Yeah, he's not a great actor but I think he's competent in this movie. He's marginal but competent overall. The rest of the cast I think make up for his failings.3/10 for me. Gervais is soo fake imo.
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone 7/10
Another fun 80s movie. Road Warrior the Sci-Fi version well kind of maybe throw in a bit of Han Solo. Micheal Iron side hamming it up as the bad guy is great and I love the miniatures.
Jason Bourne - 7/10. Damon was in good shape to do this movie again even it was over 10 years ago that he did the first one. If you see the first few movies with Damon in them, this one was very much the same. I like the new girl, cute and smart. Did not like the chase scene at the end. WTH was the purpose?
The love "story" in 2 seemed REALLY creepy to me since most of the buildup was cut from the final film. For an almost 2.5hr movie they sure did seem to cut some vital scenes out that could have helped the story progression.I'd watch episodes 1 & 3 over episode 7 any day of the week. Episode 2 remains the worst in the franchise though.
KT
The love "story" in two seemed REALLY creepy to me since most of the buildup was cut from the final film. For an almost 2.5hr movie they sure did seem to cut some vital scenes out that could have helped the story progression.
I abhor Episode I but the music was good and the pod race was exciting. The opening was pretty good too. The writing/dialog, characters, and acting (casting/directing?) is where it totally falls apart.wow. i cannot believe anyone would take that pile of vomit of the prequels over the marvel-superheroes-class action flick that is Ep 7. i cannot for the life of me think of anything worse that the prequels. i would rather watch a marathon of Adam Sandler films than sit through a single prequel film.
instead, i watched The Whole Truth - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3503406/reference
the latest Keanu Reeves effort.
although this film isn't anywhere near the bad of Exposed, or Henry's Crime, it's still a pretty mediocre showing from Reeves.
The film is a very pedestrian courtroom drama, Reeves is a defense attorney fighting a case of a kid who killed his dad. the vast majority of the film doesn't really deviate from the Perry Mason drama (i.e. nothing much happens aside from the standard case procedures), until the end when there is the obvious plot twist, a plot twist so plot-twisty that it would make M. Night Shamalamadingdong twist in his cinematographical grave.
Apparently, they had msstttrrrr BOND, James Bond (Daniel Craig) lined up for this, but he dropped out a mere 3 days before filming started; and for some reasons they decided to have the part of an aging, stuffy lawyer, being played by an actor whose sole successful films are action-based.
Could it be that Craig's agent read the script, and got him to drop this stinker?
Anyway,
it's not *that* bad. You could delete the twistytwist, and have a no-name play the Reeves part, and you'll get a honest homage to the courtroom serials of the 60s. Which makes for a decent film to have running in the background while you do the dishes.
Also starring (top billed, no less) an old and tired Renee' Zellweger who looks and acts like a mockery of her old self. She ought to be cast in a nice twin-female-lead film together with the recently seen Kim Basinger (The Nice Guys) so we can pretend it's the 90s all over again. Wohoo!! WHO WANTS TO PAR-TEEEHY!
seriously, 5.5/10
Totally agree. It was such a boring mess. Honestly episode 2 deserves last place for that scene in the fields alone (the one where he surfs in the back of that animal then pretends to be hurt). Good lord that is just painful to watch.
KT
The 8-part Hulu original "11.22.63" from Stephen King and JJ Abrams is much like a slower version of the Stephen King-inspired 8-part Netflix original "Stranger Things" from the Duffer Brothers. They are both set in the distinct past and both have a supernatural twist (King's forte) to set up the story but it doesn't jump around between different perspectives so it feels more intimate. So far, I'm up to episode 5 and enjoying it more than Stranger Things. Nothing against kids, but part of it is probably because the actors are all professionals and so the immersion is not broken by inexperienced acting (not that the kids can help it). I especially like that the supernatural element is more grounded by traditional conspiracy/fantasy.
If you liked "Stranger Things," definitely check out "11.22.63."
Phantasm 4/10
I think when I remember how awesome Phantasm is I am remembering 2 and 3. 1 is pretty slow, not a lot happens, and the end makes no sense. From googling I need to watch 2 for 1's ending to make sense. Still the Tall Man is great. Phantasm V is due out in October.
Yup, Rick and Morty is simply awesome.I'm late to it, but I've been burning through Rick and Morty very quickly. Funny and very creative
Because Max Landis got all pissy on Twitter when it didn't do so well at the box office. He basically insulted the public for being stupid and not knowing what was good. They retaliated.Yup, Rick and Morty is simply awesome.
American Ultra 8/10
Not sure why this movie is rated so poorly. It's funny as hell, has lots of action, is genuinely touching, and ultimately satisfying in the end. It's waaay over the top, but what action movie isn't? Every actor gives an excellent performance, even Kristen Stewart whom I normally avoid like the plague. Small roles like Tony Hale and John Leguizamo are superbly written, directed and executed, and Topher Grace is so perfect that for a moment I could not even smell the stench of everything he's done since That Seventies Show. No deeper meanings to be found, but highly entertaining.
The 8-part Hulu original "11.22.63" from Stephen King and JJ Abrams is much like a slower version of the Stephen King-inspired 8-part Netflix original "Stranger Things" from the Duffer Brothers. They are both set in the distinct past and both have a supernatural twist (King's forte) to set up the story but it doesn't jump around between different perspectives so it feels more intimate. So far, I'm up to episode 5 and enjoying it more than Stranger Things. Nothing against kids, but part of it is probably because the actors are all professionals and so the immersion is not broken by inexperienced acting (not that the kids can help it). I especially like that the supernatural/fantasy element is more grounded by traditional conspiracy and intrigue. Still plenty of tension and jump scares despite not being set up like a horror series.
If you liked "Stranger Things," definitely check out "11.22.63."