"The Holiday" - Starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black and Eli Wallach, written and directed by Nancy Meyers. By the time you take away the fact that; the cast was picked after watching the Nickelodeon Kid Choice Awards, Jack Black is not a "sentimental" actor, Jude Law is in another movie, watching Kate Winslet cry on cue is starting to get a little old, and the girl meets guy thing has been a little bit overdone...forever, this movie isn't that bad. Only problem is that's the entire movie! The awkwardness of the two "qualified" actors, Law and Winslet and the two "kids choice" actors is palpable throughout the entire movie. The saving grace to the film is Wallach who plays Arthur Abbot a lovable and "cute" stereotyped grandfather figure. This is a chick flick to the fullest but if you can get over that, and the bad acting, and take it for what it is, eh it's alright. 3.25/5 remotes.
"Night at the Museum:Battle of the Smithsonian" - Starring Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Owen Wilson, and the exhibits of the Smithsonian with Robin Williams, Christopher Guest, Bill Hader, Ricky Gervais, and Jonah Hill, written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon . Stiller is back as night security guard Larry Daley in this second installment of the Night at Museum franchise, this time his friends have moved to the big time and are in an even bigger predicament as the evil Egyptian king (Azaria) wants to take over the world. Amelia Earhart (Adams) thrusts herself into the action and is working with Daley to not only save the world but "find his moxie." While the graphics are good and the acting is good enough for this kids movie, the comedic moments are too few and far between to sustain the audience The first had hints of comedy that only "grown ups" would understand but this chapter lacked the wit of the first. Along with the toned down comedy, I have to take issue with their portrayal of Custer as an American hero, umm read your history..not so much, I'm docking a quarter of a remote for that alone. Overall not the greatest but not a complete disaster. 3.5/5 Remotes
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First, a disclaimer; I am a Star Wars fan. While I respect the Enterprise and most of Star Trek's canon, I will almost always land on the side of Star Wars. Do not hold that against me when reading my review.
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"Star Trek" - Starring, Chris Pine , Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, and John Cho with Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, and Winona Ryder, based on the characters developed by Gene Roddenberry, written by Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman directed by J.J. Abrams. The "relaunch" of this film franchise is a prequel of sorts that follows Kirk, Spock, Uhura, Bones, Scotty and all the rest through their first "voyage" on the famed Enterprise. The crew are new recruits scheduled to "standby" and assist while answering a distress call from planet Vulcan. From here the action ensues. The action throughout the film is intense and the graphics are top notch (after all they do make Winona Ryder look really old), and while the story is good there are some parts that could have been elaborated for better overall character development and continuity. Plus, and this is personal preference a little bit here, we can leave the time travelling out next time. In this relaunch it's kind of essential but I prefer to have a protagonist and an antagonist or several antagonistic aspects of a story to move a plot not the use of time travel. Overall a good prequel and great way to get people back into a fading (let's not forget the Enterprise TV show) pop culture dynasty. Favorite characters are Scotty (Pegg) and Bones (Urban) their comedic timing and character delivery, animated and deadpan (respectively) help to deliver much needed flair throughout the film. 4/5 Remotes
1 comment:
don't forget the musical piece of The Holiday...it was sort of redeemable...
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