Logic
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 [...]
Red Riding Hood
Why did I stop watching this after 30 minutes? Premise Because the tone of the movie was muddled. It was supposed to be a fairy-tale setting, yet it looked silly…it looked like a low-budget set of a fairy-tale village. And then there was talk of a Father and, worse, the Father character appeared. Yup, a [...]
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 [...]
Colombiana
A good setup was wasted as the story inexplicably went off course. Zoe Saldana was the only bright spot, but it’s not like she had much to do aside from stunts. Premise and Structure/Plot It should have been so simple. Little Cataleya, after the cute opening where she stabbed the bad guy and ran away, [...]
The Town
Yet another flick that was okay…not great and not bad. Character It was a little tricky at first feeling for Ben Affleck because he had no redeeming qualities. It ultimately worked as his good side came out in the relationship with the woman. However, all that was flushed down the drain in Act III when [...]
The Switch
I always find it amusing when people analyze a failed movie and blame it on the wrong things. Here, all I read was how Jennifer Aniston is not really a good actress and Jason Bateman is only good for supporting roles, not as a leading man. Nonsense, I say, it always comes down to the [...]
Iron Man 2
I can’t find the words…as bad as the first one was good… The theater I saw it in was perfectly quiet the whole movie. No cheers, nothing. And no smiling faces after it ended. Premise The threat in the original boiled down to Tony Stark’s partner, Obadiah, building his own suit to defeat Tony (Robert [...]