Rock Bottom!
Within the past three to four days, I have watched some good, bad and ugly movies. (No pun intended there) I'm going to start with the bad first. Ever watched a movie, and after 5 minutes in to it, you ask yourself, "Why am I watching this???" Well, I'm an honest person, so I admit to this, even though I'm going to catch hell for it. I watched First Daughter (2004) the other night. It was late, and I couldn't find anything that I hadn't seen before that looked interesting, and I wasn't ready to go to bed. Why did I choose it? I have no clue. It has Katie Holmes and Michael Keaton in it, so maybe thoughts of Beetlejuice... or Tom Cruise dating a girl half his age... I dunno. At the beginning of the movie I thought there was promise... I found out Forest Whitaker directed it. Oh OK, this might be good then... uhhh, no. First off, Michael Keaton as the president???? PLEASE! I kept waiting for him to go stand in front of a mirror and begin mumbling, "I'm Batman." Or better yet, I was sure during a speech he would definitely hock a loogie into his jacket pocket and proclaim he was saving it for later. Seriously though, it wasn't the worst movie I've ever seen, not by a long shot, but I'm still shaking my head in disbelief that I watched the whole thing.
The following night, I watched Doom (2005). Now let me explain something first here before I talk about the movie. I am a release day junkie. I check the sale papers on Sunday, and keep track of when movies are coming out that I want to buy. If you get a new release the week it comes out, generally Target or Best Buy will have it for 15 or 16 bucks. But then the next week it's up to 20. Anyway, I thought Doom was really cool. Yeah, another one of those movies critics bash because it lacks depth regarding plot and character development, but like I've said before, WHO CARES? Doom is a mixture of Aliens and Resident Evil. There's a lot of suspense, and you don't really know what or when things are going to happen, and above all... it kept my interest. The sound and special effects were top notch. I've played the Doom video game a few times, and I'm fully aware of the inconsistency between the storyline of the game versus the movie. Hey video game fanatics...NEWSFLASH... movie storylines take prescedence over video game storylines. The same goes for books over movies. (Kind of like with paper, rock, scissors! Nevermind...) Anyway, back to the movie... in the game, the creatures appear because of dimentional gateways to hell opening due to exprerimentation by an aerospace agency. In the movie, there is a different approach by Hollywood. There is a gateway on Earth that teleports a person to Mars. Once Mars was colonized by people that began experimenting with human chromosomes. By adding an additional 24th chromosome, humans either became super-human in all aspects of their senses and strength, or they turned into zombies that eventually developed into huge demonic beasts. So the video game was different. Well whoopa dee doo!!! Go play your game bitches! Overall I would give Doom a 7.5 out of 10. Good popcorn flick if your in the mood for some sci-fi action with a lot of shooting and useless mayhem!
After watching Doom, I went to bed, but wasn't tired. While flipping the channels in the bedroom, I caught the opening credits of a movie... I think on FX or Spike. American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1990). Now in no way can you take this kind of movie seriously. Because in truth, it sucks. BAD. But I always loved ninjas and martial arts growing up. Besides, the dialog and acting are so incredibly horrid that it almost becomes enjoyable to watch just to make fun of it.
Last night I watched The Brothers Grimm (2005). This is a tough one to critique. It gives the sense of Harry Potter, with the magic and such, but with much less enchantment. The beginning of the movie was somewhat jumbled, and I felt there needed to be more background on Matt Damon and Heath Ledger's characters. The plot slowly developed, and finally fell into place with roughly 20 minutes left. There was a great deal of humor injected as well, some well-timed and appreciated, but not always necessary. (A kitten was mutilated!) In all, I would only give The Brothers Grimm a 6.5 out or 10. And that may be a little biased since I always appreciate good sound and great effects.
The following night, I watched Doom (2005). Now let me explain something first here before I talk about the movie. I am a release day junkie. I check the sale papers on Sunday, and keep track of when movies are coming out that I want to buy. If you get a new release the week it comes out, generally Target or Best Buy will have it for 15 or 16 bucks. But then the next week it's up to 20. Anyway, I thought Doom was really cool. Yeah, another one of those movies critics bash because it lacks depth regarding plot and character development, but like I've said before, WHO CARES? Doom is a mixture of Aliens and Resident Evil. There's a lot of suspense, and you don't really know what or when things are going to happen, and above all... it kept my interest. The sound and special effects were top notch. I've played the Doom video game a few times, and I'm fully aware of the inconsistency between the storyline of the game versus the movie. Hey video game fanatics...NEWSFLASH... movie storylines take prescedence over video game storylines. The same goes for books over movies. (Kind of like with paper, rock, scissors! Nevermind...) Anyway, back to the movie... in the game, the creatures appear because of dimentional gateways to hell opening due to exprerimentation by an aerospace agency. In the movie, there is a different approach by Hollywood. There is a gateway on Earth that teleports a person to Mars. Once Mars was colonized by people that began experimenting with human chromosomes. By adding an additional 24th chromosome, humans either became super-human in all aspects of their senses and strength, or they turned into zombies that eventually developed into huge demonic beasts. So the video game was different. Well whoopa dee doo!!! Go play your game bitches! Overall I would give Doom a 7.5 out of 10. Good popcorn flick if your in the mood for some sci-fi action with a lot of shooting and useless mayhem!
After watching Doom, I went to bed, but wasn't tired. While flipping the channels in the bedroom, I caught the opening credits of a movie... I think on FX or Spike. American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1990). Now in no way can you take this kind of movie seriously. Because in truth, it sucks. BAD. But I always loved ninjas and martial arts growing up. Besides, the dialog and acting are so incredibly horrid that it almost becomes enjoyable to watch just to make fun of it.
Last night I watched The Brothers Grimm (2005). This is a tough one to critique. It gives the sense of Harry Potter, with the magic and such, but with much less enchantment. The beginning of the movie was somewhat jumbled, and I felt there needed to be more background on Matt Damon and Heath Ledger's characters. The plot slowly developed, and finally fell into place with roughly 20 minutes left. There was a great deal of humor injected as well, some well-timed and appreciated, but not always necessary. (A kitten was mutilated!) In all, I would only give The Brothers Grimm a 6.5 out or 10. And that may be a little biased since I always appreciate good sound and great effects.
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