Posts Tagged ‘movie’
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Yesterday before working in the yard (which was looooong over due BTW) and visiting the MIL for mother’s day, the wife and I went to see the 2009 reboot of Star Trek. I really enjoyed the movie, so I won’t ruin it for anyone by posting spoilers… besides, there are enough of those around the web for you to read if you really want to.
The movie offered enough to bring new people to the series, while keeping some of the old to please the trekkies. Famous lines like “I’m a doctor, not a …” and “I’m giving it all she’s got captain” find they way into the movie. I wasn’t too sure about the entire cast line up going into the movie, but after seeing it I feel like everyone filled their rolls very well. I’m looking forward to seeing more Star Trek movies with this crew.
I’m my no means a trekkie… I watched TOS and TNG but hated DS9, Voyager and Enterprise. Heck, I still have yet to see Star Trek: Nemesis which came out in 2002. Doh!
Tags: movie, review, Star Trek
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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
For some people, 2008 is already gone. I’ve still got a few hours, and I’m spent the last bit reading various blogs “Worst Movies of 2008″ and decided that I would do the same.
So here is a list of movies in 2008 that I was disappointed with: (more…)
Tags: Al Pachino, Jason Statham, Matthew Fox, movie, review, Stargate, Uwe Boll
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
With 88 Minutes having already wasted a few hours of my life, I didn’t think I’d be able to pick a worse movie, so I browsed through the Comcast OnDemand listing again and came to Vantage Point.
Not only did this movie suck, it’s gimmick did not work at all, in fact I think it was absolutely annoying. You basically get to re-watch the first 20-ish minutes of the movie three or four times, each from a different “vantage point”.
You get the same movie, without the annoying “rewind” if you start your movie about half way in.
Tags: Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox, movie, review
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Being home from work sick, and having already watched The Clone Wars I was getting incredibly board. So I found myself browsing the Comcast OnDemand movie listings. I cam across 88 Minutes staring Al Pachino.
Aside from a tooth brush scene early on the movie, this was actually pretty dull and boring. You have Al Pachino with really bad hair running around for an hour and a half as women in his life are murdered in a way similar to killer he put away a few years before.
Don’t waste your money on this one… wait till it ends up on TV or the free movie section.
Tags: Al Pachino, Comcast, movie, OnDemand, review
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
During the whole marketing blitz that accompanied the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated movie, I really had no desire to see it. That was until I started watching the animated series that followed. I’m really enjoying the series… funky animation and all.
I went to Wal*Mart today to pick up a few things, and was back in the electronics section looking for a speciffic gift for my father-in-law, when I found myself facing the newly released DVD of The Clone Wars. So, I decided to pick up a copy.
The movie was fun to watch, and certainly less painful to watch than Star Wars: Episode I – Episode III. The animation, though different, makes the lightsaber battles even cooler.
Samuel L. Jackson and Christopher Lee return in the animated film reprising the roles of Mace Windu and Count Dooku. And believe it or not, Anthony Daniels also returns as C-3PO (he’s been C-3PO in all the movies).
Aside from that, it’s just Star Wars. Some will like it, some won’t. I did.
Tags: animated, Anthony Daniels, Christopher Lee, DVD, movie, review, Samuel L. Jackson, Star Wars, The Clone Wars
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
There was quite a bit of news concerning Stargate this week.
First, Stargate: Atlantis has been canceled. Personally, I think this is long overdue as I expected the show to die in the first season. But, it proved me wrong. However, while the show has been canceled, it is not finished with. The series/season will end with a cliffhanger, and next year a straight to SciFi Channel movie will be released (pdf).
While the Stargate: SG-1 movies have done well, I don’t think I’ve seen any fan reviews that actually thought they were spectacular. And those were straight-to-DVD. How will SGA do with a direct to TV movie?? Let’s just say that the SciFi Channel doesn’t have the best reviews when it comes to their original movies. Though, I’ll admit, every once in a while something good will come along (e.g. Battlestar’s Razer).
Additionally, the next Stargate series has been officially announced. Stargate: Universe – which we’ve all known for a while was coming – sounds like it will be something a bit more like Star Trek.
Tags: Battlestar, BSG, cancellation, MGM, movie, SG-1, Stargate, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Not to be confused with The Italian Job or the upcoming The Brazilian Job which also star Jason Statham, The Bank Job is based on a true story. Keep in mind, just because it’s based on a true story, doesn’t mean that everything is true. Usually a true story will have bits of action and drama added to keep an audience engrossed. Truthfully, I would have enjoyed a bit more action in the movie. 
It’s not bad, unless you are an Jason Statham fan like myself and you’re expecting something more along the lines of Snatch, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, or The Transporter. If you watch this for what it is, a true story or a documentary (of sorts) then you might just enjoy it… though it’ll still be very, very slow. There isn’t a lot of action, because let’s face it, life is usually boring compared to the films. Though don’t worry, we do get to see Jason kicking some ass in the film.
At 1 hour and 51 minutes the film feels a lot longer than it really is.
Tags: Jason Statham, movie, review
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Stargate: The Ark of Truth felt like a glorified episode. While it was nice to wrap up the story, see a few old faces, and of course see the SG-1 team in action, it really didn’t do much for me. I just dismissed it thinking “they’re trying to wrap it up, the next one will be better.”
Nope. At 97 minites long, we’ve basically been given another glorified episode. Or at least an episode and a half. (more…)
Tags: Amanda Tapping, Beau Bridges, Ben Browder, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black, Cliff Simon, Don S. Davis, DVD, Michael Shanks, movie, review, Richard Dean Anderson, Stargate
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
The Dark Knight has been out for a couple of weeks now and has already grossed over $300,000,000. It’s pulled in more money in 10 days than any other film. It stand a good chance at becoming one of the top grossing domestic blockbusters of all time. There’s no denying that it’s doing good. In fact, yesterday when the wife and I saw it at the IMAX, the showing we were at was sold out. There were several people there that were seeing the film for the 2nd or 3rd or 4th time. Some people and blogs have called The Dark Knight as “the best film ever made”. Is it really that good?
I didn’t think so. (more…)
Tags: Batman, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Iron Man, movie, review, The Dark Knight
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
The wife and I just finished watching Whisper, which was aired on one of the Turner networks over the weekend. If I remember correctly, it was a direct to DVD film. I’d first heard about it a while back on a Lost fan site (probably Doc Arzt’s or The Tail Section) as it stars Josh Holloway (aka Sawyer).
A mysterious person hires 4 people to kidnap and ransom a kid from what appears to be a wealthy family. As you probably expect, the kid is not your normal 8 year old. Strange sounds in the middle of nowhere, and then people start dying.
By the end, you’ll have a couple of decent plot twists, and enough of the “jump out at you” type horror. Overall, I really enjoyed this film. It’s not the best movie you’ll see this year, but it was a good horror flick. It reminded me a lot of The Omen, so if you’re into movies like that (I am!) then you’ll probably enjoy this one as well.
A trailer for the move (which is now available on DVD) can be seen at the movie’s official website, whispermovie.com.
Tags: Josh Holloway, movie, review, Whisper
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