I've seen movies that I fail to report on.
EXPENDABLES 2: Better than Expendables 1, but still pretty stupid and a bit of a wasted opportunity. Still had a hell of a fun time watching it though, in almost the exact same circumstances as the original. (ie. Buncha inebriated jerks at the 11 PM show at the Arclight Dome on a Tuesday night. Still, nobody enjoyed it more in that theater than us).
HELLO I MUST BE GOING: Indie film, quiet, with a great performance from Melanie Lynsky and a downright weird performance from some weird manchild that really got my goat and made me enjoy the film less. Still, if you like supporting indie movies of people coming to terms with the problems in their lives, you could do a lot worse.
THE MASTER: It's a picture. It has great performances and a great score. And it was shot in 70mm!! The perfect cinematic way to capture two people talking! Overall, the whole doesn't quite match the sum of it's parts, which I believe is the phrase I used to describe Babel. It's not bad, not by a longshot, but it certainly is boring, and everyone who tells you that you just don't get it is full of shit.
RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION: This is my friend Larry's description of it:
"I feel somewhat ashamed but I have seen the
new Resident Evil twice... once to confirm its majesty...and I declare
it to be a trash masterpiece of the highest order...It was described by a
friend as total "Broverload," If you like pulverizing, concussive,
mildly brain damaging excess run to the multiplex... Best Paul WS
Anderson since "Event Horizon".
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He's practically daring you to go see it. |
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I still think any friends with recently born babies should make this their Halloween costume. |