Little things
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
I wasn’t planning to see this in the theater, but went a few weeks after it was released because of its 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. For one of the rare times, I completely disagree with RT. Character Simon Pegg was clearly the comic relief and I liked him. Jeremy Renner was the problem. His [...]
Take Me Home Tonight
I wish my friend had taken me anywhere but to a TV to watch this drivel. At least I didn’t watch the whole thing. Character The character of the fine actor Topher Grace graduated from MIT (in the backstory) and, rather than work in his field till he figured out his life, worked in a [...]
The Conspirator
Good legal drama. Little things When Mary Surrat admitted to her lawyer James McAvoy that she knew of the original plot to kidnap- not kill- President Lincoln, I felt like most of the tension delfated from the story. Sure, there was still the larger issue of the injustice of her being tried by a military [...]
Hanna
This was a weird movie…it had some good thriller elements, yet they never gelled together to create any thrills. Some of this was clearly due to the director- parts were over-stylized and characters like Cate Blanchett’s were cartoonish. This movie would have had a much better chance at succeeding in the realistic style of the [...]
The Muppets
This was mostly a fun flick. A few odd things prevented it from being smoother. Little things – The characters’ awareness of being in a movie was silly. Yes, the movie was intentionally light and fluffy, but there are boundaries to everything. Think about it- they knew they were in a movie…about trying to put [...]
Our Idiot Brother
It was a bit better than average. Little things – Though cute at first, I’m pretty sure the uniformed police officer buying weed from Paul Rudd crossed the boundaries of entrapment. And I feel similarly about Paul being arrested near the end just because he said he got high. – The threesome scene was out [...]
Cowboys and Aliens
I liked it for the most part as it had the authentic feel of a Western, it’s just a few elements that poked some air out of the ride. Character In the the setup Daniel Craig sticking up for justice was an effective way to create empathy for him. Yet by the middle of the [...]