Movie 92 - Get Him to the Greek

Movie 92 was Get Him to the Greek. This movie has Jonah Hill and Russel Brand in it and it's from the same universe as Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Also the same humorverse. You can probably tell if you're going to like this just from the previews, or if you've seen any other recent modern comedy from say. . .Judd Apatow. This is a pretty standard if not forgettable comedy in that vein. Puff Daddy also makes an appearance and people seem pretty divided on if they like him or not. I thought he was one of the better parts of the movie. Its also been a while since I've seen this movie, I'm pretty sure I'm caught up now on everything I watched in my lull time, so the reviews will probably be better. As you can see, this one didn't leave a huge impression on me.

2.8 fuzzy walls out of 5

Movie 91 - The Road

Movie 92 was The Road, and I watched it about a week ago and forgot I did. That shouldn't be taken that this is a bad movie, I just have a bad memory sometimes. The Road is another movie where we get to watch Viggo Mortensen walking around, only this time it's not for 10 hours. The poster I used says Guy Pearce is in the movie as well. I don't know why they gave him a listing right on the front of this, he's in the movie for all of 7 minutes, if that, plus it's near the end. There's also a kid in the movie that play's Viggo's son. This movie is set in a post-apocalyptic world where almost all life is gone. The plants are dead, the animals are mostly dead so that doesn't leave a lot of options for food. I'll leave that to up to you to figure that part out. Let's just say a lot of humanity has turned to the dark side. Viggo and his son are "carrying the flame" and scavenging and trying to get to the coast in hopes of some sort of respite from the horrible world they find themselves in. This is one downer of a movie so don't watch if you're feeling blue to begin with. Viggo seems to do a pretty good job, I'm not sure how I feel about him but the kid who plays his son does a really good job for being so young. This is a pretty good movie and I'd recommend watching if you're a fan of dreary post-apocalyptic settings and themes and junk.

3.8 flares out of 5

Movie 90 - Iron Man 2

Movie 90 was Iron Man 2. I was pumped to see this ever since I heard they were making it. Iron Man 1 was pretty dang good and I was sure they could only go up from there.

sigh

Iron Man 2 seemed to meander along it's story. Once again we get a sequel that tries to tell more than one movie worth of story in one movie AHEMspiderman3ERHEM. Excuse me. There isn't a whole bunch of action in this movie. Most of the movie Tony Stark is being mopey and making an ass of himself. That part has to be shown, I suppose because that's a big part of the character. However, I feel like they spent too long on that part of it. Don Cheadle replaced the other guy, Terrance Howard(?) as. . . I forget the character's name, Tony's military buddy. They lay a lot of groundwork for The Avenger's movie, which is easy to get excited for, as long as they don't junk it up like this one.

3 elements out of 5

Movie 89 - The Proposal

Movie 90 was The Proposal. This is a romantic comedy staring Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock. I know that the phrase "romantic comedy" isn't going to get anyone with junk excited to watch anything, but give this one a shot. Ryan Reynolds is funny in almost everything he does. I'd almost switch teams for Ryan Reynolds. Ryan Reynolds. Sandra Bullock plays a hard ass boss that everyone hates and Ryan is her intern or secretary, but really he's her bitch. Sandra's character was just so-so for me. She plays the hard ass and it's almost like a switch gets turned and she's nice eventually, or almost nice. I guess I can see why, but I remember feeling that way and it's been a while since I've seen it so there. As far as romantic comedies go, this one isn't bad.

3.6 canoes out of 5

An announcement to both of my readers

Hi, whoever reads this, I will no longer be doing a movie every single day, obviously. I've also come to hear that a few people actually like reading these reviews so I'm going to keep it up, but only as I watch movies. I really didn't have the time to watch a movie every day, which is why there's so many Master of Horror crapfests on the list. I will probably still watch crappy movies just so I have some contrast. My writing of the reviews might actually get better since it won't be so forced.

So to summarize:

1 - I won't be doing this every day
2 - I will watch movies at my own pace and still do reviews

Also, I just started Lost, so I'll be commenting on that every now and then too, I will still keep everything as spoiler free as I possibly can, because when you read a review it shouldn't be a summary of the movie.

Day 88 - Paranormal Entity

Day 88 and I watched Paranormal Entity. On title alone go ahead and take a stab at what this movie is about. Even just looking at the box you can tell this is a "me too" movie. A shameless rip of Paranormal Activity. The titles even rhyme. It has almost an identical setup to the other Paranormal movie, there's a small family living in a nice house and an unknown presence is causing disturbances. At first the actors in this movie are just slightly unbelievable which can't happen in a movie like this, taken from the perspective of the characters. After a while they either catch their rhythm or I stopped caring. This isn't quite as scary as PA, but still manages to deliver some tense scenes. Although there are some scenes that are almost direct copies of scenes from Activity. They have activity in an attic, there's dusty footprints, the entity is interested in a girl, etc. Although this gets about a F- in the originality department, I really enjoy movies like this, shot in first person. So even though it's hard to respect and give this movie any sort of credit, I couldn't help but find some enjoyment in here.

3.1 jingle bells out of 5

Day 87 - Hudson Hawk

Day 87 and I watched Hudson Hawk. Hudson Hawk stars Bruce Willis as a cat burglar who likes to sing old songs when he's on the job. He gets mixed up somehow with a group of weirdos who are stealing a bunch of old Da Vinci artifacts. The weirdo bad guy masterminds are a couple of the ugliest actors you'll ever see. I recognized the girl from other movies but I don't know her name. Some of the weirdos go by the names of candy bars. There's all kinds of little goofy touches in this movie and I liked it a lot. The Da Vinci code this is not, but that's ok. What you have here is almost a spoofish action movie. It definitely feels like an 80s movie and that's not a bad thing. The best part is a gurney chase down the highway. Writer's block tonight, sorry listeners.

3.7 crystal mirror pieces out of 5

Day 86 - Homecoming

Day 86 and I watched Homecoming. Homecoming is about this football player star guy from a small town named Mike and he's back in his hometown for homecoming. He brings his girlfriend along for the trip. What he doesn't tell his current girlfriend, who is named Elizabeth is that he's got an ex in his hometown named Shelby. I'm gonna just say Shelby is a psycho and get that out of the way. Shelby thinks that she and Mike are still together and she doesn't take it well that he has a new girlfriend. In a nutshell, this movie is Misery for a newer generation. Some things don't click very well for me in this movie, the biggest of which is Shelby. Shelby weighs MAYBE 73 pounds. Shelby lives in a dump, we see her chopping wood. She can barely hold the ax, let alone swing it in a convincing way. There's other times where the movie asks her to be physical and she just can not sell it. In fact, any time either of the two girls need to be physical you can see it plain as day that they just don't have it in them. And no amount of editing can hide that fact. It takes me out of it a little bit. Other than that movies like this are incredibly frustrating to watch for me. Movies with someone who is whacked out of their mind. That's what movies like this are for and I guess it succeeded, I just wish maybe it had been cast differently instead of just having two attractive actresses play the parts.

2.5 awkward swings out of 5

Day 85 - Prozac Nation

Day 85 and I watched Prozac Nation. Prozac Nation is about the trials and tribulations one woman faces when she goes to Harvard on a journalism degree. Christina Ricci plays this girl and she does quite a good job. I didn't really catch or remember who she was playing . . . Elizabeth "Lizzy" something or other. She comes from a broken home, her dad split and her mom pushes her to be extra successful and once she gets on her own in college she kind of spirals out of control with drugs and lands in depression. She goes from ok to bitch is less than 2 seconds. She doesn't mean to but she ends up pushing everyone away from her. Every time you think she's making a little progress she gets nasty with someone. The movie does a good job in getting you to sympathize with her. If this movie had been done a little differently it would be easy not to like Lizzy and then the whole movie wouldn't matter so much. As it is though it's a pretty decent look at a section of this lady's life and the effects depression can have.

3.8 scribbles out of 5

Day 84 - Sounds Like

Day 84 and I suffered through another Masters of Horror movie, this time it was Sounds Like. Sounds Like is about a man who can hear everything. He can hear his wife crocheting and watching tv in the living room while he's in the garage. Mysteriously he's not bothered by the tv, or by traffic outside. This is a fairly big problem I found with the movie. At one point he hears his wife's EYEBALLS moving around while she's enjoying some rem sleep upstairs. If he can hear that well, the entire world would just be blasting in his ears at one time. Or maybe he's like many old people and has selective hearing. I kept finding myself asking "why can't hear hear these 10 other things obviously going on?" In one scene he hears the guy talking to him's lips cracking over his voice. This is a Masters of Horror movie after all, so I don't expect much sense to be made, but come on. Also this guy's neighbor plays basketball. Skip this one.

1 baby mouse out of 5

Day 83 - Fletch Lives

Day 83 and I watched the sequel to Fletch; Fletch Lives. I'm not sure that's a proper use of the semicolon, but oh well. In Fletch Lives we find Fletch up to his old stuff like reporting and dodging his land lord and fast talking his way out of things. Until one day Fletch gets a call saying that he had some old forgotten aunt (I think) has died and left him her plantation estate in Mississippi. So Fletch packs up and moves down there and finds the place in shambles. His lady helping him with the property and will ends up dead and he sets out to investigate. What this will boil down to is if you liked the first movie you'll probably like this one as well. In other news this movie thing has been a real chore the last couple of days, this must be the wall! I just want to say this to both of my readers, I'm still doing this!

3.6 pink Cadillacs out of 5

Day 82 - Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring

Day 82 and I watched Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring. Anyone who knows who Tom and Jerry are can guess the plot of this movie. Tom chases Jerry. The animation is pretty decent I suppose. I didn't really find a lot to this, its just chase after chase after chase after chase after chase. There's a ring that gets stuck on Jerry's head and Tom is chasing it for most of the movie. A lot of side characters make an appearance here like the droopy dog, I think Droopy may actually be his name. Also the bulldogs are in here. I barely felt like watching a movie today so I just picked a short movie and this is what I picked. Not all days are going to be easy people.

1.4 rings out of 5

Day 81 - World's Greatest Dad

Day 81 and I watched World's Greatest Dad. This is a movie about a father played by Robin Williams who is raising a kid named Kyle by himself. Kyle is a total douche . . . and a pervert. Robin teaches at the school that Kyle goes to. Robin has a lot of problems connecting to his son and is having a relationship with another teacher and is also an aspiring writer who can't get a single thing published. Well, one day Robin comes home to find his son accidentally killed himself masturbating. I won't go much further into it than that. This is a movie that a lot of people won't "get." This is a dark comedy movie and I think that will turn a lot of people off. But those of us that can appreciate a twisted kind of comedy movie like this will be in for a treat. Robin Williams does his part extremely well. It's so much harder to write reviews for movies I enjoy. Hmmmm, what can I say? Give it a watch if an entire movie based around a kids accidental suicide doesn't immediately offend you.

4.2 blue green dress socks out of 5

Day 80 - A Sound of Thunder

Day 80 and I watched A Sound of Thunder. A Sound of Thunder is a science fiction movie that takes a look at the butterfly effect. For those not in the know it is believed that making ever small changes to the distant past could make drastic changes on the present. The set up is that some company offers "safaris to the past" and on one safari something gets screwed up and something gets changed in the past. Of course that affects the present but it comes in "time waves." With each wave comes something different. The main thing here is the monkey dinosaurs, which is just ridiculous. Why would lizards evolve in a primate direction. No idea. The movie doesn't really show many other creatures that would be affected by the alternate history of evolution, which I was interested in seeing. Oh well. Some people star in this movie, I think the main male role was familiar but I can't be sure, nothing is really well acted. The special effects will kind of take you out of the moment, they're a little old and a little stiff. I can't say I really enjoyed this one, folks.

2 nitrogen frozen bullets out of 5

Day 79 - Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly

Well, it's Day 79 and I watched Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly. Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly is a movie about this old jeep named Tugger who was built for duty in WWII. During the war poor Tugger had to have a part replaced and it was replaced with an airplane part! So of course, Tugger has it in him and all he wants to do is fly like a real plane some day! After the war he didn't have much to do so he was sold to guess what. . . a small time airfield. This is the perfect place for old Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly! But soon just watching planes fly around gets boring and he wants to do it for himself. The first thing you'll notice about Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly is that it's a computer animated movie. This is not a particularly well animated movie, the models are pretty simple and the animation is pretty amateur. Bleh. I'll be honest, I had a long day and this was only an hour long. There's some teeny things to take away from this movie but I get the feeling it's aimed at the under 6 crowd. I don't know why. . . .

1.7 coffee cups out of 5

Day 78 - Surrogates

Day 78 and I watches Surrogates. Surrogates is a movie about the future and in that future everyone lives their lives through the aid of a machine that they're jacked into. The machines look just like the user most of the time, only younger or thinner or more attractive. It allows people to live their lives almost care free, as what happens to your robot self has no physical consequence on the actual you. Somehow this caused the crime rates to drop to almost nothing. Well, somehow this guy gets a hold of a weapon that shorts out your surrogate and causes your physical brain to melt also. This gets the attention of the LAW and Bruce Willis is on the case. This is kinda just a so-so science fiction thriller. I like how it deals with the detachment or cheapening of emotions due to living life via machine. That's about it, the action isn't anything really special and the story isn't much to talk about either. The movie establishes pretty early that there are people who use surrogates that don't look just like them so every time that comes up and is supposed to be a big surprise it kind of isn't. It deals with the idea from a different perspective than the Matrix or Avatar but doesn't really have much going for it.

2.5 green bloods out of 5

Day 77 - The Open Road

Day 77 and I watched The Open Road. The Open Road is about Justin Timberlake dragging Jeff Bridges back to Texas where Justin's mom and Jeff's ex-wife is about to have heart surgery. Jeff's character doesn't really seem to want to go but won't tell anyone and instead he tries to find a way out of going. There's also Justin's ex tagging along for company. This is supposed to be a comedy but I only thought one part was even a little funny and I don't think it was supposed to be. That part is when Justin has a little tantrum on their rented Hummers bumper. I don't even see where anyone would find enough funny about this movie to call it a comedy, or an "indie comedy" as the description I read put it. Call it false expectations but I didn't really like this movie. Jeff's character seems likable at first and on the outside but after you watch him for a while that kind of goes away. I just wanted to watch a comedy!

2 hummers out of 5

Day 76 - Kick-Ass

Day 76 and I went and saw Kick-Ass. Kick-Ass is a movie fairly similar in idea to Watchmen in that some average people decide to be superheroes and fight crime. This is a little move grounded in reality because there's no super-powers at all, there's no weird mask changing magically and no Blue Man Group members messing with time and matter. That's not a knock on Watchmen at all, this is just a little different. This movie is probably more accessible to people who aren't really into comics. I say that because there's more humor to this and it's not as "nerdy." The violence in this movie is wonderfully done, I've read that it's overdone but I didn't really think so. You're watching a movie called Kick-Ass and there's people trying to be superheroes, of course there's going to be a lot of people getting their asses kicked. This doesn't tip toe around where everyone gets knocked out, people get shot and stabbed and cut up in this movie. I quite enjoyed this movie, Nic Cage is the man.

4.3 batons out of 5

Day 75 - We All Scream For Ice Cream

Day 75 and I watched We All Scream for Ice Cream. This is a Masters of Horror movie. I don't get how whoever makes these things can call themselves the "Masters of Horror" and sleep soundly at night. These movies aren't really that scary and they sure aren't masterfully scary or even well done. The actors kinda suck and the story is pretty stupid. Think Nightmare on Elm Street meets the circus. Some little kids pick on this ice cream truck driver who has a few screws lose, they accidentally kill him and the driver comes back from the beyond to get revenge. By eating a special voodoo ice cream the former bullies turn into melting ice cream themselves and kick the bucket. Nothing to see here, move along. Yes, I only watched this because it was really short.

.5 noses out of 5

Day 74 - The Quick and the Dead

Day 74 and I watched The Quick and the Dead. The Quick and the Dead is pretty much a collection of fast draw duels in the old west. There's also this lady played by Sharon Stone who had her father killed when she was little and she's out for revenge. For the most part she plays a hard case fairly well. There's not a whole lot of meaning to the story. There's a dueling contest in this town and most of the contestants have a personality and are interesting in some way. The duels are pretty suspenseful. There's some odd directing or camera work going on at times, especially during the first duel when the camera is zooming in like crazy on every single thing going on. Leonardo DiCaprio is in here, and young and he plays a hot shot little guy who thinks he's the best there is. There's Russel Crowe who plays a preacher who has a past of violence and the town mayor keeps pushing him to pick up the gun again. Gene Hackman plays the meanie of a town mayor. Everyone does pretty well and this is the old west so the setting is cool by default. This is a pretty good movie and I felt it may have ran on 10 or 20 minutes too long but I wasn't bored.

This gets 3.5 decks of aces out of 5