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- First reviewMay 4, 2008
- Last reviewMay 31, 2009
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Best Trek movie in years
PostedMay 31, 2009
KWG727
from Hampton, VA
This movie was fun to watch. The actors manage to put their own stamp on the characters while still being faithful to the spirit of the original. The special effects are awesome, though the Enterprise looks a bit like an art deco version of the original. If the movie comes up short, it's the plot, which doesn't try too hard to be believable. The rise of the characters to senior staff positions is impossibly meteoric, and Kirk's meeting with the elder Spock seems contrived. Still, this movie is much more about establishing the characters and getting them into their rightful places aboard Enterprise. I think Abrams managed quite a feat--making a movie for the masses while not alienating the base of followers.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Worthwhile, but not exactly memorable
PostedMay 25, 2009
KWG727
from Hampton, VA
This sequel to Night at the Museum is an amusing, if ultimately forgettable, way to spend a Saturday afternoon at the theatre with the kids. The special effects are good, and there's no foul language. Amy Adams is quite appealing as Amelia Earheart. But all in all the movie comes across as gimmicky, with much of the humor (cherubs singing pop love songs) lifted straight from Shrek. All in all, if you've seen the trailer, you've seen about 75% of the fun moments in a movie--and that's never a good sign.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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Painfully bad
PostedFebruary 22, 2009
KWG727
from Hampton, VA
I am generally a fan of Steve Martin, but this movie was painful to watch. The original Pink Panther movies had panache, but Martin's endless riff on the bumbling Inspector would have been tiring in a 10-minute SNL skit. There are a few clever moments--the first visit to the Plata de Nada restaurant, in which the whole staff winds up juggling bottles of wine, is worth a chuckle. But this mishmash of set pieces produced little coherence and far too few moments that were actually worth laughing about.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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Dark, uneven, but powerful
PostedJuly 19, 2008
KWG727
from Hampton, VA
The Dark Night is everything you'd expect in a summer action flick--lots of explosions, fistfights, neat gadgets, the usual. In fact, if there's one thing that kept this movie from being brilliant, it was the almost incoherent action scenes at the end.
As every movie review I've seen has said, Heath Ledger steals the show as the Joker. Ledger's Joker is malevolent without any sense of purpose--he burns the money he steals, kills his thugs and civilians alike with equal indifference, and seems to have no goal other than chaos. He is all the more frightening for that lack of purpose-- more an indifferent force of nature than a terrorist. He is, in fact, funny, but manages to make you laugh and cringe at the same time.
What was interesting to me was that the Joker wasn't the only scene stealer. Some of the best lines and moments are reserved for Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, who appear as islands of calm in the maelstrom that has the rest of the characters flailing around without any sense of direction. This Batman--emotional, confused, and not even sure why he's fighting any more--would be lost without both of them.
One note of caution: although the movie has almost no gore, some of the action scenes are so intense (and so long) that they may be overwhelming for younger kids. This is not a movie to take your 5-year old to, no matter how big a Batman fan he is.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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A cut above the standard comic book hero movie
PostedMay 4, 2008
KWG727
from Hampton, VA
Iron Man is one of the best comic book movies to come out in a while. Robert Downey Jr. is certainly not your typical square-jawed hero type, but when he puts on the Iron Man suit, you believe this guy could shred about anything that gets in his way. The opening scene, with Tony Stark in a Humvee with three soldiers, is hilarious (at least until things start blowing up). Gwyneth Paltrow is great as Pepper Potts, Stark's long-suffering assistant.
Unfortunately, the movie gets much too wrapped up in the creation of the suit, both the original version and Tony's new, improved red and gold outfit. This is particularly unfortunate because the creation of the first suit is almost laughable in its implausibility--Tony builds the suit in a cave in Afghanistan while he's supposed to be making a missile for his terrorist captors.
All in all, though, a fun way to spend a couple of hours at the Saturday matinee.
Unfortunately, the movie gets much too wrapped up in the creation of the suit, both the original version and Tony's new, improved red and gold outfit. This is particularly unfortunate because the creation of the first suit is almost laughable in its implausibility--Tony builds the suit in a cave in Afghanistan while he's supposed to be making a missile for his terrorist captors.
All in all, though, a fun way to spend a couple of hours at the Saturday matinee.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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