Two nights ago Aim and I watched Eagle Eye, movie with Shia LeBouf or however you spell his name. About 35 minutes into the movie, Amy says to me…”It’s the computer.”
I didn’t say anything. I knew how the movie was going to end that way as well but our recent history with movies has been so atrocious, I was holding out some hope.
It was the computer. It was a remake of the movie iRobot without the acting and humor.
Last night we watched Next with Nick Cage and Jessica Biel. She is gorgeous but this role was incredibly small for her and basically she acted like the damsel in distress all movie long. Julianne Moore played a tough FBI agent. It was okay. I think the concept would have made a better television series than a two hour movie. To be able to see only two minutes into the future would have made for some funny bits as well as dramatic ones. I realize that this is sort like what Quantam Leap was back in the day but not really. (Are you following this?)
Decent movie with a weird ending but it was the best one we’ve seen in a while.
Anyway…here is our recent list of movies that you should avoid…
Burn After Reading – atrocious. It wasn’t a very clean movie. It wasn’t a funny movie. It wasn’t a good movie. Just don’t even bother renting it.
The Good Shepherd – Matt Damon, Angelina Joline, Robert DeNiro – how can it miss? It did. It wasn’t bad…it wasn’t great. It was slow, hard to follow at times. Again…don’t bother.
Traitor – Don Cheadle, all you need to know. Great actor and this I would watch again. It was a good movie, action/spy/thriller kind of vibe. I had to throw in one movie that didn’t suck it up.
Michael Clayton – George Clooney, politics aside, he can act. This one kind of starts off slow then draws you in. Probably was about 20 minutes too long but if you’ve got nothing else to watch – might be worth the rent.
Wanted – terrible movie. Can’t believe Morgan Freeman was even part of it.
Thankfully we have a TV now so we can watch Amazing Race, Survivor, Burn Notice, and Hell’s Kitchen.
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i would have to agree with your appraisal of clayton and wanted. we saw clayton with my father-in-law and his wife. she told him that if jolie was naked, he would be in big trouble. we all laughed when it happened.
hell’s kitchen fan. good man.
He had to have known that was going to happen…
I’m with you on everything but Wanted. I enjoyed it start to finish. It was pretty rough (V,L,BN), but all that lent itself well to the subject matter.
One recent movie Allison and I went to see was “The International”. Halfway through, Allison asked me what was going on. I had no idea. When it was over, we realized there was ZERO resolution, and that everything was the same as when we started the movie. Terrible, terrible movie.
So I watched this movie last night at the request of a co-worker and one of my husbands Marine Crop “brothers”. It is not a DVD rental, but a HBO orginal movie. If you are in the military or have a loved one in the military, or you just want a very heart warming patriotic movie, then check out “Taking Chance”. I don’t know how long it will be running on HBO but well worth the hour and 15 minutes it takes to watch!
Wanted, IMHO, was terrible. I thought the same thing about Freeman’s involvement. And the very last was very disturbing…essentially sending the message that the way to take control of your life is by shooting someone who has, at the most oppressed, or at the least annoyed you. A sick movie…