The final month of summer movies which means are the least likely to suck…
August 3rd
The Bourne Ultimatum
Hot Rod
The Ten
August 10th
Stardust
August 14th
Superbad
The Invasion
August 31st
Halloween
Archive for July, 2007
Movies I’m Interested In Seeing: August
July 30, 2007Movie of the Week: The Simpsons Movie
July 28, 2007
Remember when The Simpsons were really funny all the time? Than Matt Groening and his fellow writers remembered too.
Not much else to say but that this movie was hilarious at least to me. I’d place this right behind Knocked Up for funniest movie of the summer.
Having been a fan of The Simpsons since The Tracey Ullman Show (yes, I just carbon-dated myself), this reminded me of a time when The Simpsons could be counted on for quality laughs.
Even Lisa wasn’t (completely) annoying.
Seriously, if you are over the age of 21 and you did not find this movie funny, I hope someone breaks into your tomb during the day and stakes you in the heart.
Ok, that was a bit much.
Kanye West’s "Can’t Tell Me Nothing"…Starring Zach Galifianakis
July 25, 2007
Directed by Michael Blieden
This is awesome
Wow
July 22, 2007
I won’t spoil it but this was the best book of the series. I finished it in two days (having a sprained ankle and limited mobility helped).
I PITY the person who has to turn this into a screenplay.
PITY
Movie of the Week Pt. II: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: An IMAX 3D Experience
July 14, 2007
How do you turn a 870 page book into a 138 minute movie? Very carefully.
The best way to describe what was determined to be left out of the movie form the book is this: describe the book in one paragraph (5-6 sentences). Mostly everything that was left out of that paragraph was left out of the movie. Little things were added for future reference (Grawp, Kreacher, lovelorn/jealous looks from a certain girl). And I’m okay with that. Why? Because they fixed the biggest problem I had with the book.
When I was going through my Potter book-a-thon last summer, this book was the hardest to get through. Not because the book was bad or anything but because Harry acted like a bitch for the entire book. I understand that Rowling was going for sullen teenager but he came across as a whiny, “woe is me” brat. Halfway through the book, I started to hate him. So credit to the screenwriter Michael Goldenberg and Daniel Radcliffe for making Harry’s attitude not as annoying and more understandable.
That said, I think they should have added the Quidditch scenes because this movie is devoid of fun and the “Weasley is Our King” scenes would have lightened the mood of this otherwise political thriller set in Hogwarts,
Imelda Staunton is the biggest standout as Dolores Umbridge. She pretty much takes over the movie. I just wish there were more scenes with her and the other British acting powerhouses in the film (Maggie Smith and Alan Rickman particularly).
The battle in the Department of Mysteries in IMAX 3D was amazing. It was a much better use of the technology than Superman Returns (the only other movie I saw in IMAX 3D). It is definitely worth the extra cash and if you are near one, you should definitely make the effort.
Movie of the Week Pt. I: Ratatouille
July 14, 2007
It was cute or at east as cute as a movie about a rat in contact in food can be.
Nothing spectacular but even an okay Pixar flick is better than most other anitmated features.
Patton Oswalt was doing a great Nathan Lane impression.
I was happy a) that the rats and humans couldn’t speak and b) that it ended the way it did. The ending is more “realistic” than I expect from a cartoon.
