Random Movies

by Phil

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It seems like I have seen quite of few movies lately and never got around to ranking them....

Here we go... (and if I have given my thoughts earlier... well... I only hope that my ranking and thoughts are similar to what I wrote before.)

A Single Man:  Ford put crazy effort into making sure that every scene was super stylistic and slick.  Each scene was made paying mad attention to all sorts
of details.  He created a very stylized bit of a movie.  The movie itself was cool too.  Abouut a man in love, his lover dies, he is bummed, and right as he is
on the brink of taking his life, he finds reason to live (another man) and then tragically has a heart attack and dies anyway.  It is all played out over the span of
one day.  (my grade.  80)
 
Armored:  This was about the most painful movie I have seen in a long while.  Wow.  And not just regular pain, but really high level head splitting pain.  How the hell can a guy like Laurence Fishburne be in the coolest movie ever (Matrix) and the most painful waste of time movie (nearly) ever will be a mystery to me.  (But oddly he will most likely never know how bad the movie was - why?  Well, think about it.  Who does Laurence know that will tell him he just made one of the worst movies ever?  Nobody.)  Whatever.  Pointless movie.  My grade.  35.  Yes.  (That is on the 1 -100 scale.)  By the way... (It might be a 10 all thru a 59, not sure really... when they are this bad it is hard to tell.)

Avatar:  This flick was amazing.  I should see it again.  (my grade.  93)

The Blind Side:  Wasn't planning on seeing this one (because it looks lame) but then I found out that one of my favorite author's (Michael Lewis - The Big Short, Liar's Poker) wrote the book that the movie was based on.  So now I will see it.  But I expect it is going to be lame.  At least the previews made gave me that impression.  So we will see on that.

The Book of Eli:  Doomsday, dark times in the future.  This was supposed to be a lame movie, and well, in a way it was.  But I still liked it.  I love Gary Oldman, and I thought Mila Kunis was cool enough in this flick.  I have a soft spot for unrealistic fight scenes in the dark and gloomy future, and this movie had a lot of that.  (my grade. 75)

Edge of Darkness:  Wow.  Just goes to show you that kings can fall.  I mean, lets face it, Mad Max with Mel Gibson back in the day was the nuts (95 for its time), and now he got involved in this pile of dribble.  Very painful.  Slow, and pointless.  (my grade. 65)

Gentlemen Broncos:  What a whack fun wierd off beat flick this was.  Super off beat, surreal comedy about a young sci-fi writer, whose story is stolen and turned into a best seller.  Nothing like a regular movie AT ALL.  But I like it.  (my grade.  78.)

Jennifer's Body:  I think I gave a grade on this one already, but it would be a sin if I only thought I did, but missed it.  This was a fun flick about a high school girl possessed by a hungry demon (her hunger is satisfied by eating her dates and so forth throughout the movie.)  It was way better than most movies like this in this genre.  (my grade.  82)

Percy Jackson & The Lightninig Thief:  (I was on a plane, what can I say?).  I am always down for kid's flicks.  I am expert at reverting to my 14 yr old brain.  I have managed to see many kids movies this way.  And grade them as if I was that same 14.  But no matter how I tried I just couldn't find anything good about this flick.  It was more or less a waste of time.  (my grade. (from the 14 yr old perspective)  68 or so.)

What else.. what am I forgetting...

oh yeah...

Iron Man 2:  I liked it.  Obv.  I actually liked this one more than Iron Man 2.  (I think that I was in the minority here.)  (my grade.  80)

Kick-Ass:  Everyone loved this movie for some reason.  There were some great parts, and decent bits here and there, but it didn't hit me like it hit everyone else.  (my grade.  78)

Youth in Revolt:  This was an absolute must see movie.  Michael Cera is a genius and he has made cinema gold.  Teenage love story.  Brilliant.  (my grade.  93)

Hot Tub Time Machine:  Please see this movie.  Wow.  Pure gold.  (my grade.  90)

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And now I want to end on this note.  My prediction for the coolest movie since Matrix.  (And please let me be right here.)

           INCEPTION!!  (Hit's the theaters on July 16th)

Oh my oh my.  The trailers look about as cool as it gets.  (The new DiCaprio flick)


That is it for now.

Phil.