Rapid Reviews
Sunday, February 19
Elizabeth Town * * * * 1/2
If any of Cameron Crowes' movies were ever to come close to being like his 2000 hit Almost Famous, it'd be this one. I really enjoyed this movie. It wasn't as good as "Famous", it lacked a few of the elements from that film that make it so high on my favorites list. However, only just because of those missing elements (a time piece about music), Elizabeth Town manages to capture the same tone and feeling from "Famous".
Corpse Bride * * 1/2
I enjoyed this. I think most people would want to compare it to The Nightmare Before Christmas but you just can't. It's not the same kind of movie.
Lion King * * *
This would be one of those movies I watch while working in the electronics department. It's one of my favorite Disney films. I always get chills with the movies intro song.
Date Movie * * 1/2
I don't see many movies in the theatres anymore. And frankly, the theatre experience just isn't that appealing anymore. You pay too much for a ticket, lucky if you can afford any snacks, deal with "the public", and can't even fast forward through the commercials. Plus, theatre to DVD turnaround is so fast anymore, I can just wait to rent it. But wait! I'm going off on a tangent here, let's talk about Date Movie. I went in looking for movie spoofs and laughs, and that's what I got. So I can't complain, it's just that the movie is supposed to be stupid, that I can't rank it all to high.
Bambi II *
What's this doing on my movie list? I would never purposely watch this. But again, this is one of those movies I had to endure at work, so after having it play in the background over ten times, you tend to pick up on the plot and stuff. It was too damn cute for it's own good. But while it was playing I noticed Patrick Stewart voiced the "Great Prince". I was thrown off by that one.
Kronk's New Groove * * 1/2
Hee hee. One of life's guilty pleasures. I loved The Emperor's New Groove. A lot. I laughed so hard the first time it hurt. This one, not so funny, but as a direct to video sequel, it was done right. It followed the formula to a tee, and this time spotlighted a different lead character, and thankfully had the entire cast return for voices.
The Aristocrats 1/2
Wow. This movie sucked so bad. I thought it was going to have lots of potential. Get a whole crap load of really funny guys and let them joke around about this joke that's kind of an inside thing for comedians. Yeah, it's funny to them. But what a crappy joke, "A man and his family walk into a talent agency and says 'Boy do we have an act for you!', [insert all sorts of wrongness anything from fecal matter to incest], and then a pointless unfunny punchline. Bottom line, I couldn't even finish this. If anything was funny, it was Kevin Pollak's interpretation of the joke as Christopher Walken.
My Big Fat Independent Movie 1/2
Another disappointment. I knew this was going to be a stupid movie spoof movie, but at least I thought it was going to be funny. Instead it went the way of the Wizard of Oz, meaning, it started out following this guy (from Swingers), who meet up with two assassins (Pulp Fiction) who ran into this girl (The Good Girl), who then ran into this guy with memory problems (Memento), all following the path down the yellow brick road. Not literally. But that's how this movie went. And again, not funny at all. Just pointless. What a shame.
Taken * * 1/2
This is actually an HBO/Dreamworks series done by Steven Spielberg in 2000. It starts off with the Roswell incident back in the 50's, and follows different people throughout different generations up to today, all dealing with problems that came with a crashed alien ship and the occasional abduction. I started to enjoy this series, especially in the beginning in the 50's going through the 70's but as it got closer to today and it's eventual ending, it got boring fast. All this and each episode was an hour and a thirty minutes long. That's a lot of television to endure.
From Russia With Love *
I only wanted to watch this because the video game was so kick ass. And the game still is, only the movie it's based on, sucks ass. They added a lot of content to the game and to its storyline, cause the movie just wasn't that interesting at all. I guess I'm just not into the older James Bond movies or something.
If any of Cameron Crowes' movies were ever to come close to being like his 2000 hit Almost Famous, it'd be this one. I really enjoyed this movie. It wasn't as good as "Famous", it lacked a few of the elements from that film that make it so high on my favorites list. However, only just because of those missing elements (a time piece about music), Elizabeth Town manages to capture the same tone and feeling from "Famous".
Corpse Bride * * 1/2
I enjoyed this. I think most people would want to compare it to The Nightmare Before Christmas but you just can't. It's not the same kind of movie.
Lion King * * *
This would be one of those movies I watch while working in the electronics department. It's one of my favorite Disney films. I always get chills with the movies intro song.
Date Movie * * 1/2
I don't see many movies in the theatres anymore. And frankly, the theatre experience just isn't that appealing anymore. You pay too much for a ticket, lucky if you can afford any snacks, deal with "the public", and can't even fast forward through the commercials. Plus, theatre to DVD turnaround is so fast anymore, I can just wait to rent it. But wait! I'm going off on a tangent here, let's talk about Date Movie. I went in looking for movie spoofs and laughs, and that's what I got. So I can't complain, it's just that the movie is supposed to be stupid, that I can't rank it all to high.
Bambi II *
What's this doing on my movie list? I would never purposely watch this. But again, this is one of those movies I had to endure at work, so after having it play in the background over ten times, you tend to pick up on the plot and stuff. It was too damn cute for it's own good. But while it was playing I noticed Patrick Stewart voiced the "Great Prince". I was thrown off by that one.
Kronk's New Groove * * 1/2
Hee hee. One of life's guilty pleasures. I loved The Emperor's New Groove. A lot. I laughed so hard the first time it hurt. This one, not so funny, but as a direct to video sequel, it was done right. It followed the formula to a tee, and this time spotlighted a different lead character, and thankfully had the entire cast return for voices.
The Aristocrats 1/2
Wow. This movie sucked so bad. I thought it was going to have lots of potential. Get a whole crap load of really funny guys and let them joke around about this joke that's kind of an inside thing for comedians. Yeah, it's funny to them. But what a crappy joke, "A man and his family walk into a talent agency and says 'Boy do we have an act for you!', [insert all sorts of wrongness anything from fecal matter to incest], and then a pointless unfunny punchline. Bottom line, I couldn't even finish this. If anything was funny, it was Kevin Pollak's interpretation of the joke as Christopher Walken.
My Big Fat Independent Movie 1/2
Another disappointment. I knew this was going to be a stupid movie spoof movie, but at least I thought it was going to be funny. Instead it went the way of the Wizard of Oz, meaning, it started out following this guy (from Swingers), who meet up with two assassins (Pulp Fiction) who ran into this girl (The Good Girl), who then ran into this guy with memory problems (Memento), all following the path down the yellow brick road. Not literally. But that's how this movie went. And again, not funny at all. Just pointless. What a shame.
Taken * * 1/2
This is actually an HBO/Dreamworks series done by Steven Spielberg in 2000. It starts off with the Roswell incident back in the 50's, and follows different people throughout different generations up to today, all dealing with problems that came with a crashed alien ship and the occasional abduction. I started to enjoy this series, especially in the beginning in the 50's going through the 70's but as it got closer to today and it's eventual ending, it got boring fast. All this and each episode was an hour and a thirty minutes long. That's a lot of television to endure.
From Russia With Love *
I only wanted to watch this because the video game was so kick ass. And the game still is, only the movie it's based on, sucks ass. They added a lot of content to the game and to its storyline, cause the movie just wasn't that interesting at all. I guess I'm just not into the older James Bond movies or something.
