Tuesday, September 20, 2011

New (or new to me) Movies Watched While Up North



Movies I recommend are highlighted in Green. Crap Movies are Red. All other movies will stay same background if they are just okay.
  1. Gentlemen Broncos (Messed Up. Ultimately meh)
  2. Red (Nice to see older actors/actresses still working. Ridiculous action though)
  3. The Day the Earth Stood Still (2010) (Had potential...but lame)
  4. Danny Deckchair (Cute, fun and quirky film of ridiculous premise.)
  5. Dinner for Schmucks (Some funny moments but nothing redeemable)
  6. Agora (Great historical tale)
  7. Bottle Rocket (Seriously? This made the Wilson brothers famous??)
  8. Paper Man (Always good to see Jeff Daniels working, but film had very little arc)
  9. Transformers 3 (Good freaking gawd. This was by far the worst theatre experience I ever had in my life. How was the film? Crappy)
  10. Resident Evil: Afterlife (Ugh... I like the video games but why must they ruin such an easy premise to make cool?)
  11. Centurion (Actually half-way decent. Obvious portfolio film, but decent none-the-less. And Imogen Poots is cute, with a goofy name.)
  12. Never Let Me Go (Supposedly brilliant, I found it irritating.)
  13. Greenberg (I like dramatic Ben Stiller, but irredeemable dink he is in this film doesn't work for me.)
  14. Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Trader (just okay. I was never into the books)
  15. The Fighter (Great film.)
  16. Crossroads (1986) ((Not the Britney Spears films. This film follows the original karate kid on a road trip to discover blues music. Seriously! And it's actually decent.)
  17. Conviction (It's like Dead Man Walking with a happy ending)
  18. Freakonomics (Why in hell was this made into a film?)
  19. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Recommended to me, supposedly potential for a "classic" for kids of this generation.. I dunno. Don't see it.)
  20. London Boulevard (People forget that Colin Farrell can be awesome, but this is marred by Kiera Knightly. Lots of potential, but makes me want to go watch In Bruges again.)
  21. An Education (Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard are great actors but the story is kinda lame)
  22. It Might Get Loud (Obvious rock legends, but just an okay documentary.)
  23. X-Men: First Class (Not perfect but a step in the right direction for X-Men flicks. Great casting)
  24. Bridesmaids (Decent flick but I think Kristen Wiig has yet to really get the ultimate movie to prove her worth)
  25. Devil (Don't let M. Night Shamalyan's name stop you from watching this decent, relatively independent horror flick.)
  26. Skyline (Crap film, obvious portfolio film for a special effects crew, but stupid flick)
  27. Sucker Punch (Very decent flick. Gotta love original stories. Big fan of Zach Snyder, but he does need occassional help on narratives.)
  28. Rango (Just okay. I am scared to say I am getting a little Johnny Depp weary...)
  29. Source Code (Director of Moon. Decent flick. I recommend it.)
  30. Faster (Just okay. I still wish Dwayne Johnson would get behind a decent headlining action role, to really prove his worth.)
  31. Let Me In (Okay. Chloe Moretz will be great if she can avoid the Lindsay Lohan route. The original flick is much better though.)
  32. Knight and Day. (I like Tom Cruise in some projects, but Cameron Diaz is increasingly weary these days. And this flick was dumb.)
  33. Piranha (Ridiculous flick that shamelessly embraces what it is without getting too serious. Gotta appreciate that.)
  34. Captain America (I thought it would be appropriate to watch this flick while actually in the U.S., truthfully as okay as the film is, it is highly overrated by other reviews.)
  35. D13: Ultimatum (Sequel to a decent flick. Cyril Rafaelli needs his own action flick. Thumbs up.)
  36. Monsters (Very VERY cool independent film. Highly recommend it if you are interested in an unconventional love story.)
  37. Battle: Los Angeles (Expected something like Skyline, instead got a very cool film. Check it out!)
  38. Tron: Legacy (Not a huge fan of Tron, but this was decent. I like it when Hollywood can actually find some charismatic young actors, instead of cookie cutter models types that can't act.)
  39. Drive Angry (Ha ha ridiculous Nicholas Cage is ridiculous.)
  40. 127 Hours (I find James Franco very hit and miss. Highly overrated most of the time. This was a hit.)
  41. True Grit (You've undoubtedly seen my penchant for decent westerns so far. This was not one. Highly overrated and I wanted it to be so good. I am beginning to think I don't like the Coen Brothers which I hear is sacrilege.)
  42. Rec2 (Rec1 and the american version Quarantine are decent virus/zombie flicks. This continues the trend.)
  43. The Mechanic (I expected a standard Jason Statham flick ala Transporter or Crank, but truthfully this was a decent back and forth assassin thriller. Not perfect but good.)
  44. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (I dunno... I feel like it would have been so much better without JK Rowlings influence.)
  45. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (For what seemed to be a forgettable film in theatres, I was surprised at how fun and interesting this flick was. Don't write it off.)

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