The movies that come out on Tuesdays we get the Friday before. I watched HARRY POTTER last night and tomorrow (or tonight if I can squeeze it in) I'm going to watch THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM. Sometimes we get them weeks in advance depending on the studio (see THE BROTHERS SOLOMON which doesn't come out until 12/26)

BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
(First Viewing)

Marketed and advertised as another CHRIONICLES OF NARNIA but plays like another PAN'S LABYRINTH where most of the story isn't fantasy based, but rather reality. It really pisses me off when movie companies do this However, surprisingly AnnaSophia Robb puts together a good performance as the very imaginative Leslie Burke.

Blame your expectations on the trailers, not the films. Don't take trailers for granted. When you realise this you might start to open up to a whole lot of great films.

If you know what the fucking book's about or even had done a little research you could've realized this.

Capo, you expect way too much from some people.

BTW, did you see NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN yet?

No, not until January. Can't wait!

Between yesterday and today I watched Knocked Up, Superbad and The 40 Year-Old Virgin. All pretty great. I'd rank them in the order I watched them, though they're all pretty different.

Michael Cera's a very, very promising young actor.

40 year old virgan is a good film but the ending is ridicolus.

What ending, the musical?

That's probably the best bit. How else to befit the feelings of physical and emotional relief?

The extras on the dvd is pretty funny.

CREEPSHOW
(First Viewing)

My first George Romero film I've seen. I liked how it had five different stories together instead of simply dragging out one or two. They were able to mix things up quite a bit. I also liked the illustrations to transition between stories and how it had a TALES FROM THE CRYPT feel to it. Leslie Nielsen was a nice surprise as a killer. I always associate him as being a comedian for his work on THE NAKED GUN trilogy as well as SCARY MOVIES 3 & 4. But I loved him in a serious role as a killer (sort of like Kevin Costner in MR. BROOKS earlier this year).

You've never seen Night of the Living Dead or Dawn of the Dead (1978)?

COBB 1/2
(Second Viewing)

While the man is hated and dispised by so many, he still makes for an interesting story, even if it is during the last stage of his life and not solely on his baseball career. Tommy Lee Jones turns in a magnificent performance as the hateful Ty Cobb. Tommy did a great job of making you both hate and sypathize him. What I want to know is what happened to Robert Wuhl after this film? Other than for the HBO show ARLI$$, the man feel off the map.

Nope, neither, I'm not really a zombie movie fan

Wait, there are good zombie flicks outside of Romero, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, and goddamn SHAUN OF THE DEAD?


Really?

Really?

THE GOLDEN COMPASS
(First Viewing)

Finally a real fantasy movie and not the teases such as BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA or PAN'S LABYRINTH. Dakota Blue Richards does a great job in her first movie and it was great seeing Nicole Kidman as a villain. She has those cold eyes and curtness to her that makes her a powerful character. I hope they continue to make these films as I'd like to see how the story ends, but I guess it depends on how well it does at the box office.

God damn Polar Bears.

Hey, where's your epic plot summaries?

I like you, Irish, but that's got to be one of the shittest sentences I've ever fucking read.

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
(First Viewing)

The most satisfying BOURNE film I've seen. Right from the beginning it picked up with the action and suspense and it kept me occupied for the last two hours. I definitely think it ended on a good note and this should be the end of the BOURNE series. However, don't be swayed by the quote on the DVD cover by Maxim's own Pete Hammond, "the best action picture in decades!" Consider the source on that one

What'd I say??? Exactly right. It was a roller coaster ride from the very beginning. For a third film in the series (and otherwise) it was top notch. One of a handful of films that I want to own.


TIS

I need to watch the first two because I had forgot some of the previous storyline. Still a very enjoyable film and I loved the brief scenes in New York City

STARDUST 1/2
(First Viewing)

During the course of the film I became quite disappointed in the experience. First of all, it had a number of name brand stars (Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, and Sienna Miller) to intice viewers to watch. The movie started out well with jokes and the whole fantasy thing going for it, but by the second half you were laughing at the film not with it and hoping for it to end. I now worry about director Matthew Vaughn's 2009 planned film THOR

Didn't you already post this review?

And I love Pan's Labyrinth. It's one of the better movies I've seen recently. I wouldn't call it a "tease" unless you trust movie trailers, and by now Irish you really should know that trailers rarely represent movies the way they should. They are normally a marketing scheme to get butts in the seats.

Have you seen the movie Office Space? This fake trailer is probably the best proof that someone can take a movie and edit it into pieces to portray whatever emotions they want in order to get people interested. Office Space is a lighthearted comedy, but this trailer makes it look like a suspenseful thriller. Here's the link: Fake Office Space Thriller. Obviously this is an extreme example, but it's not too far off from normal movie trailers.

And like Capo said, "I like you" as well, so don't take this as some sort of an attack.

CUJO
(First Viewing)

The weakest Stephen King based film I've seen and a big reason was the second half of the film. It became another PHONE BOOTH or PREY where a great deal of the film is shown from the SAME location. Let's get some different sets. I hate it when films do this! The dog looked like it had been through hell and back. I skimmed the credits to see if any animals were harmed during the filming of this movie and I didn't see any response. Anyone know?

That was good Blibble, thanks and no offense taken by you or Capo. I guess I'm going to have to start becoming more cautious of trailers as the past couple of years in particular I've been burned by quite a few. Today it's the fantasy marketed movies that aren't really fantasy movies except for about 10% of the film. Or comedies where all of the funny parts are in the previews and the rest of the film sucks.

Yeah, take into account the purpose of trailers. They've got to get bums on seats, attract a market. They're quite indifferent to the actual consumption of the film itself, they just need to make enough money to profit. A lot of the time, then, they're going to be mere cash-ins, are going to go with whatever's in fashion. Pan's Labyrinth is a great film, but it was marketed to people in order to make money besides those who knew of the director outside of the Blade films - who would have gone to see it anyway.

It always amuses me when the trailers for subtitled films unfold without any dialogue, just some beautiful music, slow-motion scenes from the film and a word popping up on screen about love and destiny and all that crap. As soon as the characters open their mouths, the marketers know that it'll put people off. "Wait, this movie is foreign!?" Always gives me a chuckle that some will find out the hard way.

I'll complete. Choice and Redemption.

I can picture and hear it now, with that trailer voice-over mister:

"It was chance which brought them together.

[slow motion shot of woman looking over her shoulder, drifting away amidst a crowd]

But fate kept them apart.

[slow motion shot of man tearing through troops and guards but held back as he screams and cries]

This year... [voice-over guy's favourite sentence]

[quick montage of kisses, lingering looks and shots of the sky, water, trees and other beautiful, natural things]

...comes a tale [tale? I thought it was a fucking film] of love, destiny, choice and redemption."

[title appears, "coming soon"].

Then the film itself is just a moronic, by-the-book, painting-by-numbers, generic film, the most boring kind of all.

You also forgot "starring Academy Award winner ________and Academy Award nominated ________"