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Whoops, forgot to post this yesterday.


The Abandoned-- Not a good film. Boring, and the main character is dumb as shit, and not in a more entertaining way. That's about it.

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It's still technically Friday...


Star Trek-- Great movie, see it. Yeah, that's about all I've got to say. See it. Even if you don't watch the television show or you're not that interested in it, see the movie. You'll probably like it even better than a Trekkie may!

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Holy hell, I watched a new movie! Midnight showings for the win.


X-Men Origins: Wolverine-- It's an okay action movie, if you don't mind heavy-handed dialogue, a lot of kind o' poorly done CG, and a lot of ridiculous yelling. And so long as you completely ignore the source material. Yeah, pretty much just okay, pretty good if you're just looking for some funny lines and stupid, fun action.

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Redrum-- Not too bad. Kind o' campy, kind o' funny. Mediocre at best, boring at worst. And kind of ridiculous at times.Definitely could have done without the cartoon montage, aussi. I get it, low budget, ran out of money to shoot, do a cheap cartoon. Doesn't make it any less crappy. So, yeah, it has its moments, but, I wouldn't necessarily recommend watching the film just to see them.

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Funny Games-- An interesting movie for most of it. I dunno if I would have called it good or bad. The fourth-wall-breaking was kind of interesting. But then there comes a part where one of the antagonists picks up a remote control and rewinds the movie. Whatever the film had going for it died at that point, at least as far as I am concerned.

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Dance of the Dead-- With a title like that and the premise of the film [a zombie attack on prom night and the only people left to stop the zombie apocalypse are the losers who didn't have dates to prom] I expected this to be a "so bad it's kind o' good" gory zombie flick. As it turns out, though, I really liked it. It's a good movie, funny little zombie comedy with plenty of gore and a touch of heart to the plot. The actors did excellent jobs, for the most part, and the writing wasn't too bad at all, dialogue-wise. The plot itself has some obvious foreshadowing, but, not bad at all. It broke one or two of my personal zombie rules, as well, but definitely worth seeing.


13 Hours In A Warehouse-- I'm not sure just what the problem is, but I was unimpressed. From about 10 minutes, maybe less, in 'til the end I was uninterested. I spent most of my time wondering what the hell it was they stole. I don't imagine I was supposed to. The acting's about what I expected, some decent B-level and plenty of terrible B-level acting. Same with the special effects and writing. Maybe its extreme mediocrity is its downfall?

Explanation for the missing mini-review.

Mein chickadee called me on it, heh. I didn't watch any movies last week. At least, nothing new to me. So, no mini-reviews to share this past Friday, sorry.

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Trailer Park of Terror-- It's not very subtle in its charicatures and there's plenty of foreshadowing, but it's fairly well-acted, well-shot, and an entertaining, somewhat cheesy, gory little horror film, with a few [albeit sometimes fucked up] laughs along the way. Pretty good soundtrack involved, too. And an interesting cameo by Trace Adkins, though I don't think anyone who reads this will recognize him.


Watchmen-- Pretty damn good film. Insanely well cast, especially the Comedian, Rorschach, and Nite Owl II. To be perfectly frank, I still wasn't a big fan of the man chosen to play Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt. He did a well enough job, he just doesn't fit the character, visually-speaking. It wouldn't bug me so much if so much of the other cast didn't fit well. Only other minor complaint is the soundtrack. I mean, I understand that it's sort of a period piece, but, it was just somewhat jarring and entirely out of place to hear a lot of this old music start playing. Personally, I feel it should have been scored, no soundtrack.

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No Reservations-- Not too bad. I love Aaron Eckhart, that guy's a great actor, and Catherine Zeta-Jones isn't too bad, either. Not a big fan of films that kind of crash-land into the ending, though, and it's fairly cliché, but not a bad little rom-com.


Jet Li's Fearless-- Excellent film. Great fight choreography and a wonderful story. But, if you're someone who hates reading your movies, you won't like it, 95% of it's in Chinese and subtitled English.

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Max Payne-- Pretty much boring. I mean, the acting is great, I love Mark Wahlberg and Ludacris was a nice surprise, I didn't know he was in this film, and visually it looks cool, has a very nice comic-book-movie feel to the lighting and shots, but... it just didn't hold my interest, the story was kind o' blah, felt like it needed to be fleshed out more. Y'know what it feels like, to me? A very long first half.

I hate titles, I'm bad at them

The venerable Mr. G mentioned earlier the fact that I don't really update much. I mean, I do the mini-reviews each week, but, I think he meant more of legitimate updates. And there's a good reason for that. First of all, I can never remember details to put into a blog when treating it like a diary or journal; when recounting events. And I the few times I have tried that style of blogging I hate it, I always feel like I'm forgetting something. I'm just not good at that.

As for my usual bloggings about random things or just ranting about how I feel... haven't had any random things I wanted to blog about. I take that back, I did earlier this morning, but I put it off and now I can't remember what it was. And I haven't done any introspective rants about myself because, well, for anything I want to talk about here is someone I don't want to read it whom may or may not still read this blog.

There's something: I never assume anyone reads this thing. Is that strange? Like, I'm always a little bit surprised any time there's a comment. "Oh, whoa, someone read that." Y'know? I dunno, just a little aside.

So, that's why there've not been any updates, except for the mini-reviews, if anyone else was wondering.

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Knockaround Guys-- Decent movie. I'm really not sure what else to say about it. I don't know that I would recommend it as a must-see to everyone, but, it's still pretty good.

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Taken-- Excellent film! Liam Neeson kickin' ass and even takin' a few names.


Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist-- Very sweet movie, I think, albeit fairly cliché at times. Still good, and not just because I adore Kat Dennings!


Brick-- Excellent film! I'm not sure I would recommend it to everyone, though. It's a bit quirky and stylized, but an excellent film that keeps you watching. Think film noir with teenagers. There's enough you can figure out on your own but still some things that'll come out of nowhere and surprise you.

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Sorry it's a bit late.


Midnight Movie-- Really well-made film, and overall pretty good acting. But the plot and dialogue just strikes me as uninspired and did pretty much nothing to hold my interest. It'd be interesting to see Jack Messitt make a film with a better written script, though.

It was pretty cool seeing some of the theatre things, though, since that stuff's pretty realistic, at least from my time spent working at a theatre.

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Babylon A.D.-- It's nice seeing Vin Diesel doing action movies again, and the action's entertaining although Vin's tough guy character is a bit played out nowadays. But the film kind o' peters out near the end, I think.


Mirrors-- Not a bad movie, per se, but not terribly intriguing, either. Honestly, it has several moments where it's downright ridiculous. But! It has one of the most horrifying scenes I've seen in a horror film. You need to see the unrated version of this film just to see the bathtub scene with Amy Smart. You can turn the DVD off after that point for all I care, but, that is a must-see scene in my opinion.

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Fear-- I'm not sure how I've managed to never hear of this movie before. Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, and William Petersen are all pretenders whom I admire. How how how? Anyway, it's a very good movie, especially Mark Wahlberg's performance.


Hancock-- I don't understand why people are disappointed with this movie, I loved it. It's very funny and I love the character of John Hancock; I think he's terribly intriguing.
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I was a bit iffy when they introduced the female counterpart, but, it turned out better than I thought. I wasn't much of a fan of how it ended, though. Very powerful, then it cut to the "One Month Later" stuff that kind o' killed it for me.
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Horton Hears A Who!-- I thought it was pretty good. I mean, you're pretty much going to know whether you like it or not before you even start watching it, but, yeah. This is more of a straight-up kid's movie as opposed to something like Shrek with lots of jokes for the adults, as well. So, as long as you dig children's films, you'll probably enjoy it.

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The Woods-- I'm growing quite fond of Lucky McKee. May is a phenomenal film, and this isn't bad, either. Nothing terribly astounding, but it's an interesting little supernatural mystery. Plus an awesome little role played by Bruce Campbell.

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The Legend of Bagger Vance-- First of all, I hate golf. And this movie is set against a golf tournament. Yeck. But, don't hold that against it! It's a good movie; amusing and heartwarming, although I could have done without all the "GOLF IS GREAT!" dialogue.

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It's still Friday!!


The Simpsons Movie-- Meh. Introducing an actual plotline, drama, and romance doesn't work completely with The Simpsons. Sometimes it really does. For instance, the tape that Marge leaves Homer is honestly heartbreaking. But the first half of the film is boring, with the last 20 or 30 minutes being the only thing exciting or at all interesting. And, surprisingly, not as funny as I expected. Funniest moment, though, is when the polar bear kicks the fox. XD

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The Basketball Diaries-- This film has been on my list of movies to see for, like, ten years now. Good movie, even though it feels a little rushed. DiCaprio's performance is great, and it was interesting seeing a younger Mark Wahlberg.


The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginnings-- If you've seen the 2004 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and enjoyed it, here's more of the same, so enjoy. If you didn't, you won't dig this one, either. Has some interesting little explanations that tie into the remake as well. If you haven't seen either of these and you decide to watch this one, I hope you like blood, gore, and screams.