Movie Mini-Review Roundup II
Here's the latest roundup of movies I've watched since last time.
twilight zone: the movie
twilight zone the movie is basically a collection of adaptations of four different twilight zone episodes, with several directors. first sequence was pretty good, second sequence was kind of meh, third sequence was great, and the last sequence was okay. and for some random trivia, the last sequence, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, starred John Lithgow in this adaptation, and William Shatner in the original episode, and they both make reference to it when they're together on screen much later in 3rd Rock From The Sun
mad max 2
The Road Warrior is the 2nd of the Mad Max films, and usually rated the best by most critics. I thought it was very solid, really enjoyed it.
sin city
Sin City was kind of a weird film to watch, jumping around in the story between different things pretty abruptly. visually its pretty intriguing, mostly in black and white with some innovative color additions.
a view to a kill
a view to a kill i ended up thinking was a rather bland bond film compared to some of the others. not the worst I've seen by far (*coughMOONRAKERcough*), but it didnt really jump out at me much. also it took me until halfway through the movie to realize that was Christopher Walken in it.
ghost rider
Ghost Rider I thought wasnt bad, I thought. Cage did a fairly decent job at the role. I know nothing of the comic so cant make any comparisons to it.
highlander
Highlander was the original film of a series that, apparently according to critics, got progressively worse in each iteration until Search for Vengeance. I thought this was a fairly decent film in and of itself. has Sean Connery in it too.
highlander search for vengeance
Search for Vengeance is where I first actually started looking into the series (although I watched the original Highlander before this one), based on this viral video. this was a fairly decent film as well, and as mentioned before something many critics view as the best addition to the series since the original film.
the crow: salvation
I decided to give this one a try because it has a better rating than city of angels did. I thought this one was okay, better than the 2nd one yes, but one thing that did bug me was that this one supposedly takes place here in SLC, but nothing of the movie actually looks like SLC. the one after this has a grand 0 rating on rottentomatoes so I wont be watching that one 
apparently there's no actual trailer for this film, I was thinking it was because it was direct to video but there is a trailer in existence for the one after this once
nothing
despite the appearance of the trailer, this movie is actually a comedy , and another film by Natali with David Hewlett and Andrew Miller (Natali himself describes it as "the comic flipside" of Cube). this was pretty funny to watch
gran torino
this was a really great movie, is all I really have to say on the matter.
fast five
fast five was okay, apparently with it theyre trying to turn the series into a heist action film series, and this was the transition film for it. seeing Dwayne and Vin duke it out was pretty awesome to watch tho
unknown
hey look, its Liam Neeson being an awesome character once again. after having his daughter taken from him, this time his own identity has been taken from him.
serenity
Serenity's the ending to the cancelled TV series Firefly, so its probly best to watch that to really know all of what's going on in Serenity. but its a great film, and a great ending to the series, although with recent rumors of a new television channel wanting to revive the series certain things in this film will make it interesting to try to move on with the series.
the bourne identity
Bourne Identity is the beginning of a series on this character (a trilogy of films, and currently 9 novels) about the ex-CIA assassin. was pretty interesting to watch, I'll have to watch the sequels too.
being john malkovich
being john malkovich I decided to watch on a whim from something I saw on the internet. film was very amusing to watch, and also incredibly weird.
millennium
millenium I originally came across on IMDB a few years ago looking for a different time travel movie, and didnt think I'd ever end up seeing because it was never given a DVD release. but surprisingly, it showed up on Netflix, and I thought it was rather interesting to watch.
frequency
Frequency's another time travel movie which turned up on the IMDB search I mentioned before, and the particulars way it works in this movie seemed a pretty novel concept and so I was really interested. overall i thought it was really good
streets of fire
this was an okay movie overall, good music, but the pacing of the story seemed incredibly rushed. was originally supposed to be the first of a trilogy, but it fell apart in box office (not even making back its budget) so they cancelled it. it was up against Star Trek III at its opening though so that could be part of why
uzumaki
this is a japanese live action film adapting a comic by one of japan's most well known horror writers. what stuck out to me more than anything else tho was this directors odd obsession with shooting straight on shots of people, which I found rather distracting. only covers about 1/3 of the story because it was still being drawn at the time the film was going, so they had to make up things on their own at the end
summer wars
this seemingly lighthearted movie quickly becomes Live Free or Die Hard the anime in some aspects. was really interesting to watch
Date posted: 04 September, 2011 Tags: movies
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