why is Viggo Mortensen naked in all of David Cronenberg's movies?

Funny People 7/10

It was ok. kind of didn't expect them to go where they did with this. It wasn't as funny as I thought it would be. Way to many dick jokes for me. And it was about a half hour too long.


Star Trek: 9/10:

Cool movie. I was never a fan of Star Trek, so it was cool that they started from the beginning where the characters first meet each other.


Four Christmas': 8.7/10

A lot funnier then I anticipated. Vince Vaughn was great in this and the movie had a lot of stupid comedy, which I love. And Reese Whitherspoon is as hot as always.

Lethal Weapon 4 - 8/10. First LW movie that I've seen....and I enjoyed it.

I like to pretend Lethal Weapon 4 is a giant blooper reel of the other films.

Fantastic Mr. Fox - 7/10
Pretty good. The animation was the best part/main reason I saw it. Incredible. Apparently shot the entire thing on a DSLR using just hand made puppets and sets. Looked amazing. Story was pretty good too. I think this is probably my favorite Wes Anderson movie actually, but that is because I never really liked any of his other movies that much other than Rushmore I guess. Something "off putting" about them to me, I do not know.

The Room - 7/10 I guess.
Really "terrible" movie that is hilarious. Don't know how to rate this properly. Kinda legitimately got into the story. :'( lol so many unnecessarily long sex scenes and ridiculous dialogue. Immediately feel like watching it again right now.

Antichrist - 7/10
jalsfdlasdlasdflasdlaksdflasdfjsdiojasdf @ this movie. Dunno how to explain it. Almost turned it off during the middle but stuck with it and it was well worth it. Like extremely slow paced but then it is like fuck. A couple's child dies and the woman begins to lose her mind. They go off into the woods as a "retreat" and she gets worse. What a fucked up movie this is. Lars von Trier btw. If you liked/hated his other movies, this will prob be the same.

Wholphin no. 8 - 7/10
Quarterly DVD series of short films. Like 70% great and 30% shitty. Had some short where James Franco destroys a room for like 30 mins straight. Also another "room" skit with Creed from The Office. Also some documentary about tweens being obsessed with money and fashion that was real good. And other good stuff.

Examined Life - 6/10
Basically shows like 10 or so "philosophers" philosophizing about random things in "the streets." Was OK. A few of the people were really interesting and a couple were annoying and shitty.

Nights and Weekends - 6.5/10
Pretty good. "Mumblecore" movie about some couple who is in a long distance relationship and how they "grow distant."

Helvetica - 4/10
I don't know, kinda shitty. Not sure what I was really expecting though. Was done in a pretty boring way.

I could never get into Von Trier's movies.

28 Weeks Later - 3/5

Seemed like a disconnected series of events to me, and despite the family angle, didn't seem quite as personal as the first one. Not digging the idea of a 'main antagonist' infected. I rather they took the prologue and stretched that into the feature.

Let The Right One In - 5/5

Great movie. Can't wait to see how we Yanks do it.

Paranormal Activity - 8/10

Maybe not "Scream Out Loud" scary but genuinely spinetingling at points. Think the ending was overdone.

Ninja Assassin - 7.5 out of 10.

The ninja scenes and the final battle were the best parts of the film. A bit slow at points since it tries telling too many storylines at certain points.

Red Cliff pt. 2 - 4.5/5

Taking of Peltham 134 or whatever number it was. 5/10 - Passed some time, didn't bore me but wasn't actually good really

Inglorious Basterds 8/10 Really liked this, kept thinking they were going to gay things up and have the two plots kinda foil each other or something and then almost got annoyed when it worked even though I'd have been more annoyed had it not. Brad Pitts Italian accent a particular highlight.

SLC Punk - 7/10 - I loved the pacing of this movie. I could have used a bit more about Steven's philosophy. He's a great character when he's going on his adventures and Matthew Lillard plays the role well, but when he's talking to his dad about his philosophy he speaks a bit generically about the whole thing, and yet the father seems overwhelmed by it every time.

I have rented Public Enemies and have not put it in yet, but I am going to go ahead and just give it a 10/10 as I have no doubt this is what it will be

Public Enemies is no. 1 on my weekend priority list.

Public Enemies: Fucking Incredible.

Indeed. Public Enemies is quite good,

Gone Baby Gone - This was one of those movies where it don't make sense till the end and makes you think. And I always get confused during them, damnit! But, still, it was a real good watch.

9/10

Spider-Man 3- 6.5/10

Special effects and the action were incredible. Story was weak. Way too many "Evil Dead" like over the top comedy. Went a little overboard on flashbacks to the past 2 movies. Peter Parker is an asshole even without the symbiote, and he also loses his mask too much.

Weak movie.

Diary of the Dead - 2/5

Great production, but so-so acting, bad writing, and vague direction turn an interesting premise into a bad execution. There's some hilariously bad, out of place lines said by the characters during pivotal moments. It just shows how the writing is a big screw up overall. For instance, a big hurdle with the first-person 'found footage' sub-genre is that somewhere along the line the writer needs to address why Character A is continually 'shooting' during the usually horrific events. The most common explanation is some belief that people need to know what happened. Diary takes it a step further by alluding to the current 'YouTube' trend of media transparency. While admirable, there's situations where the character's obsessive compulsion to shoot is wildly out of place and shatters suspension of belief - and a main character in particular just comes off as an ass who doesn't understand the weight of the situation. "Why is he still filming?" is asked at all of these found footage movies, but it's too much of a credible question with this movie.

More on the writing, I noticed an interesting facet of the dialogue. All the characters seem to speak in lyric, expressing themselves through poetic mini-monologues. This overly dramatic style is reminiscent of anime, JRPGs, stage plays, soap operas, and WWE. As such, the spoken lines are way out of place for something meant to capture 'reality', even if it's 'fake reality'. The best way to film found footage movies is for the cast to improvise scenes, this movie very obviously intends for characters to say certain things a certain way. And again, the style is random and out of place.

This leads me to believe that the movie probably would have been better served with a traditional presentation, where the dialogue would have fit better (although still bad writing). Romero's knack for social commentary is spoon fed to you, in case you're too dense to understand. I didn't mind that, though - it was the least of the movie's issues. In any case, I couldn't stop watching, and I liked seeing classic zombies stumbling around again.

Welcome to the Dollhouse - 7/10

This is hard to rate. The characters are really good, but there isn't really a plot. The film just kind of follows a girl around as she gets picked on in junior high. I guess that's part of the message of the film and what makes it more true to life. It's billed as a dark comedy, but most of it is really just depressing. I don't mind that, but it wasn't what I expected.

I love that movie

didn't know Jason Segel is in it until like 2 weeks ago though

2010 - 1/10 - Christ, I hated it so much, I skipped the final 20 mins.

Taking of Pelham 123: 8/10

Shaolin Soccer - 8/10

Avatar 3D 10/10

what?

NOPE only initial ratings can be accepted!

Crank: High Voltage 3.5/5

Conspiracy - 3/10. B Movie with Val Kilmer and Bill Lumberg.

Adventures of Pluto Nash - 5/10.

Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle - 2/10. Best part was Neal Patrick Harris.

what? porksoda? how old are you?

21. How old are you?

Are you on crack?

Avatar - 10/10.

Public Enemies - 7/10

meh.

what

Taking of Pelham One Two Three (original) - 7/10. Liked the remake better.

AVATAR 3D - 6.5/10

Reefer Madness - 10/10 - Wildly entertaining.

Dead Reckoning - 6/10 -

I watched some old black and white movies on AMC today. why not.

Night at the Museum - 3.5/5

This was on FX all day so I gave it watch. Pretty good, nice to see Dick Van Dyke in another film.

Public Enemies was meh.