tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196842742011-06-07T23:28:44.865-07:00In the beginning there were movies. They were stupid (mostly). We commented.Jasonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1145206345290427202006-04-16T09:36:00.000-07:002006-04-16T09:52:25.343-07:00

I rented this movie last week just for fun. I haven't seen it since, oh, maybe 1986 or so, so I thought it might be amusing to see again. I remember liking The Jerk, but couldn't remember exactly what it was about.It's amazing what 20 years will do to a person. Was Steve Martin ever funny? I know his latest movies haven't been very funny, especially Shopgirl ;) Okay, bad joke. I remember

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1145204885383577972006-04-16T09:02:00.000-07:002006-04-16T09:28:05.456-07:00

I've been able to watch a few movies in the last while, one of them being Stay.What can I say about Stay? A difficult movie, for sure. I have a conflicted view of Ewan McGregor. I can't make my mind up about him. In one movie I'll think he's fabulous, but in the next I'll think he was complete crap. Is it the director of the movie? Is he molding Ewan into the character he sees, and Ewan

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1145203144673333622006-04-16T08:44:00.000-07:002006-04-16T08:59:04.700-07:00

Since I brought it up in the last post, I should probably say something about Chicken Little.I'm not sure what it is about this movie that I loved so much, but I did. I really did. Not only did I love it, my wife loved it, my kids loved it, everyone that I've talked to that's viewed this movie has loved it. The comedic timing of the cast is superb. The quality of the animation is right up

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1145201858533712462006-04-16T08:18:00.000-07:002006-04-16T08:37:38.553-07:00

I won't write a lot on this movie for a couple reasons. One - It was bad. Really bad. Two - If you can't say something nice.......I actually heard from a couple of people that this movie was excellent, which in turn had me excited to watch it. In fact, the whole family wanted to watch it, so we did. I don't know if it's because we've been spoiled by excellent computer animated movies in

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1140057859480560292006-02-15T18:36:00.000-08:002006-02-15T18:44:19.480-08:00

Okay - two really good movies in a row!!! I have to admit to not normally liking period pieces - too Victorian or prissy right? But envisioning of Oliver Twist by Roman Polanski absolutely rocks! Phenomenal cinematography - each scene is framed perfectly with right lighting and depth. The story has the twists and turns that Charles Dickens was famous for but minus the cheesyness of the

Garthnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1140057326371344412006-02-15T18:27:00.000-08:002006-02-15T18:35:26.403-08:00

You know those days when you want to watch a new release but they are all out! Well sometimes a guy just takes the gamble and picks something that looks like it has some potential and hope for the best. My Date With Drew was one of those. It's a documentary with an amazing aim, here's the scoop:Here's the deal. Brian has been crazy about Drew since the 2nd grade when he first saw her in E.T.

Garthnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1137300034788512572006-01-14T19:53:00.000-08:002006-01-14T20:40:34.966-08:00

While I knew nothing about this movie prior to watching it, a reoccurring theme - due to living in a small community, I was intrigued by the odd title and the even more bizarre looking jacket image. Holding little expectations, I was blown away. The Chumscrubber can be compared to such obscure but must watch movies as Donnie Darko and The United States of Leland. The impressive cast,

jinxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031905687818966338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1136275283005956562006-01-02T23:28:00.000-08:002006-01-03T00:01:23.066-08:00

Maybe it was my overall lack of expectations or my deficient mental functioning, as a direct result of my residual hangover from New Years Night, but I believe The Matador was a fantastic movie. Originally, I held little knowledge of the movie and decided consulted the movie gods to determine if it was worth watching. As you can see from the movie jacket image below, this search did not reveal

jinxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031905687818966338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1135978202197070112005-12-30T13:30:00.000-08:002006-01-02T22:30:53.460-08:00

I don't know if it was just the mood I was in or what, but I actually enjoyed Hustle & Flow.  I'm usually not big on gangsta / pimp / rap movies (except Boyz 'n the Hood, of course), but this movie was a little different. I don't know how much of the movie was real or not as I'm not too familiar with the life of either a Pimp or a Hooker, but the movie had me convinced that it knew what it was

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1135900795851370872005-12-29T15:59:00.000-08:002005-12-30T13:34:05.150-08:00

I don't think I can say enough bad things about Shopgirl .  My brother-in-law also watched it and told me he couldn't get through more than 15 minutes before having to turn it off.  It's just aweful, plain and simple. I'm a sucker for romantic comedies, but this movie isn't one of those.  I think it was being toughted as one, but it's far from it.  There's something about a movie that

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134851681800013132005-12-17T12:34:00.000-08:002005-12-18T19:22:40.196-08:00

So I had the chance to watch The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with Rose this weekend.  I was hoping that she would post something on this movie as she is far more opinionated than I am, but seeing as she hasn't, I suppose I will. I didn't like it.  Plain and simple.  After reading a lot of reviews both before the movie was released and after, I had fairly high

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134808625661559172005-12-17T00:37:00.000-08:002005-12-17T12:52:59.376-08:00

I watched The Brothers Grimm the other night. Yeesh! That says it all. I could probably stop typing now and you'd know all you need to know.What shocked me about this movie was the CGI work. It has to be about the worst I've seen in a long time. If I think about it and try to remember this far back, I think Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure had better CGI work than this movie. The green

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134806870668462582005-12-17T00:07:00.000-08:002005-12-17T12:53:08.746-08:00

Now, I know that this isn't the newest of movies, but I put in the DVD last night before I went to bed and I had a few thoughts about it.First off, I can't help but think that Ethan Hawke's performance in Assault on Precinct 13 is so two-faced it's not even funny. Of course, in the beginning he's supposed to be a junkie who's trying to get rid of some cocaine or heroin, and directly after that

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134711517520246642005-12-15T21:29:00.000-08:002005-12-17T12:53:17.640-08:00

I just finished watching this movie and I was blown away! It is a boxing movie but it is so much more. Director Ron Howard captured the raw emotion of living through the thirties Great Depression through the eyes of a family and the father who tries to get them through. What makes it all the more poignant is that the movie is based on the true story of James J. Braddock - a then washed-up

Garthnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134512586361577322005-12-13T12:36:00.000-08:002005-12-17T12:53:41.720-08:00

As I was told this was a fantastic movie, I suppose I expected too much from the start; however, in the end, The Exorcism of Emily Rose has both positive and negative aspects which contribute to a balanced overall judgment.On the positive side, this movie was not overly hollywood-ized and promoted. The actors are all lesser known (with the exception of the recently popularized Laura Linney),

jinxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031905687818966338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134466326107856392005-12-13T01:32:00.000-08:002005-12-13T01:43:30.086-08:00

I watched Must Love Dogs the other night.  First off, I should say that I loved Diane Lane in Under the Tuscan Sun.  I thought she pulled off the recently divorced, pathetic, mess of a woman that the movie required.  In fact, I liked her performance so much that it's actually one of my favourite movies. However, I felt that her version of the recently divorced, pathetic, mess of a woman in this

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134350528714584822005-12-11T15:35:00.000-08:002005-12-11T19:48:54.326-08:00

Four Brothers is a clear example of the violent, action, tough-guy movie genre. I fondly refer to them as 'dick' flicks and this one is no exception to the stereotypical rugged, gun toting, puffy jacket wearing, gangsta cinematic experience.This revenge seeking story displays gratuitous violence through excessive aggression and general thug / gang behaviour. Four Brothers portrays a 'kill or

jinxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031905687818966338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134255037507516262005-12-10T14:50:00.000-08:002005-12-10T15:04:49.953-08:00

Sometimes it's good to go into a movie expecting something really bad.  Rose, who's in town this weekend, joined me in watching Zathura last night. Zathura is a Sci-Fi version of Jumanji.  They might as well have just called it Jumanji II: Things Get Weird in Space.  Not knowing a lot about the movie going in, I was expecting another version of Jumanji, and I wasn't disappointed that way.  The

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134107883365282062005-12-08T21:51:00.000-08:002005-12-08T22:44:00.803-08:00

Submitted to me by my friend Garth...So you want me to do the review for ya? I really enjoyed the movie - the opening sequence was powerful and how they threaded accurately how his brother's death affected his own self-perception was excellent. Joaquin Phoenix definitely became Johnny Cash in this movie - not only vocally but right down to his mannerisms on stage. I also have a whole new level of

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134080466767524322005-12-08T13:16:00.000-08:002005-12-08T14:59:02.853-08:00

While I normally enjoy Nic Cage movies (particularly older ones: Raising Arizona, Wild at Heart, etc.), this should be more aptly titled Lord of Crappy, Boring, Plotless, Guns 'n' Stuff. I'm sure that was the original title but they were forced to minimize. The concept behind this move was well worth exploring: the rise of the world's most successful gun runner Yuri Orlov (Cage); however, there

jinxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031905687818966338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134062222518339992005-12-06T17:29:00.000-08:002005-12-08T09:17:02.533-08:00

I had the chance to watch Aeon Flux with Karen. It was an interesting movie, to say the least. One thing I did notice, though, was that this movie followed the same pattern as Serenity, where if you haven’t watched the original in which it was based, you wouldn’t have any idea what was going on until the end. I think if you had ever watched MTV’s Aeon Flux you may understand the history a

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134062392863857052005-12-04T22:37:00.000-08:002005-12-08T09:38:13.266-08:00

Karen and I watched Just Friends tonight. I'm don't have a definite, concrete, opinion on how I felt about it.Just Friends is a story about a fat loser in high school who gets rejected by his best friend, who, it just so happens, he's been in love with for years. Ten years later he comes back to town and tries to win her back... or take revenge. I can't decide which one.For a movie with a

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1135070847847880082005-12-03T16:18:00.000-08:002005-12-20T01:33:52.596-08:00

Karen and I had the pleasure of watching The 40 Year Old Virgin last night. This would be the second time for both of us. I recall Karen and Rose (yes, again), howling like maniacs the first time they saw this. The first time I saw it, only because the guys at work wouldn't stop talking about it, I thought it was fairly good, but not something I'd rave about. The thing about this movie is

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1135071204466433712005-12-03T01:31:00.000-08:002005-12-20T01:33:24.466-08:00

I watched The Dukes of Hazzard two nights ago. I was avoiding it because Karen and Rose watched it one night when it first came out and couldn't say enough bad things about it. I have to say, though, that I really didn't find anything wrong with it. Maybe it's because I'm a 'dude' and I like car chases, itsy bitsy bikinis, and general bad ass mentallity. I mean, guys like this kind of stuff.

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134062554504734502005-11-24T23:49:00.000-08:002005-12-08T09:37:21.736-08:00

Well... I wrote about Fantastic Four in July. I just went back and read what it had to say. It wasn't great. Well, guess what? It wasn't that great the second time either. Here's how bad it was -- I fell asleep after 20 minutes into the movie, woke up, tried to watch some more of it, got 20 more minutes in, and had to shut it off. The DVD shows just how bad the camera work is. The really

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134062676643662972005-11-24T10:38:00.000-08:002005-12-08T09:24:36.646-08:00

I haven't really posted anything about movies lately, so I thought I could maybe play some catch up.I watched Office Space: Collector's Edition the other day. I'm not too sure what to say about Office Space. It's just Office Space, you know? A classic is just a classic. It's funny to me that I call it a classic even though it was only made 6 years ago.Each time I watch this movie there's

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134062795311103472005-11-23T21:52:00.000-08:002005-12-08T09:36:18.216-08:00

From VH1: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ended its first weekend with a bang."Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" hit #1 on the box-office top 10, earning more than $101.4 million. That opening weekend beats the three previous "Potter" films and follows just behind "Spider-Man," "Revenge of the Sith" and "Shrek 2." I saw this on the weekend. It was good. No, scratch that... It was really

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134062915667014602005-11-01T17:04:00.000-08:002005-12-08T09:28:35.670-08:00

Doom: An epic game turned abysmal, steaming pile of celluloid? You tell me. On one hand, Karl Urban did a wonderful job... Well, as good as one could in a movie like this. On the other, Dwayne Johnson did not give his best performance to date.Doom was probably one of the first games I ever played on a PC. Well, the first FPS game, that's for sure. I played the sequels and they were also good.

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134063000410050632005-10-21T21:05:00.000-07:002005-12-08T09:32:57.116-08:00

I don't think I understood this movie. Was there a point? Was there something we needed to know about the characters before we watched the movie? This is Firefly - The Movie, right? Did I need to watch that show to get what was going on in the movie? I think I did. Anyway, boring, bad acting, un-original script, directing, etc... --4/10

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134063063179030792005-10-21T15:39:00.000-07:002005-12-08T09:31:03.180-08:00

I watched Bewitched a few days ago. It was an entertaining movie, that's it. Nothing phenominal, nothing mind blowing, nothing to bust-a-gut to, just entertaining. I just noticed, while getting that link, that it was the brainchild of Nora and Delia Ephron, the creators of You've Got Mail (one of my all-time favourites), and in retrospect, you sure can tell. Anyway, head-swim, bye bye. --5.5/10

Jasonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19684274.post-1134360559299814601997-12-11T20:08:00.000-08:002005-12-11T20:17:22.270-08:00

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