This was very cute. And pretty damn funny too. The supporting cast is what really sold this one. TJ Miller, the guy from Worst Week, Big Red, Get Smart Guy, Breaking Bad Death By Puke Girl, they were all awesome. Not to say that the leads were bad, but it’s like they were doing a straight up romantic comedy but they were surrounded by funny people who elevated this movie into something memorable, instead of the normal crap you just forget after a couple days.
She wasn’t as hot as they made her out to be. I guess it would have been impossible to cast a girl who fit the description, so that’s fine. The Disney references were awesome and funny. Slapshot Regatta. Ball shaving. He’s drunk and he shit his pants.
Maybe everyone felt a little fake, but whatever, it worked well enough and it was entertaining and Jar Baruchel is charming and the entire supporting cast was funny, it was a solid 90 minutes of entertainment.
This has nothing to do with the game. I watched this because the description was something about a group of travelers caught in a time loop. Not really true. They are drugged and then relive the same day, but time still passes. I think maybe time passes at a different rate, or not, it’s unimportant. I didn’t really get it and I suspect this is because no one, including the writer, even really gets it. This was by no means a time travel movie. I should have turned it off. The budget must’ve been a couple thousand dollars. The acting and the writing were terrible. I kept watching just because I was curious about what kind of stupid ridiculousness would happen next, and on that they delivered. Oh and the main guy looked like Johnny Cage.
If Jason, Freddy and Michael Myers are the tops of 80s horror, surely Pinhead is close behind. The Hellraiser series doesn’t have quite the reputation that those other franchises do, but the iconic leader of the cenobites is instantly recognizable. This was my first foray into the series and I thought it was alright. About on par with some of the Nightmare or Friday sequels. The make-up and effects were 80s-awesome, meaning there were some pretty bad looking shots but considering the period and the budget they looked great. I prefer practical effects to CG anyway. The story was pretty thin, and that’s just fine.
The sequel is sitting on our DVR and I’m interested to see how it goes. Will it become The Pinhead Show? His part wasn’t exactly huge in this movie, but it looks like every sequel prominently features him, at least according to the box art. I’ve got no problems if that’s the case, the shit that goes down when he’s around is the reason you watch movies like this.
I watched these a while ago so they’re not really fresh, but I don’t think that would matter. They were exactly what I expected, mindless action with a paper-thin sci-fi premise. Pretty good action actually. Regeneration is actually part 3, it was on TV so that’s why I didn’t see part 2. I don’t think I missed much. With the inclusion of Dolph in part 3 and the initial set-up of the rehabilitation of JCVD it felt pretty seamless as a sequel to part 1. Except for the fact that Dolph was literally torn to pieces in part 1. I don’t get why they had to clone him rather than use one of the other dozens of UniSols. They did clone him right? I guess I just assumed because like I said his body was torn into bits in part 1, in a nonrepariable way.
I know the real reason is that they wanted to put him on the DVD box, which is fine, but story wise it didn’t really make sense. And he is only in it for like 10 minutes and has a pretty lame death (pipe to the head? for serious?). That was a pretty cool fight scene though, two near-geriatric former action stars beating the shit out of each other, they should have somehow included this scene in The Expendables.
I happened across this on one of the pay channels that comes along with Showtime (Dexter!) and watched about 5 minutes of the end, not the very end, but probably 5 of the final 10. We thought it looked interesting enough to find an airing of it later and the day and recorded it to watch later. Knowing the “big reveal” didn’t really take away from the viewing experience, it’s a bit of a twist but not nearly as big as I thought having only seen the ending. You know the whole time that these people are being held captive by the government for some secret program designed to create civilian weapons. From the description I thought it was more of a Saw-like torture room movie and then the government involvement was a twist at the end. Anyway, it was a pretty cool concept and all the actors did a fine job, especially Tim Hutton. It was probably pretty cheap too.
I need to remember that if Nicolas Cage is in a movie, give it a chance. Many people go with the opposite of that, and that’s fair, but I really like him. This movie was ok, the story was actually pretty decent and it had good action. The ending was a bit of a downer but it fit with the rest of the movie. Nic Cage Rocks. I even want to see The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and I liked BOTH National Treasure movies. But anyway, Bangkok Dangerous is classic tale of a hit-man’s “one last job”, so you know then that either it is NOT his last job or it is but only because he dies. This movie has got training montages, bloody violence, a very awkward dinner with a deaf girl, and Cage sporting some serious eighthead and longish hair, I got exactly what was advertised and enjoyed it.
A post-apocalyptic virus movie but this time without zombies. It was watchable, had some recognizable faces. But the characters constantly did incredibly stupid things. I was rooting for them all to get sick and kill each other at some points. For a direct-to-TV/DVD production though, it looked pretty good.
This wasn’t exactly what I was expecting, but I enjoyed it. I thought Matt Damon’s character was just a bumbling idiot kind of guy who was recruited or persuaded to be a whistle blower. He’s actually a bipolar conman who gets away with stealing millions of dollars, using the whistle blower angle to help his case and also live out a sort of James Bond fantasy. His internal dialogue was probably my favorite part. No real complaints, it was a good script, good acting, very funny at parts, and it felt fresh.
Oh Dexter. This was your finest season yet. Where do you go from here? It’s almost like it would be better to just stop, but with a cliffhanger like that there is no way. My concern now is that season five will be like “season four part two”, a symptom of many serialized shows which Dexter has so far been able to avoid. I like when a season has a theme, a big bad, and the major plot points are resolved at the end. Of course we will always have some lingering threads that continue, like Dexter and Rita’s relationship (no more I guess) and Deb’s investigation into her father’s past, which helps tie the whole series together. And speaking of Deb’s investigation, I think next season will have some serious developments with Deb learning about Dexter’s past and perhaps learning his secret. That’s something I feel needs to happen, and they’ve had it on a slow build for a while now.
Anyway, season 4, fucking fantastic, and we have John Lithgow to thank for that. The Trinity Killer will go down as one of televisions greatest villains (as will Dexter). His performance is pitch perfect at all times, and his character is so well written. The way he and Dexter interact was a treat to watch. As things started ramping up with his storyline toward the end of the season I literally couldn’t stop watching, getting through the final five episodes in one day. Everyone else does a great job too but he is just a stand out this year. The Angel-no-relation and La Guardia Whats Her Face relationship felt like filler, hopefully they can build on that next year to make all of those scenes worth it.
I don’t wanna wait until next year to see the next season! But I am too cheap to continue to pay for Showtime when it goes up to regular price next month. Maybe I’ll torrent. I just don’t want to be spoiled. I knew about the final scene of this season long before I started watching because it was all over the place after it happened. But I don’t think it hurt my enjoyment of the season, just took away a shocker moment. It was kind of nice being spoiled, seeing the look on Trinity’s face when Dexter mentioned his family and knowing what that smirk meant, but if I could choose I’d go in blindly. Anyway I will do what I can to avoid spoilers. Maybe this show is worth $15/month for a few months, it’s probably my favorite show on TV right now along with Breaking Bad (don’t make me choose).
