This one. Haywire with MMA legend Gina Carano-- looks awesome! By Soderbergh. And also Brad Bird of Pixar's Incredibles fame directing the next Mission Impossible.
Official Haywire site
Official Mission Impossible site
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Twilight Breaking Dawn: Part I
(Bill Condon, 2011)
Since this is a largely true story about my own life I wanted to like it. . . but oh man! All the "sensual" (aka sex) scenes where almost laugh out loud hilarious because they were so self-consciously constructed, earnest and posed. Each scene was overly long and seemed to comprise most of the movie. Bella Swan marries Edward Cullen and on their first night of lovemaking she conceives the impossible vampbaby which then threatens to kill her because vampbabies grow up real fast in utero. Blah, Blah why isn't Jacob winning in this story? Then the werewolves want to eat the hybrid baby because it is dangerous or something dumb and then wait are you still here? Ugh. I like the cast somehow. . . I do think Pattinson looks like a vampire, K-stew is gawky and awkward and hot somehow, I think Ashley Greene is awesome, Billy Burke plays a great dad, Taylor Lautner is Lava Boy, Jackson Rathbone is Sokka, oh wait Kellan Lutz is in Immortals, Peter Facinelli and Elizabeth Reaser really are vampires-- so the cast works. . . baby grows up yawn. Could have called it Breaking Yawn. I also like Julia Jones as Leah Clearwater although she has a minimal role. Gasp! too long for whatcha get. Much like this review(4/7)
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Since this is a largely true story about my own life I wanted to like it. . . but oh man! All the "sensual" (aka sex) scenes where almost laugh out loud hilarious because they were so self-consciously constructed, earnest and posed. Each scene was overly long and seemed to comprise most of the movie. Bella Swan marries Edward Cullen and on their first night of lovemaking she conceives the impossible vampbaby which then threatens to kill her because vampbabies grow up real fast in utero. Blah, Blah why isn't Jacob winning in this story? Then the werewolves want to eat the hybrid baby because it is dangerous or something dumb and then wait are you still here? Ugh. I like the cast somehow. . . I do think Pattinson looks like a vampire, K-stew is gawky and awkward and hot somehow, I think Ashley Greene is awesome, Billy Burke plays a great dad, Taylor Lautner is Lava Boy, Jackson Rathbone is Sokka, oh wait Kellan Lutz is in Immortals, Peter Facinelli and Elizabeth Reaser really are vampires-- so the cast works. . . baby grows up yawn. Could have called it Breaking Yawn. I also like Julia Jones as Leah Clearwater although she has a minimal role. Gasp! too long for whatcha get. Much like this review(4/7)
Trailer
Puss in Boots
(Chris Miller, 2011)
Okay so Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Sedaris, Billy Bob Thornton, Guillermo Del Toro, kitties, stuff, graphics, some fun. Not bad. I liked it better than Shrek because there aren't any "mascot" characters ruining every scene with dumb jokes. Some nice action and some occasional beautiful set/ scenery design but I still don't like the Dreamworks Animation aesthetic. Family fun and watch for the spot on cat humor at times! (5/7)
Trailer
Okay so Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Sedaris, Billy Bob Thornton, Guillermo Del Toro, kitties, stuff, graphics, some fun. Not bad. I liked it better than Shrek because there aren't any "mascot" characters ruining every scene with dumb jokes. Some nice action and some occasional beautiful set/ scenery design but I still don't like the Dreamworks Animation aesthetic. Family fun and watch for the spot on cat humor at times! (5/7)
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Immortals (3D)
(Tarsem Singh, 2011)
Tarsem Singh is a "visionary director." From The Cell to The Fall he has demonstrated his amazing design sensibility. This movie is no exception. A retooling/ telling of the Theseus myth this is one of the most violent films I have seen in some time. Henry Cavill (the next Superman) stars as Theseus with Freida Pinto looking stunning as oracle Phaedra (her nudity is body doubled however) and a ripped Stephen Dorff appears as the largely superfluous Stavros. Luke Evans works as Zeus and Isabel Lucas as Athena is less annoying here than she was in the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. With Mickey Rourke as the evil King Hyperion and support from John Hurt as The Old Man (Zeus). The score is fair, the visuals stunning at times, and the action surprisingly violent and original. This film is interesting but a bit flat. (5/7)
Trailer
Tarsem Singh is a "visionary director." From The Cell to The Fall he has demonstrated his amazing design sensibility. This movie is no exception. A retooling/ telling of the Theseus myth this is one of the most violent films I have seen in some time. Henry Cavill (the next Superman) stars as Theseus with Freida Pinto looking stunning as oracle Phaedra (her nudity is body doubled however) and a ripped Stephen Dorff appears as the largely superfluous Stavros. Luke Evans works as Zeus and Isabel Lucas as Athena is less annoying here than she was in the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. With Mickey Rourke as the evil King Hyperion and support from John Hurt as The Old Man (Zeus). The score is fair, the visuals stunning at times, and the action surprisingly violent and original. This film is interesting but a bit flat. (5/7)
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A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas
(Todd Strauss-Schulson, 2011)
Wow. Over the top, penile, juvenile, and sometimes very funny. Funny 3D with Bobby Lee. Nudity and Neil Patrick Harris-- what's not to like? A heartwarming adventure featuring Danny Trejo, drugs, Jesus, Elias Koteas, claymation and more drugs. (6/7 just 'cos it's pretty dumb)
Trailer
Wow. Over the top, penile, juvenile, and sometimes very funny. Funny 3D with Bobby Lee. Nudity and Neil Patrick Harris-- what's not to like? A heartwarming adventure featuring Danny Trejo, drugs, Jesus, Elias Koteas, claymation and more drugs. (6/7 just 'cos it's pretty dumb)
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