Movie Diary
a) Rock of Ages
Obviously this is garbage but I was kind of curious exactly what kind it really was. I don't even think it was necessarily a given that this couldn't be a fun movie, but it seems like they didn't really know how far to go. Given the casting, it's clear they were more interested in how well people acted than how well they sang, but clearly nobody's doing any dramatic heavy lifting and the people with comedy chops never really get to totally let loose to the point of actually being funny. Which just leaves a bunch of mediocre singing. Tom Cruise has his moments, though.
b) Wanderlust
Not as good as Role Models, but a pretty funny flick with some memorable moments, actually almost kinda sorta cared about the plot and the characters too, which can be rare with these kinds of comedies.
c) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
I really enjoyed the first Downey/Law flick, but this one just seemed to be one of those sequels that wasn't bad, but by not raising the stakes or changing much ended up being really forgettable.
d) We Need To Talk About Kevin
This movie was interesting but ultimately frustrating, possibly even just aggravating. Tilda Swinton gives a pretty powerful performance, really transforms the character over time as you see what she goes through, but the movie's whole handling of Kevin, both in terms of how the actor plays him and the light the movie shows him in, I don't know, it all felt really unsubtle to the point of just being unrealistic. As I understand it, the book is in first person, with the mother as an unreliable narrator, and I suppose they were trying to preserve that in the movie by letting him be so exaggerated that you would suspect that what you're actually seeing is her perspective. But it was never really made clear, and the movie told the story in a more third person way, so it just ended up feeling like a hamfisted movie and performance.
e) Hubble 3D
My family's in Alabama this week visiting my in-laws, and today we went to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and ran around seeing all the spaceships and stuff. And while we were there, we went into the IMAX theater and my son had his first experience watching a movie in a movie theater. He was pretty well-behaved, and it was pretty cool! Wasn't wild about the narration by Leonardo DiCaprio, but visually it was just astonishing.
Obviously this is garbage but I was kind of curious exactly what kind it really was. I don't even think it was necessarily a given that this couldn't be a fun movie, but it seems like they didn't really know how far to go. Given the casting, it's clear they were more interested in how well people acted than how well they sang, but clearly nobody's doing any dramatic heavy lifting and the people with comedy chops never really get to totally let loose to the point of actually being funny. Which just leaves a bunch of mediocre singing. Tom Cruise has his moments, though.
b) Wanderlust
Not as good as Role Models, but a pretty funny flick with some memorable moments, actually almost kinda sorta cared about the plot and the characters too, which can be rare with these kinds of comedies.
c) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
I really enjoyed the first Downey/Law flick, but this one just seemed to be one of those sequels that wasn't bad, but by not raising the stakes or changing much ended up being really forgettable.
d) We Need To Talk About Kevin
This movie was interesting but ultimately frustrating, possibly even just aggravating. Tilda Swinton gives a pretty powerful performance, really transforms the character over time as you see what she goes through, but the movie's whole handling of Kevin, both in terms of how the actor plays him and the light the movie shows him in, I don't know, it all felt really unsubtle to the point of just being unrealistic. As I understand it, the book is in first person, with the mother as an unreliable narrator, and I suppose they were trying to preserve that in the movie by letting him be so exaggerated that you would suspect that what you're actually seeing is her perspective. But it was never really made clear, and the movie told the story in a more third person way, so it just ended up feeling like a hamfisted movie and performance.
e) Hubble 3D
My family's in Alabama this week visiting my in-laws, and today we went to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and ran around seeing all the spaceships and stuff. And while we were there, we went into the IMAX theater and my son had his first experience watching a movie in a movie theater. He was pretty well-behaved, and it was pretty cool! Wasn't wild about the narration by Leonardo DiCaprio, but visually it was just astonishing.
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