Category: Movies

Borat The Film

I’ll start by saying when I saw the previews for this film, I thought it wouldn’t be worth seeing. It looked to be insanely stupid. As it turns out it was insanely stupid. And that turns out to be its saving grace. If this film took itself seriously, if it made any effort to be […]

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

This is a retro-post. I put this online 24 December 2005 using the date it was originally sent out. Lord of the Rings — Part One (The Movie Review) Well, this movie is one I had been waiting for a very long time. My expectations were unobtainable and possibly unreasonable. My fear of being let […]

LOTR: Two Towers Review

This is a retro-post. I put this online 24 December 2005 using the date it was originally sent out. LOTR: Two Towers Review First, it’s hard to say whether a review of this film contains Spoilers because if you’ve read the book, you already know what happens. If you’ve not read the book, stop now. […]

Pirates of the Caribbean Review

This is a retro-post. I put this online 24 December 2005 using the date it was originally sent out. Bruckheimer is a word that instills fear in every movie-goer because he’s a master of over the top. Mostly that is not good. In fact, since Top Gun it hasn’t good. The bad streak here does […]

Little Miss Sunshine (Review)

I finally saw Little Miss Sunshine today. I was interested in seeing it and I was also not interested in seeing it. It’s one of those movies you see reviews about that could cause it to go either way. But the people I know who saw it, really liked it. I am pleased to report […]

Superman Really Does Return

I finally got around to seeing Superman Returns. Better late than never, I suppose. I really didn’t want to see it because I thought the previews looked really sucky. Well you know what? The movie was good. It was a bit creepy seeing Marlon Brando in it since he was long dead when this was […]

Talladega Nights (Ricky Bobby) — do NOT see this film

I cannot emphasize enough how fucking horrible this shite is. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is one of the most vile worthless pieces of “entertainment” to be put on film since the infamous Laserblast. It’s a toss-up but Laserblast still sucks a little bit more. DO NOT SEE THIS FILM. There is very […]

Pirates of the Caribbean Sequel Review

Well I had high, high hopes for this film because I really enjoyed the original. But, YARRR, this one disappointed. It’s not that it was terrible, but that’s a far cry from good sez I. The biggest failing was it was far, far, too long and lost its way in the middle never to be […]

Happy Feet

Yeah, I finally saw Happy Feet. I saw the preview some time ago and thought it looked stupid. I didn’t really want to see it. But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. Everyone who did see it, told me they liked it or loved it. Sure, they all thought it got […]

CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON

This is a retro-post. I put this online 24 December 2005 using the date it was originally sent out. This isn’t the type of film I normally see. But it looked interesting to me, and it’s getting press as one of the best films of the year. It finally opened in Miami this weekend in […]