Recently watched Let Me In (the American version of Let the Right One In.) It was quite good, and I think I enjoyed it a little more than the original.
Also watched Despicable Me, which was hilarious.
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I watched SyFy's Red Faction: Origins, which considering the caliber of their other movies it was actually pretty neat. Supposedly it fits in between Guerrilla and Armaggedon which is cool.
I also saw The Adjustment Bureau. I didn't know it was a romance thriller. I don't want to talk about it.
Went on a renting spree and ended up doing the 50-50 with the gf....so here's my report.
Cedar Rapids - Really cute, I enjoyed this film quite a bit. John C. Reilly is absolutely spectacular, and Ed Helms seems like he has a bright future in cinema if he can avoid getting typecasted.
I Am Number Four - Just awful....this was Twilight[?] with a sci-fi twist? You could hear Timothy Olyphant ask for his check after they killed his character off. Which, by the way, being the huge Timothy Olyphant fan I am...he totally was miscast for this film.
Just Go With It - This was okay, you know, for what it is. The good news is Dave Matthews is an entertaining actor. I kinda did a double take because I was like: "Waiiiit. Sandler is a DMB fan?" Also, I did a shit-my-pants "huuuh" when I realized that the actor who I thought was Nicole Kidman was in fact Nicole Kidman. What are you doing in a film like this, Ms. Kidman?!
My only thought is why is everyone hung up on Jennifer Aniston? She is athletic and looks good for her age...but she doesn't radiate sex goddess and she is not as hot as I think a lot of people portray her to be. I'll take Nicole Kidman over her is all I'm saying.
Rango - I have mixed feelings about this film, but I mostly liked it. It payed a lot of homage to other films and it had a lot of quirk if that's your bag.
Blow Out - I watched this before rolling through season 4 of Dexter...so I wasn't expecting to see John Lithgow playing a bad guy. That's probably my own ignorance, but I digress. The movie was very Hitchcock-esque and I really enjoyed it. Gritty and cutting edge cinematography, some dark humor and an okay story tied that one together nicely.
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Get Him to the Greek - Puff Daddy was pretty hilarious, the rest of the movie was decent enough. I give it a pass.
Frost/Nixon - Yup. Good shit, although I kept looking at Michael Sheen and I kept thinking of Castor/Zuse from Tron: Legacy. You can imagine how that went.
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Raging Bull:
Had never gotten around to watching this until this past week on Netflix streaming. Very good, but troubling film. DeNiro was great as he seemed to be often in this era. It's weird that he hasn't done so well lately. Just picking some bad films I guess.
I loved Get Him to the Greek...I thought it took some turns towards dark and twisted and that was fun. Also, the fact that Russell Brand is an ex-heroine junkie alcoholic makes him super entertaining in roles where he plays a druggie.
I also enjoyed Matchstick Men. A perfect Nick Cage vehicle...
Had never gotten around to watching this until this past week on Netflix streaming. Very good, but troubling film. DeNiro was great as he seemed to be often in this era. It's weird that he hasn't done so well lately. Just picking some bad films I guess.
DeNiro is a fucking oddball. Did you catch his interview on Letterman with Dustin Hoffman? Either this was 100% scripted and the most fucking brilliant display of awkward TV, or...well, just watch:
As far as picking bad films...DeNiro looked embarrassed in Meet The Parents 3.
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Road to Perdition
Beautifully shot.
Lucky Number Slevin
Lot of fun.
The end of Road to Perdition annoyed the hell out of me. pointless. purely intended to annoy.
I just saw Beat Kitano's 09/10 film, Outrage. Nother yakuza. Honestly didn't feel like he brought much new to the table. It was well shot, and well paced. The violence was muted and intense. Overall I enjoyed it, I just wanted to see something a little more characterized as opposed to the defeatest yakuza state body count finale.
Reign of Assassins 2010
Michelle Yeoh. Pretty good for a kungfu'er
Woody Allen's Bananas
It was funny. Not as timeless as manhattan for sure. Screwball comedy woody style. I loved Midnight in Paris and recommend you see it in theatres. Probably his best work.
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