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Archive for August, 2007

Kingdom of Heaven (2005) imdb yahoo rt metacritic mrqe bad link
kingdom

Posted on August 23rd, 2007
liked it

i liked pretty much everything about this except orlando bloom.  i’m just not buying him as the dark and brooding type.  some of the idealized enlightened players are kind of laughable but still i enjoyed this as a big historical drama.  i especially liked the huge battle scenes and the big siege towers and flaming […]

Hostel (2005) imdb rt mrqe bad link
hostel

Posted on August 23rd, 2007
liked it

i liked this a lot more than i thought i would, but maybe just because i watched it right after saw 2.  first i liked the tone - it sets up the breezy frat-boy tone and changes to horror fine.  and the horror tone is not of the ‘look how dark we are’ but more […]

The Devil's Rejects (2005) imdb yahoo rt metacritic mrqe bad link
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Posted on August 23rd, 2007
liked it

this was fine to watch, but surprisingly i’ve liked it more on reflection.  i like that it’s mostly just actions and little character development, so that helped me get through my annoyances.  one was pretty much all the bad guy’s dialogue.  part writing and part acting it was pretty bad in spots.  i appreciate that […]

Saw II (2005) imdb yahoo rt metacritic mrqe bad link
oof

Posted on August 23rd, 2007
didn't like it

this was pretty pathetic after cube.  the characters are so dumb and things move along so unbelievably - ‘i found a door guys!’ yeah, no shit there are doors all over the damn place.  and all the stupid jump cuts with the white flashes and sped up parts were so annoying.  i know going in […]

Cube (1997) imdb rt mrqe bad link
cubensis

Posted on August 23rd, 2007
liked it

good pace and gore.  the structure of this is very one act play-ish, and there is a kind of similar flow and feel to the dialogue and character interaction: manufactured conflict and transparent allegories galore.  the yelling and violence always felt out of place and it seemed like they needed to take a little more […]

Signs (2002) imdb yahoo rt metacritic mrqe bad link
is douchebag a curse?

Posted on August 5th, 2007
liked it

i almost didn’t watch it with the other two1,2 not hitting me well. but this one was easier to deal with because the plot moved along fine even as the characters took their time with their skepticism and emotions and whatever. it’s funny compared to the thing where the plot goes at one […]

Unbreakable (2000) imdb metacritic mrqe bad link
comics

Posted on August 3rd, 2007
didn't like it

this was a pretty similar experience to the village for me in that i just could not get on the right logical wavelength for it. they obviously want to focus more on the emotional reactions than the plot, but none of the emotional reactions rang true to me at all. it takes him […]

The Village (2004) imdb rt metacritic mrqe bad link
it felt a fortnight

Posted on August 1st, 2007
didn't like it

well i didn’t get this at all. i found it really boring and i think it was over an hour in before there was finally a scene that i liked and found interesting. it felt trapped in the ‘period-ness’ for one. also there was just very little about the characters that i […]

The Simpsons Movie (2008) imdb yahoo rt metacritic mrqe bad link
wonderful penis

Posted on August 1st, 2007
liked it

this was fine but a bit of a letdown.  i’m not one of the ‘the simpsons has sucked the past couple years’ crowd - the plots are stupid and too big, but the endless little throwaway non-sequitors are still hilarious to me.  this might have had enough of those, but at times it just didn’t […]

that line and the ensuing cut were kind of the highlight for me.  also the diary highlights were good.  overall this was fine and i can see why it’s got a following - the lines are probably funnier on repeat viewing - but i struggled with the sluggish pace and bad sound and adr.