I don't mind stealing bread
From the mouths of decadence
But I can't feed on the powerless
When my cup's already overfilled,
But it's on the table
The fire is cooking
And they're farming babies
While slaves are working
Blood is on the table
And the mouths are choking
But I'm growing hungry
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
The A-Team
Well, that was just a lot of fun!
It was a nice contrast between movies. The last one was kind of head-strong and cerebral. This one was Just silly, stupid fun. I never watched the A-Team when it was a TV show. I saw it of course, but I didn't go out of my way to watch it, although I knew the premise.
This was a good movie. Not Oscar quality good but the time went by fast and I liked the story. There was gun fights and explosions, strange plot twists and some rather idiotic characters. The whole Lynch thing was starting to get old. But you can't fight instinct. When it was over and the good guys won (did they?) you were smiling.
4/5
Well, that was just a lot of fun!
It was a nice contrast between movies. The last one was kind of head-strong and cerebral. This one was Just silly, stupid fun. I never watched the A-Team when it was a TV show. I saw it of course, but I didn't go out of my way to watch it, although I knew the premise.
This was a good movie. Not Oscar quality good but the time went by fast and I liked the story. There was gun fights and explosions, strange plot twists and some rather idiotic characters. The whole Lynch thing was starting to get old. But you can't fight instinct. When it was over and the good guys won (did they?) you were smiling.
4/5
Numb
I can't like this. It would be too personally painful to say that I liked this movie.
Do I think its a decent portrayal of what its like to be that guy? Absolutely. I wouldn't have picked Matthew Perry to play a depersonalized person because you can't take him serious, even when you're supposed to take his serious. But there's a lot there that makes sense.
I thought it played out like a TV movie, so it suffers in that regard from a lack of production value, bad editing and stilted directing. But I liked what they tried to do.
I just can't like the movie. It made me uncomfortable about my life.
2/5
I can't like this. It would be too personally painful to say that I liked this movie.
Do I think its a decent portrayal of what its like to be that guy? Absolutely. I wouldn't have picked Matthew Perry to play a depersonalized person because you can't take him serious, even when you're supposed to take his serious. But there's a lot there that makes sense.
I thought it played out like a TV movie, so it suffers in that regard from a lack of production value, bad editing and stilted directing. But I liked what they tried to do.
I just can't like the movie. It made me uncomfortable about my life.
2/5
Inception
Holy cow did that blow me away! Its hard to even compare the shows I watched before that, to that movie. They aren't even in the same class.
It was a smart show. I liked how it was subtle and nuanced, without being annoyingly cryptic. It opened kinda strange, and you didn't exactly know what was going on. But when you get the reveal at the end its one of thos 'a ha' moments that you only good when a movie is great at storytelling.
I'm not going to give any of it way by describing the plot. You probably know the basics from the commercials this summer. Its about people going into dreams. But its a lot more complex than that however they don't make it impossible to stay with it. It does take some mental note taking to keep track of where everyone is, but its not difficult to do. But the pay-off is great.
This was awesome!
5/5
Holy cow did that blow me away! Its hard to even compare the shows I watched before that, to that movie. They aren't even in the same class.
It was a smart show. I liked how it was subtle and nuanced, without being annoyingly cryptic. It opened kinda strange, and you didn't exactly know what was going on. But when you get the reveal at the end its one of thos 'a ha' moments that you only good when a movie is great at storytelling.
I'm not going to give any of it way by describing the plot. You probably know the basics from the commercials this summer. Its about people going into dreams. But its a lot more complex than that however they don't make it impossible to stay with it. It does take some mental note taking to keep track of where everyone is, but its not difficult to do. But the pay-off is great.
This was awesome!
5/5
Get Him To The Greek
Wow, another one exactly like the first. Didn't like it, didn't not like it.
It felt a little uneven. I know it was /supposed/ to be over the top, with the drinking, the drugs, the girls, the excess but it seemed really forced. Which of course was the point because at the end the rock star admits that he's unhappy. But they didn't sell it well enough at the front end to make it work at the back. Jonah Hill was way too subdued, compared to his talent, and it almost seemed like he was playing a dramatic role.
P.S. There was too many things going into, and out of, his ass. Which could have been funny but it seemed like violation.
3/5
Wow, another one exactly like the first. Didn't like it, didn't not like it.
It felt a little uneven. I know it was /supposed/ to be over the top, with the drinking, the drugs, the girls, the excess but it seemed really forced. Which of course was the point because at the end the rock star admits that he's unhappy. But they didn't sell it well enough at the front end to make it work at the back. Jonah Hill was way too subdued, compared to his talent, and it almost seemed like he was playing a dramatic role.
P.S. There was too many things going into, and out of, his ass. Which could have been funny but it seemed like violation.
3/5