Friday, July 23, 2010
Inception

Holy Shit. Let me just start with that and to be honest that could be the entire review because no matter what I say I can't do justice to the spectacle that is this movie. I mean it's films like this that make me wonder how the hell I ever even contemplated becoming a director. Anyway let me try to explain this movie and not give anything away.
So Cobb(Leonardo DiCaprio) is a guy who goes into peoples dreams and steals their secrets for people. Cobb can go into other people's dreams with many other people too.(dream sharing, crazy I know) After he and Arthur(Joseph Gorden-Levitt) screw up a job they are actually offered another one that is much more difficult and complicated(crazy I know, but trust me that is least crazy thing in the entire movie). So even though it is a very dangerous job that "can't be done" Cobb decides to do it in the hopes that if he completes the job he'll be able to return home and see his kids. So Cobb puts together his team and they embark on this impossible mission. They have to plant an idea into Robert Fisher's(Cillian Murphy) head so that he will break up his fathers company. Now this is very difficult for many reasons but mainly because the person who's mind you're trying to plant the dream has to believe that he came up with the idea(I'm not going to even try and explain the logistics of this movie because that would take way too long and just end up confusing you and most likely me). So they kidnap Fisher and embark on a journey into his mind.
So that is a terrible description of the movie but like I said trying to explain this movie would be like two drunk guys trying to giving driving directions to each other, it would take forever and everyone would be confused and then end up vomiting. Anyway all you really need to know is that it is awesome. It is shot so well and looks awesome. It's kind of hard to follow but not so much so that you're just confused as hell while you're watching it. I mean almost every aspect of this movie is great.
I wish I could point out on person and say, "oh man this guy was great" everyone was great. The acting was phenomenal and not just by Leo. I don't really like Ellen Page but even she did a great job and remember the guy from "10 Things I Hate About You"(aka Joseph Gorden-Levitt) he was great too. I will say my favorite person in the movie, other than Leo of course, was Eames(Tom Hardy) that might be because he provided most of the humor but he was also just cool. He was like Jason Statham in "The Italian Job". Which brings me to my next point.
This movie while original as shit and awesome did remind me of a cross between two other movies. (A side note here: just because a movie reminds me of another movie doesn't mean that it's not a good movie, it's just that I like to compare movie similarities and can't help but being reminded of other movies that I've seen. Wow I just said the word movies a shit load.) I found this movie to be somewhat of a cross between "The Matrix" and "The Italian Job". So you have the classic movie where you need to steal something so you have to round up your crew of men that have their own areas of expertise and bring something to the group, like a lot of movies but Eames kind of reminded me of Jason Statham's character in "The Italian Job" so I chose that film. Then it's like "The Matrix" because they are hooked up to a machine and go to another "reality" and also there are awesome gun battles. Oh and throw in a little bit of "Repo Men" too. You know because of the whole dream thing in "Repo Men" never mind no one actually saw that movie.
So now you've got my take on this film and I know that is very important to you so now go see it. It's going to blow you away. Oh yeah I didn't even mention the ending. It will leave you thinking and talking about it for days to come. I know I was. Hell in the middle of it I started to wonder to myself if I was dreaming or not, who knows? I could be dreaming right now, I hope I'm not though because I'm taking a dump and that would be a terrible thing to wake up too.
I give the film a high A. GO SEE IT.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Get Him to the Greek

So once again I've been slacking off and haven't updated the blog since I went and saw this movie. In my defense I have did move to DC and started an internship.(I know what you're thinking, "aren't internships for college kids?", yeah they are but I can't find a real job so I took this now get off my back, jackass.) Anyway by now I'm sure you've seen this movie and don't really need this review, especially considering I don't even think it's still in theaters but I'm going to give it to you anyway, that is if anyone is still reading this(my guess is no.
So this movie was funny as shit. It tells the story of Aaron Green(Jonah Hill) a dude who works in the music business(not really sure what his job really is) and pitches the idea of doing an anniversary show of Aldous Snow's(Russell Brand) concert at the Greek theater in L.A. As you've seen Aaron goes on a wild goose chase trying to bring Aldous to L.A. and hilarity ensues. Also added to plot is the trials and tribulations of Aaron and his girlfriend Daphne Binks(Elizabeth Moss). And of course P. Diddy is in it(or what ever he is calling himself these days) as Aaron's boss.
One of the funniest people in this movie is P. Diddy. A lot of this movie was improv and Diddy did a great job of holding his own. Brand and Hill are great as expected and delivered as expected in this one. It did have a "Funny People" element to it. It was serious in times and dealt with real shit. It also seemed very realistic like "Funny People" but this movie was well actually funny.
So if you can still find it in theaters and still haven't seen it then you should go. I give it a low A.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Robin Hood

So I've been slacking recently and haven't gotten around to writing this review. I saw the movie a few days ago and as everyone knows my memory is about as reliable as the pull out method. So anyway I'll do my best to remember my thoughts from the movie.
This is basically the "Batman Begins" of Robin Hood. This film is about how Robin Hood become the Robin Hood we all know. The film starts showing Robin Longstride(Russell Crowe),Robin Hoods real name, as a soldier in King Richards "The Lion Heart"(Danny Huston) army. Robin is already friends with Will Scarlet(Scott Grimes) and in the true mans man way becomes friends with Little John(Kevin Durand) by getting in a fight with him and beating the crap out of each other. At the same time Robin also becomes friends with Alan Doyle(Allan A'Dayle)(strangely close names) and the four of them decide to leave King Richard's army once he is killed. On the way back to London they run into Sir Robert Loxley(Douglas Hodge) who is dying. His dying wish is that Robin return his sword to his father in Nottingham. Robin being the honest man he is does this and the Robin Hood we all know starts to take shape. In Nottingham they run into Friar Tuck(Mark Addy). Robin returns the sword to Loxley's father who decides that Robin Hood will take his son's place and pretend to be him. This means that he now has a wife, Madden Marion Loxley(Cate Blanchett). They now have to help bring England together and fight the invading French. Of course everything works out, one of the down sides to a prequel, you kinda know what's going to happen at the end.
I like this movie. It was good enough. It had some good battle scenes and as the movie went on it got more and more bad ass culminating at the end with a perfectly place arrow.(of course, it's Robin Hood) I think this movie was a combination of "Gladiator" and "Braveheart" of course it wasn't as good as either but it's kind of tough to beat those two.
It was like "Gladiator" because Robin was a soldier in an army and left to go back to where that army's headquarters are and right some wrong. Oh also because it's Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott(director of "Gladiator")
It was like "Braveheart" because it's kinda the same time period and around the same area. It just has that feel when you watch it that it reminds you of "Braveheart". Also Robin has to band together with some of his countrymen and stop an invading army.
This movie also had some humor in it which always makes me like a movie. The only thing that I just couldn't get on board with in this movie was trying to make Cate Blachett sexy or desirable. I mean she's ok but she just doesn't raise the ole main sail. I mean I think she was cast perfectly for the role because she looks what I imagine the women back then to look like I just don't think she's hot, sorry Cate. (I doubt she's going to mind.)
Now, with any sequel or prequel or any other quel, you always compare the new movie to the old one. I loved the old Robin Hood with Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman. That movie was awesome. It was gonna take a lot for me to like this Robin Hood better than that one and of course it didn't live up to it. However, I felt the same way about "Batman Begins" vs. the old Michael Keaton "Batman". I liked the original better. Speaking of "Batman Begins".(oh yeah I just made a sweet transition, you're welcome Mrs. Feamer, (9th grade english teacher.))
So like I said earlier, this is like the "Batman Begins" for Robin Hood and I think that the next Robin Hood in this line of films(because I think they will make a sequel and should)could possibly be like "The Dark Knight". You know because "Batman Begins" was ok but then "The Dark Knight" came out and was the shit. I think this could be possible for the next "Robin Hood" if they do it correctly. Lets hope so because "The Dark Knight" was the tits.
After all of my rambling I would have to say that I give this film a B. Go see it.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Iron Man 2

I never saw "Iron Man" when it came out back in 2008 but I had always heard that it was good. So in anticipation of "Iron Man 2" coming out I went out and rented "Iron Man." I liked it, I thought it was creative and funny. So because of that I was excited for "Iron Man 2" and I have to say I was not disappointed.
You don't really have to see the first one to get the second one but it helps, so if you haven't seen the first one I recommend that you do and then go see the second one.
"Iron Man 2" is the story of Tony Stark(Robert Downey Jr.) and his invention, the Iron Man suit. Tony is the CEO of Stark Industries which makes high tech weapons for the U.S. government. All of this you get from the first one. In the second one Tony is dealing with trying to live up to the hype of being a superhero, like all superheros do. He also is trying to keep the U.S. government from confiscating the Iron Man suit to use as a military weapon. The main plot line in this film is that Stark Industries is no longer making weapons for the U.S. government so Hammer Industries has taken over. Justin Hammer(Sam Rockwell) is the CEO and Tony hates him. You can easily see it coming so I'll just tell you that Justin is one of the bad guys.
You have to ignore all the stereotypes in this movie because it's a comic book movie, of course it's going to be stereotypical. It has great action sequences and is also pretty funny. I attribute the humor in the film to Jon Favreau being the director. Robert Downey Jr. does an awesome job in this, and the first one. He fits the role perfectly and mixes humor with sarcasm and is still believable as a super hero. This film like the first one also has awesome "future" technology in it which I love. One thing that this film has that its predecessor did not is Scarlett Johansson. Oh man, Scarlett Johansson. Now, I do have to say that I already have a huge thing for her but even if you don't she is so hot in this movie it hurts. She is an added bonus to all the things that made the first one great. I think that "Iron Man 2" is as good if not better than "Iron Man".
I say go see this movie, you won't regret it. You don't have to see the first one but I'm just too OCD about movies not to see the first one in a line of movies so I recommend that you see the first one. I give it a low A.
Death At A Funeral

So it was kind of a while ago when I saw this movie so the review might be a little lacking but that's ok because so was the movie. This is a remake of the 2007 British version. I haven't seen that version but I hear it was better than this one.
This is the story about the funeral of Aaron's(Chris Rock) father. Aaron meets with the funeral service to review his father in the casket and finds out that they sent him the wrong casket.(this is the scene from the previews that I saw a million times.) After this everything else just goes terribly wrong. This is a comedy of errors to say the least. Aaron's brother Ryan(Martin Lawrence) shows up but only manages to make things worse. He's a famous author and is the stereotypical "famous" relative. When then see Elaine(Zoe Saldana) and her boyfriend Oscar(James Marsden). As I'm sure you saw in the previews, Oscar accidentally takes acid basically and is tripping out for the entire movie. Then Norman(Tracy Morgan) and his friend Derek(Luke Wilson) go to pick up Uncle Russell(Danny Glover). Everybody finally gets to the funeral and things just continue to go down hill from there. But don't worry it all works out in the end. Yay.
This movie was ok. I wanted it to be funnier and I thought with the cast that it would be but it wasn't. It is kind of strange to take a british script and try do it as a black comedy. I thought that it would have been better if it had more black humor in it kind of like a "Life" or "Friday." Anyway, there were some parts that I laughed very hard at but overall it fell flat. I mean drug humor is another thing that gets to my funny bone so I liked James Marsden on acid. I think that the best people in it were Tracy Morgan, Danny Glover and James Marsden. They kept the film from being to boring and monotonous.(yeah I said monotonous)
Overall I give it a low C. Redbox it one night if your board and there is nothing better to get.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Date Night

So this movie was pretty much what I expected. If you like Steve Carell in "The Office" and Tina Fey in "30 Rock" then you will probably like this movie. However, I think this is more a comedy for people in their late 30's. (Not that there is anything wrong with people in there 30's but this is more high brow humor.)
The Fosters are an average couple in there 40's with two kids and normal boring jobs living in New Jersey.(I didn't realize New Jersey could be so boring and normal until this movie and "Everybody Loves Raymond" I thought it was full of Snookies and Gittlemans) They are stuck in the same routine and after they learn that one of their best couple friends is getting a divorce they start to look at their own marriage. They decide to go on a special date night in New York city at an exclusive new restaurant. However, they don't have a reservation so they take someone else's. They are then mistaken for that couple who has stolen something from the mob. They are then sent on a wile goose chase all over the city to find the real couple and restore there normal lives.
If you like goofy awkward white people then you will like this movie. It's more funny if you are in a long relationship or have been in one. There is a lot of relationship humor. It has funny parts but most of them are more sophisticated. As you all know I usually like dumb gross humor but I also like high brow humor when it's done well.
This film does have a lot of good people in it and the acting is good. It does feature a cameo from an actress from one of my favorite tv shows. Leighton Meester from "Gossip Girl" is in it. The girl that plays Blair Waldorf. Ok I'm just kidding I hate that show but my sister makes me watch it, I swear.
Anyway this movie was ok. It was funny enough. I'd probably see it again but not in theaters. I give it a high C.(like my favorite juice box.)
Monday, March 29, 2010
Hot Tub Time Machine

I went into this film with high expectations of a great dumb comedy and I wasn't disappointed.(too much) I wasn't sure how these four main characters would mix but they weren't too bad.
So this story is about three friends that have drifted apart over the years and had their share of life's problems. They are forced to come together when Lou(Rob Corddry) "attempts suicide"(really he was just drunk driving and when he got to his house he accidentally closed his garage door and revved his engine causing carbon monoxide poising.) This brings his two old friends Adam(John Cusack) and Nick(Craig Robinson) to his aide. They decide to go to their old hang-out, a mountain resort in a ski town. Nick brings his nephew Jacob(Clark Duke) because Jacob doesn't want to move in with his mom and her new boyfriend. Together the four of them head to the resort and talk about what is happening in each of their lives. When they get to the town they find it very run down and not how they remember it. Once they get settled into their room, which is the same room that they always get, they decide to get into the hot tub. They start partying and shit goes crazy. They wake up and after a few encounters with some of the other people at the resort they realize that they have traveled back in time to 1986. They also realize that they look exactly like they did in 1986. Now because they saw the "Butterfly Effect" they decide that they need to do everything exactly the same way they did it in 1986. They go about trying to do this and in the process they come back together as friends. Awww.
This movie was great. I would say it's a poor man's "The Hangover". This film is full of crude humor and cussing.(my favorites) I loved the fact that all of the funny parts in this film weren't in the previews. I hate when movies do that, it's like why did I even pay to see this movie all the good stuff was in the commercials, but this film wasn't like that. The four main characters in this actually do a pretty good job of working together and make it seem like they were actually friends. I was glad to see Rob Corddry get a bigger role than what he is used to, he did a great job. The only, somewhat, weak part of the main cast was Cusack. Going into it I thought he was a weird cast and maybe that's why I feel he was the weakest but he wasn't too bad. It made me laugh hard at parts and cringe at others. It threw in some aspects of another one of my favorite time travel movies, "Back to the Future." You know in "Back to the Future" when Marty McFly(Michael J. Fox) goes to the past and starts to disappear when the future isn't going to turn out like it's supposed to, well they do that in this one only a little more techy than they did it in 1985. Also George McFly(Crispin Glover)is in this one as the bell hop. I'm not sure if these two things were paying homage to the classic film or if it's just coincidence but either way I liked it. I will say it did have some slow and somewhat serious parts and Chevy Chase is randomly in it and not funny at all but other than that this is an awesome film. I loved it.
One thing that always bugs me with time travel movies is that there is always a hole in the story somewhere. Something always doesn't make sense but the great thing about comedy time travel movies is that your not supposed to take it seriously so it doesn't matter. You can't let yourself get caught up in that either just know it's dumb and don't give the time travel problems a second thought.
So I loved this movie. I would recommend it to anyone, well anyone that likes dumb comedies and doesn't mind low brow crude humor. I give it a low A.
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BK(Bee's Knees): This is primarily reserved for classics like "The Godfather" I don't see any new releases making this grade any time soon.
A: This is for a great movie that is destined for my dvd collection and would see multiple times in theaters. They have that extra something that stands out.
B: This is for movies that are better than just good but they lack that "X" factor. These are ones that you see in the store and are like oh shit I really liked this movie and I forgot about it but now I need to buy it.
C: This is for movies that are just alright. They are predictable, simple and fun to watch but you were a little disappointed when you saw them. You were like damn that movie could've been better, I'm disappointed now. However, you still might put them in your dvd collection if someone gives it to you.
D: This is for movies that just suck. They are either not what you thought they would be or you got tricked or forced into going to see. These are extremely predictable and serve little entertainment. You have no interest in seeing it again and if someone gave it to you, you would defiantly try and sell it for beer money.
SB(Sucks Balls): This category is for movies that just really suck balls. This one, like the BK category, most movies wont fall into but I still have it for movies like "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" remember that movie, man it really sucked balls.