movies

[Freed Roger]

Speaking of typical romantic comedies -obliged the wife with "Letters to Juliet" - and I don't hate myself for it. In comparison to to all the other crapola currently being released, I could survive this. Some nice scenery.

[vinsanity]

The Godfather II this weekend.

3 hours with two interspersed stories that didn't really seem to feed each other - but maybe I missed something. Just felt like it could have been two different films.

[JL21]

I caught Daybreakers last night. GK's brother's website gave it an A-, and yet again I find myself agreeing. I gave it 4/5 on Netflix. It's more of a sci-fi, with vampires, than a horror. And there's a fun subtext about mass-consumerism, sustainability, and the destruction of resources (not that you need to care about any of that stuff to enjoy the movie).

It just kept getting deeper and deeper into the movie without doing anything dumb that made me roll my eyes, which is usually where a horror goes wrong. It's certainly not cliché. And it was made by the Spierig brothers, the Aussies who made Undead, one of my favorite underrated horrors of recent vintage.

[omaha_red]

The Godfather II this weekend.

3 hours with two interspersed stories that didn't really seem to feed each other - but maybe I missed something. Just felt like it could have been two different films.

it insists upon itself.. i prefer "the money pit"

[clevername]

I caught Daybreakers last night. GK's brother's website gave it an A-, and yet again I find myself agreeing. I gave it 4/5 on Netflix. It's more of a sci-fi, with vampires, than a horror. And there's a fun subtext about mass-consumerism, sustainability, and the destruction of resources (not that you need to care about any of that stuff to enjoy the movie).

It just kept getting deeper and deeper into the movie without doing anything dumb that made me roll my eyes, which is usually where a horror goes wrong. It's certainly not cliché. And it was made by the Spierig brothers, the Aussies who made Undead, one of my favorite underrated horrors of recent vintage.

I liked it. I was a little surprised to see so many pan it, but I guess it might be just silly Twilight stigma.

[JL21]

I liked it. I was a little surprised to see so many pan it, but I guess it might be just silly Twilight stigma.

I can't stress this enough- when it comes to horror, check out "Horror's Not Dead" first. It will not lead you astray.

[cpebbles]

Robin Hood reminded me a lot of Shutter Island. Decent enough movie, but nowhere near the quality you'd expect from an excellent director working with a lead he's extremely comfortable working with.

[clevername]

I was really disappointed by Robin Hood. Might have been because it had nothing to do with Robin Hood other than character names.

But even as an olden times swords and mud movie from Ridley Scott, it was still disappointing.

[ghostrunner]

A restored version of Metropolis, with 25 more minutes of footage, is making the rounds. Hopefully a DVD comes out next year.

Here's a blurb from io9. According to them, the story flows much better with the added footage.

For decades, the original Metropolis was one of cinema's legendary lost masterpieces. Fritz Lang's ambitious film debuted in Berlin in 1927 with an estimated 153-minute run time. But distributors wanted something more commercial, so they re-cut as they saw fit. By the time it reached the US, the film was reduced to 90 minutes and completely gutted. Over the years, people have found more complete prints, and in 2005 Kino International released a restored version that was presumed to be as complete as we were ever going to get. And then, in 2008, someone in Argentina found a print with another 25 missing minutes of footage.

[cpebbles]

Iron Man 2 is pretty good, but not worth driving an hour to watch on Imax. I have to say, the Avengers stuff in the middle is basically a 45-minute detour in what was already a pretty slow part of the movie, and I'm pretty skeptical of the longterm payoff. The Hulk already disappointed by any standard except in comparison to Ang Lee's version, I give Thor roughly zero chance of working as a movie, and Captain America is a ridiculous character for this time and this medium. If the movie gets made, it's going to be entirely due to Downey and Favreau, and I hope they are appropriately compensated for both foregoing the chance to make a third Iron Man while the iron is hot and for turning this movie into a big advertisement for it.