Like most Spike Lee Joints (or blunts, or smack), I left this movie going “So?” Acting overall, I’d say very good. Directing for the most part was good, but was sometimes very contrived, as if saying “Hey look I’m a good director because I’m using these wacky reflections and stuff that serve no point.” On …
Category: Movie Reviews
It seems like the only art that I have a really strong opinion about is movies. So I started off with a couple movie reviews a long time ago that are quite long, but eventually I moved to doing very short reviews, and eventually stopped doing them all together. But I may start again, but in any case here’s all the old reviews I did. I’ll do a 5 star system.
Austin Powers: Goldmember
Well, Austin Powers is back to scrape up as many jokes about sex and when necessary, repeat jokes from the other movies. The first 5 or 6 minutes of the movie is good, when they have Tom Cruise as Austin Powers, Gwenyth Paltrow as Dixie Normous, Kevin Spacey as Dr. Evil, and Danny Devito as …
Novocaine
A friend of mine saw this movie with me, and his reaction was perfect, I thought. “Did Steve Martin owe someone a favor?†That is the utmost truth, because otherwise I don’t see why he would choose to be in the utter crap that is Novocaine. From start to finish, the story is more like …
Reign of Fire
Yes, shamefully, I saw Reign of Fire. I start off saying that because a lot of people have reacted that way when I told them I saw it. But don’t worry, I don’t plan on seeing Eight Legged Freaks any time soon, so I think I saw the better of two evils. Although Reign of …
The Shipping News
Another Kevin Spacey movie to add to my movie reviews, however, this one turned out a touch better then the last, as you can see from the rating I gave it alone (the last Kevin Spacey movie I watched was K-Pax). With a star-studded cast, an intriguing plot, and a beautiful setting, The Shipping News …
Sling Blade
Sling Blade is one of those movies that when I say I haven’t seen it, everyone goes “You haven’t!?†So, now I no longer have to press my nose against the glass of the “Seen-Sling-Blade†club, I can now walk freely amongst the club members and toss around witty banter. Now that I’ve seen it, …
K-Pax
The other night, I unfortunately rented and watched the movie K-Pax that asks the question: Is there intelligent life out there? The answer: no. This movie would have been just as good if I had been watching Kevin Spacey milling around his house, doing laundry or making tea, because that’s really the only worth that …
The Bourne Identity
A couple nights ago I saw The Bourne Identity, starring Matt Damon and “That Girl from Run Lola Run†as everyone refers to her, based on the novel by Robert Ludlum. I have not read the book, but I plan to now, so some of my critique may be somewhat objective because I didn’t come …