Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

Alex · 05-31-2010, 08:46 PM

Because of my weekend plans fell apart it ended up being a weekend of movies:

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - The first half was actually a fair amount of fun but then it devolved into boring excess and I didn't care by the time it was over.

Hai kikku gâru! - Aka High Kick Girl!. It is a thing that confuses me that the Japanese so generally suck at martial arts movies. Who'd think it would be hard for them to compete with Thailand. And this one is bad, not only because it lacks in much in the way of good choreography (and no story) but because almost every single sequence is repeated in slow motion. The movie was listed at about 75 minutes. Take out the slowmo repeats and it was probably only 17.

À bout de souffle (aka Breathless) - 50th anniversary. I watch it because it is one of those films you're supposed to acknowledge is brilliant to show off how smart you are. I don't really see it, but I like to think I'm smart so I'll pretend it is brilliant.

Shrek Forever After - Surprisingly dark movie with horrible messages. It goes all It's a Wonderful Life and shows what would have happened if Shrek had never rescued Fiona. One big flaw in that plan: the alternative seems better for both of them.

Desk Set - Love computer movies from that brief window when computers existed but the word "computer" hadn't yet quite moved from being a reference to people to being a reference to machines (in common parlance). Katharine Hepburn is the hyper efficient librarian and Spencer Tracy is inventing AI that would still stress Google's plain language search algorithms. Fluffy fluff but actually unintentionally raised some real questions about the future of librarianship that are still settling out.

Trouble Along the Way - John Wayne in a role that involves neither horses nor military uniforms. He never shoots anybody and I'm pretty sure he didn't even punch anybody. Plus he has to engage in witty fast paced dialog with Donna Reed and handled it pretty well. It is good to know that the eternal debate about why it is wrong to pay college football players was already going in 1953. Also, little Sherry Jackson (11 and tomboyish in this movie grew up to be hot in a Star Wars extra sort of way.

The Stranger - Orson Welles really was a genius. A wasted genius for the most part, but genius nonetheless.

Paper Heart - I shouldn't have liked this fake documentary but I did. It didn't really have a good way to end but everything up to that was pleasant.

Which Way Is Up? - Twice in this movie Richard Pryor is about to rape somebody. That's just the first sign of how unfunny the movie is.

Serpico - Serpico comes off as a little too angelic, but maybe that's how the real Serpico really was.

Klute - Yawn! I love Donald Sutherland, but that was painfully boring.

3894 · 06-13-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

À bout de souffle (aka Breathless) - 50th anniversary. I watch it because it is one of those films you're supposed to acknowledge is brilliant to show off how smart you are. I don't really see it, but I like to think I'm smart so I'll pretend it is brilliant.

Quel sacrilège, Alexandre. Next you'll be saying you don't worship the genius that is Jerry Lewis.

05-31-2010, 08:46 PM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Because of my weekend plans fell apart it ended up being a weekend of movies: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - The first half was actually a fair amount of fun but then it devolved into boring excess and I didn't care by the time it was over. Hai kikku gâru! - Aka High Kick Girl!. It is a thing that confuses me that the Japanese so generally suck at martial arts movies. Who'd think it would be hard for them to compete with Thailand. And this one is bad, not only because it lacks in much in the way of good choreography (and no story) but because almost every single sequence is repeated in slow motion. The movie was listed at about 75 minutes. Take out the slowmo repeats and it was probably only 17. À bout de souffle (aka Breathless) - 50th anniversary. I watch it because it is one of those films you're supposed to acknowledge is brilliant to show off how smart you are. I don't really see it, but I like to think I'm smart so I'll pretend it is brilliant. Shrek Forever After - Surprisingly dark movie with horrible messages. It goes all It's a Wonderful Life and shows what would have happened if Shrek had never rescued Fiona. One big flaw in that plan: the alternative seems better for both of them. Desk Set - Love computer movies from that brief window when computers existed but the word "computer" hadn't yet quite moved from being a reference to people to being a reference to machines (in common parlance). Katharine Hepburn is the hyper efficient librarian and Spencer Tracy is inventing AI that would still stress Google's plain language search algorithms. Fluffy fluff but actually unintentionally raised some real questions about the future of librarianship that are still settling out. Trouble Along the Way - John Wayne in a role that involves neither horses nor military uniforms. He never shoots anybody and I'm pretty sure he didn't even punch anybody. Plus he has to engage in witty fast paced dialog with Donna Reed and handled it pretty well. It is good to know that the eternal debate about why it is wrong to pay college football players was already going in 1953. Also, little Sherry Jackson (11 and tomboyish in this movie grew up to be hot in a Star Wars extra sort of way. The Stranger - Orson Welles really was a genius. A wasted genius for the most part, but genius nonetheless. Paper Heart - I shouldn't have liked this fake documentary but I did. It didn't really have a good way to end but everything up to that was pleasant. Which Way Is Up? - Twice in this movie Richard Pryor is about to rape somebody. That's just the first sign of how unfunny the movie is. Serpico - Serpico comes off as a little too angelic, but maybe that's how the real Serpico really was. Klute - Yawn! I love Donald Sutherland, but that was painfully boring.
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