Green Hornet: It wasn't epic cinema, but I did enjoy it. I actually feel like I want to blame the editors, for making a fun first two-thirds and then slamming through the last part like they were running from the police, to the detriment of, you know, plot.
It's a coming-of-age story, and a bro movie of the highest level. I think you've got to love Seth Rogen to love it, or at least not hate him. It's funny, because I actually thought it was pretty "realistic" for a comic book movie, in that if two guys had a bunch of money and gadgets and wanted to fight crime, that's pretty much how it would end up.
I'm waiting for the JDM/RDJ/Bardem movie where they all play brothers.
I'm waiting for the JDM/RDJ/Bardem movie where they all play brothers.
OK, now I'm envisioning RDJ in No Country for Old Men with the Peter Tork hair and laughing like a drain. Thank you, I needed a laugh like that after the playoff game I just endured.
or Mark Valley/Joel Gretsch/Colin Ferguson.
Oh, I saw Bardem on some interview show last Sunday, and he came off as really cool and down-to-earth.
I read an interview with Bardem and it mentioned how nonplussed he was when the Coens told him they wanted him to wear that hair. But he went along with it. It must have been a little like when the Coens told Clooney they'd written the role in O Brother... with him in mind - "You play the stupidest man on Earth."
I just saw The King's Speech and I really loved it. I thought I'd just like it, but the movie swept me up and kept me in its stranglehold the whole time.
Bonham Carter is really great, but unfortunately has to deal with really bad hair.
Firth and Rush are fabulous. I am so amazed that Firth really seemed to get the physicality of stuttering really really well. He is a marvelous actor.
I guess I need to watch Pride & Prejudice again.
I didn't dislike
Black Swan
and the performances were great,
but I must admit I didn't really get the point.
And, you know, if you feel the need to hit your audience over the head with the story of
Swan Lake
to make your movie work, get the damn story right.
My basic thought through most of Black Swan was "huh". One of my daughter's friends thinks it is the best movie ever made. I used to think she was a smart girl.
I really liked the performances in Black Swan, and it was visually beautiful. So, I can sort of ignore the fact that the story went nowhere.
