Sun, 18 Dec 2005
Quick Movie Roundup Two
As the inevitable follow-up to the first post for the movies I saw on the way to India, here are my notes of what I saw coming back:
The Dukes of Hazzard - *One star for Jessica Simpson's bikini, and an A-for-effort for Broken Lizard's Jay Chandrasekhar. Goal! - *
One star because I like "soccer". But c'mon- the whole "barrio kid" BS wears thin. And really, he got to be a Newcastle starter??? for the last three games? Whatevs. . . Actually, the best actor in this is Alessandro Nivola, because he's American, and I had no idea until I looked up the movie. Also stars Tony Plana who gets typecast a lot, but is pretty good in just about everything he's in. He's like a really good 6th-man in basketball. I expected this movie to put me to sleep on the way to Hong Kong, but alas, it did not.
Holy Crap, they're making a sequel to this??!. The 40-Year Old Virgin - *
One star for Paul Rudd and the other guy they worked with at the electronics store. I expected this movie to put me to sleep, and it almost did about halfway through, but no, I could not- something about the easily-anticipated jokes kept me up. At least it was better than all of those stupid Vince Vaughn movies I saw on the way to India. Sky High - ***
Ah, a kids' movie! I'll be able to get to sleep watching this for sure! Nope- still can't sleep. What the hell, this movie is actually put together quite nicely. Nice cameos/guest stars. 2 or 3 stars... Four Brothers - **
Wow, and people got mad at Jimmy Kimmel for his comments about Detroit? This movie makes Detroit look like a hell hole. Actually, they had to film it outside of Toronto for the tax breaks that Detroit wouldn't give the production team. Instant star for Sofia Vergara (mmmm). Terrence Howard is good in this too. And Josh Charles does a good job of being an ass. And it's good to see the dude from Dirty Pretty Things again- and it took me a while to recognize him! Could I be getting tired? Will this flight ever end?!
You know what- I thought this movie was based on an old John Wayne western, but I can't find that movie title now. Stupid IMDB.
update: Was it The Sons of Katie Elder? Anyone? Transporter 2 - ***
Entertaining fare from Jason Stratham. Martial Arts, chicks, car chases, and Matthew Modine. Frank's (Jason Stratham) Panerai watch costs more than my Honda Civic. It just goes to show how hardcore he is. I think my (kick ass) civic is keeping me from being a transporter.
note: I actually watched this 1.75 times because I didn't realize I had the audio set to Spanish for about an hour. Wallace and Grommit (The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) - ***
Ahhh, I finally fell asleep- but to the only decent flick on the flight. . . . update I forgot to add a movie to my list that I saw on the way to India
The Island - **
One star for Scarlett. Oh, and another star for Scarlett.
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