April 25th, 2009
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Archive for the 'Movie Reviews' Category
March 16th, 2009
Watchmen Review
So we sucked it up and went and saw the daunting 3 hour film. I will admit the beginning intro sequence with the moving photos were really cool and very comic book-ie. I was pretty interested for the first 45 minutes and then it kind of just drug on forever. The ending to was pretty much oh well that was a wast of time. Had it not been comic book characters would it have been as “good” as everyone said it was? Probably not. There was defintely a lot of impressive elements and then there were some that looked very cheap. I wasn’t too impressed with Dr. Manhattan, he doesnt do anything, He blinks that is the extent of his facial expressions. For a man who is able to do anything, he did not do too much. I’d wait for it on dvd so you can eat dinner in between and feel like you’ve watched 2 long films instead of one extremely long film.
Take Care–
Jera Sky
February 16th, 2009
The International
We just went and saw this. I love Tom Tykwer - who didn’t like Run Lola Run, I mean come on! The movie was really good but then I kind of got lost and was not sure exactly what was going on. It was also kind of defeatest but it did have some amazing camera work. There were some truely inspiring shots and a very interesting gun battle. I’d say it was okay, not excellent, but worth a watch. I think I’m going to watch Perfume now….so different than american made films…..
Take Care
–Jera Sky
February 12th, 2009
Coraline
Ok, I finally got to see this monday - after it was sold out all weekend. The film itself was great - I really liked it. A lot of hard work went into it, some of the setups were absolutely amazing. I dont know if I like the whole 3d thing though. I always have a headache afterwards and it seems like i gotta really focus to focus the things in 3d, maybe its just me, but I dunno, I don’t care for that aspect quite as much. Neil Gaimen is a great writer, hopefully they’ll take on Neverwhere and make it into a movie (I know the bbc did a miniseries but it didnt cut it for me). Hopefully the success will push them in that direction, but who knows?!
Go see Coraline, its a great film and story and above all a great stop motion animation.
Take Care
–Jera Sky
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January 23rd, 2009
Underworld Rise of the Lycans 1-22-09
I got a chance to see this for free tonight, just got home actually. It was good for free, but the people we were sitting next to had weird smells and were very distracting. This was pretty much a straight to dvd-esque movie. From the poster, I never realized that Kate Beckinsale was not even in this and that it was a prequal. Some of the cuts were ridiculously fast and I’m sure it was to cut costs, but it was so hard at times to see what was going on. I don’t know if I would say go see this, it gives depth to the character of Viktor as played by Bill Nighy which was intersting. The end was really the most interesting and i wish that they would have delved more into that (after you see it of course) but they didn’t.
Take care
–Jera Sky
January 8th, 2009
Random movie suggestions
you’ve seen DON”T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER”S DEAD right? its an oldie but a goodie…
MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN- it was pretty gruesome - its based on a story by clive barker i dont know if that one is on dvd yet though
nick and norah’s infinite playlist (don’t know if that’s on dvd either) good and funny stuff
HELLBOY II was actually pretty cool cuz of the pan’s labrinth characters - ha ha
HANCOCK is worth a watch
if you haven’t seen WALL E yet you’re totally missing out - i bought the 3 dvd set its so good!
WANTED was pretty cool
STEPBROTHERS of course is friekin hilarious.
If you get a chance try out DEXTER - the tv show its really good
WEEDS tv show too really good
THE FALL - has some pretty beautiful surrealist stuff in it, but its one of those stories withing a story that kind of make it eh at times
KING OF CALIFORNIA was pretty good for a watch, probably not a 2nd one though
Did you see CONFESSIONS of a SUPERHERO - that’s a good doc about the people who dress up on hollywood boulevard - we’ve seen some of em ha ha
INTO THE WILD (sean penn’s movie he directed) was pretty interesting
PS I LOVE YOU - good romance movie
The NINES - was a pretty good movie - messed up and confusing but good too.. weird
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES - good for a watch - cool goblins
21 - pretty good for a watch - about counting cards
GHOST TOWN - ricky gervis - its pretty good, starts out great, then you know it slows down some.
MY BEST FRIEND”S GIRL - with dane cook - pretty funny romantic comedy
THE ROCKER- dwight from the office - pretty good
Take Care
–Jera Sky
December 3rd, 2008
TWILIGHT 12/2/08
The books were utterly awesome and the movie was great as well. The books still were way better than the movie but still, I liked that they made a movie that kept the integrity of the book. I’ve seen it 3 times already and my boyfriend is sick of going. But I would definitly advise you read the books first - it will make the film that much more enjoyable.
Take Care
–Jera Sky
October 15th, 2008
Burn After Reading Review
I don’t really know how the Coen Brothers keep getting commissioned to make these like really old people films. This looked like it would have some pretty good comedy but most of it fell pretty flat. Brad Pitt and Frances Mcdormand were the best parts of this film and with Pitt’s sudden death, the movie dragged on after. I really did not care for the ending because it was all too “American”. The attitude that if it does not matter to you then who gives a fuck? We went with my boyfriends former teachers and it was quite funny because they did not know what the triangle pillow was for… hilarious.
Take Care.
–Jera Sky
October 7th, 2008
Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist
I really enjoyed this movie. The cast was great, the drunk girl and her gum were the perfect pair, absolutely disgusting and hilarious. Michael Cera and Kat Dennings were great together, a very awkard, but comedic coupling. The soundtrack was good too. When I walked outta the theater I was like man I wanna watch that again. Go watch it. It’s Awesome, even for all of us who feel a little weird watching teen movies despite the fact we are in our 20’s….
take care!
–Jera Sky
July 18th, 2008
The Dark Knight
Batman:The Dark Knight
Well, we went and saw the midnight screening of this. It was really good. Heath Ledger was an excellent Joker, very very creepy and funny and just captured the character perfectly. It was a little lengty however, there seemed to be A LOT of talking and a lot of overexplaining of things - especially the “hero”. I liked it. Go see it, it’ll probably be the biggest movie of the summer.
Hancock
I thought this was going to be way different than it was. It seemed like it was going to be funny throughout, and although it was, it was way more serious and dramatic than I had anticipated. I did really like it though. I really enjoyed the storyline between Will Smith and Charlize Theron’s character because it pretty much came out of nowhere and was just very well written. I enjoyed it a lot.
Take care
–Jera Sky