Movie Review: Resident Evil: Apocalypse
About as dumb as the first one, no wait, a little bit dumber. At least the first one didn't have girls riding motorcyles off of big ramps, jumping off, and nailing various creatures with pinpoint accuracy as she fires her two pistols while flipping safely to the ground. The movie started out a little better as the events from the first film cause the inhabitants of Raccoon City to panic and try to leave the city limits only to be stopped by the Umbrella Corp's private army. This was reminiscent of the old Dawn of the Dead movies, but then it just got unbelievably stupid. Even Milla Jovovich's pointless, tacked on semi-nude scenes couldn't save this one. 6/10
Movie Review: National Treasure
What happened to Nicolas Cage? Didn't he used to appear in good films? Is he really desperate for money or what? Sean Bean is about the only redeeming thing in this national disgrace. It blatantly tries to cash in on the popularity of the book DaVinci Code. Cage deciphers old Templar writings and gleams that the secret of the legendary Templar treasure is revealed on the back of the American Constitution. So they have to steal it, before the bad guys do. The stupidity is pretty thick at times and it can be pretty hard to get through. Example in point, the film opens with Nicolas Cage and friends somewhere in the Arctic Circle looking for a ship that was lost hundreds of years ago. Based on the last known location of the boat, according to documents, and deducing the rate of ice accumulation and movement, the boat should be just about here they say. Of course it only takes Nic Cage one dig with the shovel before he hits something. And what does he find? Well it's the ship's bell with the name of the missing boat clearly labelled. How convenient. Most would probably think it woud be more difficult to find under all that snow and ice. Well you'd be wrong! And I hear there's going to be a sequel. Shudder. 6/10
Movie Review: Saw
2 men wake up, trapped in a small, dirty room. They are chained to the walls. A bloody, dead body lies between them. They have to get out. Very interesting premise to the movie and it is done pretty well. A little too heavy on the flashbacks though. Sometimes they are so long that you forget about the protagonists completely. I also found it a little difficult to accept Cary Elwes in a serious, dramatic role. He's from Princess Bride and Men in Tights for gooness sake. I always wanted to laugh at him. 7/10
Movie Review: American Splendor
Based on the real comic book writer Harvey Pekar's comic books and life, this is a great film. With comic book frames neatly integrated into the film it really synthesizes the two mediums well. I hadn't heard of Pekar before this film but he is a really interesting person, as are the assorted zanies he knows who worked their way into his comics and this movie. Definitely worth seeing. 8/10
About as dumb as the first one, no wait, a little bit dumber. At least the first one didn't have girls riding motorcyles off of big ramps, jumping off, and nailing various creatures with pinpoint accuracy as she fires her two pistols while flipping safely to the ground. The movie started out a little better as the events from the first film cause the inhabitants of Raccoon City to panic and try to leave the city limits only to be stopped by the Umbrella Corp's private army. This was reminiscent of the old Dawn of the Dead movies, but then it just got unbelievably stupid. Even Milla Jovovich's pointless, tacked on semi-nude scenes couldn't save this one. 6/10
Movie Review: National Treasure
What happened to Nicolas Cage? Didn't he used to appear in good films? Is he really desperate for money or what? Sean Bean is about the only redeeming thing in this national disgrace. It blatantly tries to cash in on the popularity of the book DaVinci Code. Cage deciphers old Templar writings and gleams that the secret of the legendary Templar treasure is revealed on the back of the American Constitution. So they have to steal it, before the bad guys do. The stupidity is pretty thick at times and it can be pretty hard to get through. Example in point, the film opens with Nicolas Cage and friends somewhere in the Arctic Circle looking for a ship that was lost hundreds of years ago. Based on the last known location of the boat, according to documents, and deducing the rate of ice accumulation and movement, the boat should be just about here they say. Of course it only takes Nic Cage one dig with the shovel before he hits something. And what does he find? Well it's the ship's bell with the name of the missing boat clearly labelled. How convenient. Most would probably think it woud be more difficult to find under all that snow and ice. Well you'd be wrong! And I hear there's going to be a sequel. Shudder. 6/10
Movie Review: Saw
2 men wake up, trapped in a small, dirty room. They are chained to the walls. A bloody, dead body lies between them. They have to get out. Very interesting premise to the movie and it is done pretty well. A little too heavy on the flashbacks though. Sometimes they are so long that you forget about the protagonists completely. I also found it a little difficult to accept Cary Elwes in a serious, dramatic role. He's from Princess Bride and Men in Tights for gooness sake. I always wanted to laugh at him. 7/10
Movie Review: American Splendor
Based on the real comic book writer Harvey Pekar's comic books and life, this is a great film. With comic book frames neatly integrated into the film it really synthesizes the two mediums well. I hadn't heard of Pekar before this film but he is a really interesting person, as are the assorted zanies he knows who worked their way into his comics and this movie. Definitely worth seeing. 8/10
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