Clash Of The Titans

In Clash of the Titans, the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny.



This movie is a decent watch as long as you keep your expectations in check. Its a good heavy with the special effects action movie. It reminded me a lot of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. There are much worse things that you can do with two hours of your life than watch Sam Worthington follow Arnold Schwartzenegger's career path. Terminator . . . check. High profile/big budget movie with James Cameron . . . . . check. Run around in the sand and fight crazy stuff like Conan . . . . check. Kind of surprised he wasn't in the upcoming Predator reboot at this point. Anywho, I digress. Although the movie was definitely watchable, it could have been much better. I hate in movies when they spend so much time building up characters and then they are just gone. So much effort was put in to the build up of the other guys traveling with Perseus. He actually had this whole dramatic speech before they went after Medusa. And then, SPOILER HERE, PEOPLE . . . . . they all got knocked off over the course of 45 seconds maybe. I wasn't even sure which dude it was getting killed. Movie could have been an hour and half without building up this eventually random guys. Also on the "could have been better kick", this movie is by far and away the biggest ripoff "3D" movie to date. If they would have made the movie in 3D from the start - it could have been great. However, making it and then turning it 3D after the fact is just insulting and an excuse to charge more money. I watched half the movie without the glasses on and NOTHING was blurry. About the only 3D effect I'll ever remember from this movie is my stepson having a ridiculous leg cramp that made him have to suddenly stand up in the middle of the movie for about 5 minutes. Did I mention that he is a giant? His mother, my friend and I were cracking up. Luckily, the rest of the audience probably thought it was part of the movie . . . . IN 3D! Okay - I've ranted enough. OH WAIT! No I didn't. Question to add to the never going to be answered list . . . . . . . why the f#ck was Zeus so damn shiny!?! Every time he was on the screen it was the most annoying flashlight in your face type effect. WHY!?! Okay - now I have ranted enough.



Even with all the waa-waa I just typed there, I'd still recommend any action/special effects fans checking this out. The movie is very flawed at points (and an absolute sham in 3D) but still watchable anyway.

Repo Men

In the futuristic action-thriller Repo Men, humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called The Union. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, The Union sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property... with no concern for your comfort or survival. Jude Law plays Remy, one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company's top-of-the-line heart-replacement... as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart's no longer in the job. When he can't make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake (Forest Whitaker), to track him down.



You pretty much get exactly what you expect from this movie . . . . . until the last couple of minutes. Its rare that "twist" endings get me. This one did. Its not like the twist makes the movie any better than it is or something more than it is. It just caught me off guard. I really won't say too much more about it than that because its better not to give it away. As for the rest of the movie, there is lots of action, crazy fight scenes, lots of blood and badassness. There are definitely parts of it where it dragged and the movie easily could have been shorter.



I would recommend this movie to anyone in to action and fighting. If that's up your alley, you will probably like this movie. Its not great by any means but its not completely horrible either.

The Losers

An explosive tale of double cross and revenge, The Losers centers upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team--Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar--find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they're joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war.


This movie was straight up bad ass fun. I cannot believe how much I enjoyed this movie. This was like an 80s action movie with the shootouts and the double crossing along with the constant witty banter. It was also tight and short in running time. Not to mention the working in of "Don't Stop Believing". If there was ever a song that can fit in to anything and make it better . . . that's the song! The characters were all entertaining, especially Chris Evans (although I still can't believe he was cast as Captain America . . . . . . although I was the same guy that couldn't believe Robert Downey Jr was cast as Iron Man and that worked out phenomenally) and Jason Patric as the incredibly overacted bad guy.


I strongly recommend people check out The Losers. It was straight up non-thinking fun . . . . . an old school popcorn movie.

Cop Out

Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy (Bruce Willis) is the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, and Paul (Tracy Morgan) is his "partner-against-crime" whose preoccupation with his wife's alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball.


This movie ends up being one of those movies that is just kind of there. Its basically a shout out to buddy cop movies from the 80s and 90s. All of the same cliches are there. They go more the comedy route instead of the action with laughs route. Unfortunately, there weren't enough laughs to keep me fully interested in where this was going. Don't get me wrong - some of the laughs were huge. But I just wasn't in to the movie as all because of how much it seemed to just be going through the motions right off the bat.


I wouldn't really recommend anyone rushing (or paying) to check this out. You can wait until this one lands on cable. Its not bad by any means but its just really not worth your time or money.

The Runaways

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning star in this music-fueled story of the ground-breaking, all girl, teenage rock band of the 1970s: The Runaways. The film follows two friends, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to rock stars of the now legendary group that paved the way for future generations of girl bands. Joan and Cherie fall under the Svengali-like influence of rock impresario Kim Fowley, played by Michael Shannon, who turns the group into an outrageous success and a family of misfits. With its tough-chick image and raw talent, the band quickly earns a name for itself—and so do its two leads: Joan is the band’s pure rock 'n' roll heart, while Cherie, with her Bowie-Bardot looks, is the sex kitten. Written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, the film chronicles Joan and Cherie's tumultuous relationship on and off stage, as the band starts to break out.


This was a decent movie considering I felt like I was watching a home made movie for most of it. Oh wait, it wasn't a home made movie? I guess that makes it kind of cruddy then. But then again - how in the blue hell could this movie have been that good anyway. Were we in a very high demand for a Joan Jett biopic/Cherie Currie biopic? Why would anyone cast Kristen Stewart in anything? She's like the female Hayden Christiansen. All kidding aside, the movie is somewhat watchable as a rockumenatary type film . . . . . not as a wide release film whatsoever though.


I really wouldn't recommend anyone checking this movie out unless you are TRULY in to rockumentary type movies. I went solely because I had an addiction to seeing all movies that come out in theatres. If you don't suffer from this - wait for cable

Chloe

Chloe centers on a married woman (Julianne Moore) who hires a prostitute (Amanda Seyfried) to find out whether her husband (Liam Neeson) is cheating on her. The prostitute, however, cons her about the nature of her husband's fidelity, a move that puts the family in jeopardy.


I really don't have much to say about this movie at all. Its just one of those. I feel like I should simply say yes I saw that movie and leave it at that. Its not the worst movie ever made. There were some artistic moments and 2 out of the 3 actors are pretty good. Side bar - I really don't like Julianne Moore. There isn't a single part of the movie that you don't see coming. Its just kind of there.


Would I recommend it? Probably not I guess. Again . . . I saw it and I really don't have anything to say about it.

Greenberg

Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), single, fortyish and at a crossroads in his life, finds himself in Los Angeles, house-sitting for six weeks for his more successful/married-with-children brother. In search of a place to restart his life, Greenberg tries to reconnect with old friends including his former bandmate Ivan (Rhys Ifans). But old friends aren't necessarily still best friends, and Greenberg soon finds himself spending more and more time with his brother's personal assistant Florence (Greta Gerwig), an aspiring singer and also something of a lost soul. Despite his best attempts not to be drawn in, Greenberg and Florence manage to forge a connection, and Greenberg realizes he may at last have found a reason to be happy.


This is one of those artsy movies that I could totally see a film class using as a character study or something one day. Unfortunately, I hated it. About half way through - I threw in the towel and took a nap. I didn't doze off because of boredom. I actually said I'm going to sleep for a while wake me up if it gets any better. It didn't. I woke up anyway and still saw more of this movie than I wish I had. It really just circled the drain for a little less than 2 hours going nowhere. Ben Stiller was completely different than any other role he's done. I'll give him that. However, thats about all that I can say positively about this movie. Its a boring waste of time.


I wouldn't recommend that anyone bother checking this one out. Its way too artsy. Its way too boring. And there are so many better thnings you could be doing with your time.

Our Family Wedding

"Our marriage, their wedding." It's lesson number one for any newly engaged couple, and Lucia (America Ferrera) and Marcus (Lance Gross) are no exception. In Our Family Wedding, they learn the hard way that the path to saying "I do" can be rife with familial strife. When they return from college and too suddenly announce their marriage plans, they soon discover that their fathers - two highly competitive over-the-top egos - can wreak a major amount of havoc on their special day.


This is one of the most formula movies made across the board. There isn't a single thing that takes place in this movie that you don't expect or didn't know would happen from watching a 90 second spot on television. That being said, there were some pretty big laughs fit in there. Forest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia played really well off of each other. I wasn't expecting that at all.


I'm not outright going to recommend that everyone check this out because its not that good of a movie. However, there is a lot of worse stuff out there and this is a quick 90 minutes with some really good laughs in it.

The Bounty Hunter

Milo Boyd (Gerard Butler), a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly (Jennifer Aniston). He thinks all that's ahead is an easy payday, but when Nicole gives him the slip so she can chase a lead on a murder cover-up, Milo realizes that nothing ever goes simply with him and Nicole. The exes continually one-up each other – until they find themselves on the run for their lives. They thought their promise to love, honor and obey was tough – staying alive is going to be a whole lot tougher.


Wow! This was a giant piece of garbage. I don't even feel like writing about it. It was that bad. No chemistry. No hook to the characters. The most cliche script ever. Just a total waste of time and "talent". This goes to show even more that Jennifer Aniston's biggest claim to fame outside of Friends was that Brad Pitt left her for Angelina Jolie.


I wouldn't recommend anyone checking this out. Its a straight up stinker.

Brooklyn's Finest

Burned out veteran Eddie Dugan (Richard Gere) is just one week away from his pension and a fishing cabin in Connecticut. Narcotics officer Sal Procida (Ethan Hawke) has discovered there's no line he won't cross to provide a better life for his long-suffering wife and seven children. And Clarence "Tango" Butler (Don Cheadle) has been undercover so long his loyalties have started to shift from his fellow police officers to his prison buddy Caz (Wesley Snipes), one of Brooklyn's most infamous drug dealers. With personal and work pressures bearing down on them, each man faces daily tests of judgment and honor in one of the world's most difficult jobs. When NYPD's Operation Clean Up targets the notoriously drug-ridden BK housing project, all three officers find themselves swept away by the violence and corruption of Brooklyn's gritty 65th Precinct and its most treacherous criminals. During seven fateful days, Eddie, Sal and Tango find themselves hurtling inextricably toward the same fatal crime scene and a shattering collision with destiny.

This movie is just kind of there. I didn't get remotely hooked by any of the stories or characters. It was some of the most overdramatic stuff I've seen in a long time. The movie is also waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long. This could have easily been a tighter 90 minute movie and I probably would have been much more in to it. Running at a little over 2 hours, I was dying to find out that there was still an hour left when I was ready to pull the plug. I still watched the whole thing and even though all the seperate stories come together somewhat, I really didn't care about any of them enough to be too interested.

I wouldn't really recommend this movie to anyone. You can just go ahead and wait for it to be on cable one night when you can't fall asleep or one morning if you are being too lazy to get out of bed.

A Single Man

A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, a 52 year old British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim (Matthew Goode). George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters, ultimately leads him to decide if there is a meaning to life after Jim. George is consoled by his closest friend Charley (Julianne Moore), a 48 year old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future. A young student of George's, Kenny (Nicholas Hoult), who is coming to terms with his true nature, stalks George as he feels in him a kindred spirit.

This is one of those textbook artsy movies that will probably be shown in film studies classes years from now. They could use it to show great character development, the use of symbolic flashbacks, how the musical score can effect a scene, the use of single camera shots and the importance of cinematography catching an "era" even if its mostly inside of houses. Unfortunately, I found it to be very boring. This is one of those movies that as a film fan I can see how very well done it was and how good the performances in it were, but I just wasn't in to it at all.

I would only recommend this movie for die hard film buffs and oscar recognition junkies. Outside of those people, there really isn't anyone that I would push to see this. Its couldn't be less of a mainstream movie if it tried.