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I've seen 5 movies in the last few days that I haven't reviewed yet.
Dungeons & Dragons
AHAHAHAHA. Ahahaha. Hahaha. *wipes away tears* this was on at midday, and I knew as soon as I turned it on that it was bad, but I was amazed at how much worse it got. I can't fathom how they could get a half-decent cast and have special effects that bad. Clearly they spent all their money on Jeremy Irons and none on, for instance, writers. I've never played the game but it has to be better thhan this dreck or nobody'd buy it. Not only that, but there's some bullshit message about equality and fate that they try to put in there that only makes the plotless, meaningless action more confusing.
2 out of 10
Superbad
I...don't get it. I mean, I thought it was OK, but most of it didn't make me laugh that much (except the stuff with McLovin and the cops, parts of which had me cracking up until it got really, really out of hand.) I thought the end was sweet and you lot are right, that Michael Cera kid is damn good. I just didn't find their stuff funny, which kind of means that the whole comedy aspect was lost on me. Also, Jonah Hill pissed me off.
6 out of 10
Beautiful Thing
Before I get into the review: LMAO, I totally thought this had been made in the 80's. Was this SET in 1996? The clothes and film quality scream 80's to me.
Moving on, this is a really sweet little movie. It's very personal; it explores the characters without judging them, but it isn't overly sentimental. Most of the cast is pretty good, although the jock love interest was just not the best actor. The main problem I had with it is that it's too jittery for the story it's telling a lot of the time; the use of music is pretty strange (except the Mama Cass stuff, love her!) and the camerawork gets too close and up in their faces.
7 out of 10
The Wild
AKA Madagascar's dodgy cousin, with worse CG but a cult-cooler cast (Kiefer Sutherland, Janeane Garofalo & Eddie Izzard >>>>> Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith & Chris Rock, thanks). And wow, the similarities are way too strong to be coincidental; the trip into the great unknown, the animals doing ridiculous things like driving ships, the superspy animals, even the crazy locals and their nutcase king. This one had probably as many individual gags and was just as weak as a whole; it makes no sense. Also, the bad animation was not exactly driving me wild, if you'll excuse the pun. I suppose it's harmless enough, but it's not good.
5 out of 10
Sunshine
I thought this was really good. Chris Evans kicks so many kinds of ass - he's kind of the thinking girl's action star, and he's SO damn hot. The movie is a think piece as well, but it's not slow and ponderous (read: boring) like, oh, say, 2001: A Space Odyssey. The effects are pretty and the mood is carefully built and well sustained. It does fall apart a bit right near the end, unfortunately, with a rather twist about an extra passenger; it wasn't even the twist that annoyed me so much as the weird, blurred 'looking into the sun' crazy-effects they used on him, which were just fucking ANNOYING. Cillian Murphy did a fairly good job, but I would've been happier for him to have an Irish accent (there's no reason for him to be American really) and somewhat less fight-happy; I feel it would have suited his character better. By the way, that boy is genuinely strange-looking. His weird, ethereal prettiness kind of worked, because the movie is obsessed with beauty. He may have been the main character, but Chris Evans was the star. His character was so compelling and so driven, to the point where he was almost suicidal. He was so interesting to watch. Everyone in this movie dies too cold or too hot, which made me uncomfortable, but in the right way. I'd recommend people see it; maybe if you skip about 15 minutes towards the end it'll work better, though.
8 out of 10
Green Queen
Dungeons & Dragons
AHAHAHAHA. Ahahaha. Hahaha. *wipes away tears* this was on at midday, and I knew as soon as I turned it on that it was bad, but I was amazed at how much worse it got. I can't fathom how they could get a half-decent cast and have special effects that bad. Clearly they spent all their money on Jeremy Irons and none on, for instance, writers. I've never played the game but it has to be better thhan this dreck or nobody'd buy it. Not only that, but there's some bullshit message about equality and fate that they try to put in there that only makes the plotless, meaningless action more confusing.
2 out of 10
Superbad
I...don't get it. I mean, I thought it was OK, but most of it didn't make me laugh that much (except the stuff with McLovin and the cops, parts of which had me cracking up until it got really, really out of hand.) I thought the end was sweet and you lot are right, that Michael Cera kid is damn good. I just didn't find their stuff funny, which kind of means that the whole comedy aspect was lost on me. Also, Jonah Hill pissed me off.
6 out of 10
Beautiful Thing
Before I get into the review: LMAO, I totally thought this had been made in the 80's. Was this SET in 1996? The clothes and film quality scream 80's to me.
Moving on, this is a really sweet little movie. It's very personal; it explores the characters without judging them, but it isn't overly sentimental. Most of the cast is pretty good, although the jock love interest was just not the best actor. The main problem I had with it is that it's too jittery for the story it's telling a lot of the time; the use of music is pretty strange (except the Mama Cass stuff, love her!) and the camerawork gets too close and up in their faces.
7 out of 10
The Wild
AKA Madagascar's dodgy cousin, with worse CG but a cult-cooler cast (Kiefer Sutherland, Janeane Garofalo & Eddie Izzard >>>>> Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith & Chris Rock, thanks). And wow, the similarities are way too strong to be coincidental; the trip into the great unknown, the animals doing ridiculous things like driving ships, the superspy animals, even the crazy locals and their nutcase king. This one had probably as many individual gags and was just as weak as a whole; it makes no sense. Also, the bad animation was not exactly driving me wild, if you'll excuse the pun. I suppose it's harmless enough, but it's not good.
5 out of 10
Sunshine
I thought this was really good. Chris Evans kicks so many kinds of ass - he's kind of the thinking girl's action star, and he's SO damn hot. The movie is a think piece as well, but it's not slow and ponderous (read: boring) like, oh, say, 2001: A Space Odyssey. The effects are pretty and the mood is carefully built and well sustained. It does fall apart a bit right near the end, unfortunately, with a rather twist about an extra passenger; it wasn't even the twist that annoyed me so much as the weird, blurred 'looking into the sun' crazy-effects they used on him, which were just fucking ANNOYING. Cillian Murphy did a fairly good job, but I would've been happier for him to have an Irish accent (there's no reason for him to be American really) and somewhat less fight-happy; I feel it would have suited his character better. By the way, that boy is genuinely strange-looking. His weird, ethereal prettiness kind of worked, because the movie is obsessed with beauty. He may have been the main character, but Chris Evans was the star. His character was so compelling and so driven, to the point where he was almost suicidal. He was so interesting to watch. Everyone in this movie dies too cold or too hot, which made me uncomfortable, but in the right way. I'd recommend people see it; maybe if you skip about 15 minutes towards the end it'll work better, though.
8 out of 10
Green Queen
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I loved Sunshine, except the ending, cause I couldn't look at the screen for long without peering. The movie was my final nudge into the Chris Evans corner though. *g*
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I've never seen SuperBad. I do love Michael Cera. He awes and aws me.
I was thinking you might be reviewing this hard to find film, which I've told has brilliant performances by Ralph Fiennes and which I've always wanted to see, but it turned out you were reviewing this film. C'est la vie!
Have you seen Surf's Up?
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No, but I've heard it's good.
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Yes, it is good.
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Actually, there was a Dungeons and Dragons 2 that was made for the Sci-Fi channel. And it was surprisingly good.
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I have problems with the game, but that gets mostly into fan-wanky technical details about THAC0 and non-weapon proficiencies and other things sane people don't give a rat's ass about.