(81) Monsters (2010)
Another Magnet Movie. Imagine that. This one is in a world that Monsters have shown up on Earth, Imagine District 9 but actually really good. The Monster's are very much like Octopus and Squid. They are shown only a few times and when they are shown it is wonderful. You get a feel that the reaction to the Monsters would be exactly how America and the rest of the world would actually act. Instead of studying them and figuring out exactly what they want or need they pull out their guns and shoot. This movie Follows characters trying to buy their way out of Mexico and around the infected Zone which I am assuming is part of Mexico and part of Texas. They are 2 twenty somethings and it ends up being a semi-love story and it plays out well. It's a shorter film not exactly lengthy, but it's well done. The filming and the pace are stunning the special effects were top notch, considering I assume they had a small budget. The best part of the film was definitely the setting. they took close care to make it not only feel like they were actually in a damaged world, but the overall absence of extras in the background really put the point across. It was a world in repair. The Wall was a basic wall. nothing special, but it still put the point across that America will do anything to protect itself even kill everyone and everything in it's own country to protect the few important people that they feel are more important. It's not an Anti-America film. Not even an anti-government film. It is just a really specific way of saying that in a pinch America probably wouldn't do the right thing. Everything in this movie is done really well. The Story line lacks a solid plot other than getting to where they are going. Some of the important things are lost along the way. They also don't explain the things of how this came to be and how it was so swiftly contained and why some people just are content in living with the monsters. Some of it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The Trees and shrubs are very cool. (82) Rock N Rolla (2008)
A guy Ritchie film, Gerard Butler is an Automatic Point given, It's just how it works. This however was a straight forward Guy Ritchie Film. It's confusing until they reveal the inner working later. Also, they decide to do something and make it funny. They do that well. It is a run of the mill Ritchie film and lets face it once you have seen one, you know the other. Another important thing to remember even though I just wrote the previous sentence is that Guy Ritchie is really good. This being said, Rock N Rolla has some outstanding points, for a Ritchie film, It's really funny. Thandie Newton is slowing becoming a Action movie Goddess. Mark Strong Delivers again, why is he not a major role player. Bottom line this movie is another thrill ride that you will have trouble keeping up with when it comes to the plot. You will just have to watch it several times if you absolutely need to understand it. I however, never re-watch them because I don't really care about the little details along the way. 3 out of 5. (83) Hart and Soul (2010)
This is another Wrestling Documentary its about the Hart Foundation. The Hart Family has either been personally there during most of the big events in Pro Wrestling or they have trained the Wrestlers that were there. Some of the most famous Pro Wrestlers are part of the Hart Dungeon tradition. Ok, It's called the Hart Dungeon because it's actually a training facility in the Basement of the Hart family. Their real last name is Hart. The dad was a Canadian and North American promoter and started his own company. His children mostly all became Wrestler's or Married Wrestlers. These kids and the family that was married into worked for the WWF. Stu. The Dad. Trained wrestlers for careers in the WWF, WCW, ECW and NWA. This of course earned him a legacy of Famous people and now his son's that weren't big starts continue to train in the styling of their father. Famous wrestlers from the hart tradition are Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Jim Neidhart, The Brittish Bulldog, Brian Pillman, Chris Jericho, Andre the Giant, Junkyard Dog, Greg Valentine, Billy Graham, Edge, Chris Beniot, etc. This was just a fun look at the successful family. It had lots of really fun stuff talking with family members that weren't in the lime light, it covered the ups and the downs. Tragedies and more. It was pretty good. It was really long. Well done, they used a lot of the same pictures what the hell really you can't go out and google more pictures. What the crap. You can't go through tons and tons of footage to actually put forth more than the exact same scenes over and over. The best parts of this was the story, the actual footage, cropping, production, music and overall film making was horrible. they better be glad they had a good story to work with, because it would be unwatchable. Really terrible. I mean where do they get these terrible people to do these films. I could do a better job putting together a documentary, drunk, high and dead. The story and the characters were the stars here. The bad score was with the bad production not the Hart Family. 2 out of 5. (84) Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (2011)
I like Conan, Always have I have watched more of Conans stuff than all of the other people combined. I wanted to watch this because this is a documentary of his tour "Legally prohibited to not be funny on Television Tour" So i wanted to catch some footage because, I never got a way to get a ticket, and when I finally had time to get tickets they were so freaking expense I couldn't see actually spending the money on the Ticket. So I still wanted to see kinda of what was going on. Boom a documentary. too bad this documentary just makes Conan look like a complete Douche. This is a terrible view to look at Conan. He did just get crushed by NBC. It was a little weird following him around why he whined about how tired he was and so on and so forth. It never really touched on anything either. It just wasn't that good. The footage behind the scenes was interesting. So I give it to them on that count. 2 out of 5. (85) Arthur (2011)
Anne loves Russell Brand. He is funny. I love his Manly acts along with his girlish tone. Helen Mirren stole the show here. This is a remake of a beloved story. It was great. I think they took on something that may just be impossible with the trying to make Jennifer Garner not sexy. You could cover her in Mayo and maple syrup and she would still be kinda sexy. slimy but kinda sexy. It wasn't too bad. Funny. Fun. and mostly entertaining. There were lots of fun nerdy stuff throughout the movie. like the Darth Vadar Helmet. The Anti gravity bed. Plus lots of other fun stuff like the Bat mobile. It was fun. really funny. Brand is laugh out loud superstar material.4 out of 5(86) Red Riding 1976 (2009)
Anne put this on the ol' netflix. It was not good. SO VERY LONG. IMDB gives it a 7.1 I give it a 1. So bad I don't have words. Don't watch this pile of filth. It's worse than watching most other crappy movies on netflix that they put up when there is a film closely related out in theaters. Frozen Vomit on a stick this was bad. Have you subscribed to my blog. If you subscribe to my blog and send me an email with your address I will send you a gift. I'm not saying it's going to be a melted Vomit Popsicle, but it could be. Or it could be a free DVD of something awesome. Not this movie. Anyway, subscribe. Email. boom free something. In case you missed it. 1 out of 5. (87) Babies (2010)
If you are looking for something fun to watch. I dare you to watch this and not smile or say GROSS. or say woah that is a boob. Not in a pornographic way of course. This movie was beautiful. Funny. The babies are mischievous and fun. They cover a large area of the earth and represent several sectors, races, and lifestyles. I will say the American baby makes American's look in sane. Which we are. Anyway, it's a really cute movie with really good production value. I really liked this, I can understand why someone wouldn't want to watch a documentary about Babies. So there for I must say that this movie may not be appealing to most of friends, but if you like to be entertained by straight cuteness then you should watch this. (88) The Devils Double (2011)
This Film I was looking forward to watching. It covers the life of Uday Hussein and his body double Latif. The same actor plays each person. I found that out afterwards which tells me that the makeup in this was good enough to make me feel like it was actually different people. It was good. The Actor Dominic Cooper was truly Snubbed and should have won awards for this. Such good acting. The story was intriguing and man oh man was Uday completely off his rocker. Things continued to escalate and man oh man was it intense. Action, it had it. Good Pacing oh yeah. thrill ride. The plot was perfect. It was superb in every way. They could have made the main female a little less whorish. This is in the Running for the best Film I watched all year. So very good. The point behind this movie was carried throughout and you were transformed into the movie with Latif and you were just as scared for him as he was for himself. I liked the transformation scenes and sometimes I just wonder why he didn't go along with it and have some fun. 5 out 5. (89) Red State (2011)
A Kevin Smith Movie with a nice Kevin Smith ending. It was perfectly violent and crazy. Smith is getting better with time. Red State is a nice solid action film with a crazy plot that it engaging. An All Star cast includes the likes of John Goodman, Kevin Pollack, Stephan Root, Matt L. Jones(breaking bad), and Michale Parks. Plus a who's who of Young actors. It's a really good Plot with a nice disturbing twist that is relatively relevant to our current culture. The Plot twist at the end that I can't give away is just amazing. So very amazing. Then how it is explained to have happened, Laugh out loud hilarious. Goodman is fantastic in this and you feel like he wanted this role. I liked it. Smith did a wonderful job with this film. It's on Netflix so check it out. However I do have one gripe that carries the film down a bit. They could have done a little better costume design and some of the character building wasn't necessary. So with a little wasted time I give this a 4 Apocalypse rants out of 5. (90)Tron: Legacy (2010)
This is the Big Disney picture of the year and of the next few years and it was carried by pretty dang good special effects and some good head nods to the old one. Bridges was outstanding and usual. Garrett Hedlund wasn't too bad. I don't enjoy new people, but with time comes new heart throbs for the American ladies. I don't think that Hedlund will become the top Heart Throb, but he will certainly become famous if he keeps getting really good roles like this one. Olivia Wilde is gorgeous again. Man, did she ruin Megan Fox's career by cornering that sexy look that fox had. Plus, Wilde can actually give a good performance in a movie, so Fox falls short on every category when it comes to Olivia Wilde. So the movie carried it's own weight to be honest which was a surprise, It was pleasant. 4 out of 5.
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