Wed, 17 May 2006
Quick DVD Roundup 5/17
Some quick DVD "reviews". I'm introducing a new ranking- the dreaded NR. In a way it's worse than a 0. It's like that hell place for unbaptized babies that you gentiles have set up.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - NRWow, I didn't even finish the DVD. Le yawn. Jarhead - *
A for effort and one star for Peter Saaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrsgaaaarrrrrd. National Treasure - *
The secular DaVinci Code. Stupid movie with a stupid plot but still- you *know* what you're getting into when you watch this. Goofy music too. I sort of want to give this a 0 star rating, but in a way, I wanted to watch a cheesy "adventure" and got what I was after. Barely one star - just barely (mostly for Diane Kruger) Layer Cake - **
I watched it again and decided to raise it's rating a bit. Alien vs Predator - 0
I like Lance Henriksen a lot, but even that couldn't save this flick. Pee-eww. Blade:Trinity - 0
Uggh- and I was hoping that this would be good too. :( The Village - ***
Yeah yeah- we all knew what was going on. Yeah yeah- we knew what the twist would be. But you know what? I still liked it. I thought the performances were good and I liked the story. Sure it's not perfect, but I really think that Shyamalan's movies are throwbacks. That's the only way I can describe it- maybe throwbacks isn't the right word though. But even his less-meaty movies like this one are like well rounded and fleshed-out (but just barely) Twilight Zone episodes. Adrien Brody should've rented What's Eating Gilbert Grape for his prepwork though. It would've helped him. Sideways - **
I finally watched this. Two words: Over Rated. Or is that one word?
Two stars for the acting though. Stander - **
I have a weird love/hate relationship with Deborah Kara Unger. Sometimes I get creeped out by her, and I don't know why. Sometimes, I'm shamed to admit- I hunger the Unger. Sometimes she's a character in a movie I watch and I really shouldn't write anything about her but I should write about the actual movie. Sometimes I do that, sometimes I don't. This is one of those times. Interesting flick.
stander wp article I'll leave you with this:
17 May 16:52 | /movies | 4 comment(s)
