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Over the past few weeks: John Carter (B); 21JST (B+), TDKR (B-), Wrath of the Titans (C-), Raid: Redemption (B+)
Conan The Barbarian (2011, D-)
Was surprised at how much I enjoyed John Carter. Wife enjoyed it too. Possibly the best cg animation integration I've seen ever. Very little of that "oh look, they're in front of a green screen now" feel where the lighting and colors look off or the computer characters look unreal.
21JST started off weak IMHO, a bit scattershot and half-baked, but once they got their assignment and started going to school, it really took off.
TDKR was disappointing to me, but then I realized that I wasn't a huge fan of Dark Knight either. DK felt bloated and unwieldy to me, TDKR even more so. Overstuffed with ideas, characters, and plotlines...would have loved to see the whole story play out as a tv series, or shorter movies? In cramming so much into each movie, I lost flow and momentum, and they just seemed to drag on and on. And in TDKR, I WANTED to get a better sense of the amount of time that was passing between sections, especially when Gotham was "No Man's Land"ed for 3 months and Bruce was imprisoned. And Bane's voice- good god, I found that awful. Not only that he was so difficult to hear and understand sometimes, but also the choice of the voice that Tom Hardy went with. He sounded like a silly Bond villain. Everytime he spoke, it pulled me out of the film. And so many lapses in logic on all parts. That "How It Should Have Ended" video nailed a bunch of them, but there were more.
And rewatched The Seven Samurai (A+), Chronicles of Riddick Director's Cut (B-), and a bunch of Pixar and Ghibli films that I've started showing my now-5-month-old as a daily routine around her 11 AM naptime. I put her in her swing then start one of the movies and she'll watch for 10-15 minutes before falling asleep. Too young to start showing her these movies?
Screened at Delta House this week: The Sting (A), Talladega Nights (B), Caddyshack (A), and Fistful of Awesome (2012) (D) Sep 03, 17:57
Glengarry Glen Ross: B Sep 03, 18:35
I borrowed a friend's copy of Oldboy and was going to watch it sometime this week. Glad you liked it. {nm} Sep 03, 18:55
I think Mr Vengeance is the best out of that trilogy and I LOVE Oldboy {nm} Sep 03, 18:57
The Raid Redemption: A+; Layer Cake: B; Lawless: C+; Premium Rush: B- {nm} Sep 03, 18:47
The sole A+ in this thread (so far) goes to The Raid: Redemption? Sep 04, 06:09
Knowing (C+)...the plus was for some awesome effects {nm} Sep 03, 19:03
Lawless (B-), Sleepwalk with Me (B), TDKR (A-), Pirates! Band of Misfits (B), Troll 2 (too good to be graded) {nm} Sep 03, 19:15
I have both Trolls on queue, I'll get on them soon enough! :) {nm} Sep 03, 19:32
see 'best worst movie' first {nm} Sep 03, 19:34
Over the past few weeks: John Carter (B); 21JST (B+), TDKR (B-), Wrath of the Titans (C-), Raid: Redemption (B+) Sep 03, 20:33
On the "too young" question... Sep 03, 20:47
Ah, no; well, I've never thought about this question, but I think it's a no. That said, film literacy is a literacy, too. {nm} Sep 04, 10:28
Berberian Sound Studio (B-), Footnote (B), Season 5 of Breaking Bad (C) {nm} Sep 04, 01:02
High Noon (1952) A , Monsieur Lazhar (2011) B+ , China Seas (1935) B , Daddy and Them (2001) D Sep 04, 03:05
Jiro Dream of Sushi (B+) {nm} Sep 04, 11:36