40Cent @ the movies

[mirth]

Thor: The Dark World

I've already given a review in the Thor movie thread.  So I will summarize by saying:

- better than the original Thor
- 94% as epic as The Avengers
- a bit corny at first, but eventually hits its stride
- worth the price of admission
- I really enjoyed it

34/40

Saw it this weekend. It was better than the first. Tom Hiddleston stole the show. I still don't know why Natalie Portman is in this franchise. She is not a good fit and really drags down both films imho.

Kat Dennings was hilarious and she stole her scenes almost as much as Hiddleston did his.

Agree with 40s score of 34/40.

[Centurion40]

The Mrs dragged me to Delivery Man yesterday.  I was a bit Vince Vaughn-ed out too, after she rented The Internship (the boring Vince Vaughn-Owen Wilson buddy flick where washed-up salesman scam internships at Google) on the weekend.  So I was braced for an apathetic meh-fest, possibly with a couple of grins (maybe one chuckle, if I'm lucky) with Delivery Man.

I have to admit that the first hour of the movie was as painful as expected.  Vaughn plays the 30-something cliched lovable loser of a family.  The family business keeps him employed, even though he is incompetent and unreliable.  He also has a hot girlfriend (Agent Hill) who is tiring of his antics.  How many times has this kind of character been in film?  And Vaughn, as always, basically plays it the same way as he does in every movie... the smarmy, fast-talking smart-ass.  I couldn't give a shit about his character, let alone care how the story played out. But somewhere around the last 40 minutes of the film, I did start to give a shit and the film became somewhat poignant... even touching.

The Mrs loved it.  I thought that it was still "meh", just a bit less "meh" than I was braced for.  There were no laughs, none.  But at the end it was, somewhat touching.

21 out of 40

[Centurion40]

Thor: The Dark World

I've already given a review in the Thor movie thread.  So I will summarize by saying:

- better than the original Thor
- 94% as epic as The Avengers
- a bit corny at first, but eventually hits its stride
- worth the price of admission
- I really enjoyed it

34/40

Saw it this weekend. It was better than the first. Tom Hiddleston stole the show. I still don't know why Natalie Portman is in this franchise. She is not a good fit and really drags down both films imho.

Kat Dennings was hilarious and she stole her scenes almost as much as Hiddleston did his.

Agree with 40s score of 34/40.

Yeah, Portman's role could have been played by anyone.  I totally agree about Dennings and Hiddleston too!

[BanzaiCat]

The Mrs dragged me to Delivery Man yesterday. 
21 out of 40

I'll never go out of my way to see Vince Vaughn in anything. He's in the same category as Keanu Reeves and Nick Cage in that he plays the same damn thing in EVERY movie he has ever done. Plus, I've heard that IRL he's something of an asshole, too.

[Centurion40]

The Mrs dragged me to Delivery Man yesterday. 
21 out of 40

I'll never go out of my way to see Vince Vaughn in anything. He's in the same category as Keanu Reeves and Nick Cage in that he plays the same damn thing in EVERY movie he has ever done. Plus, I've heard that IRL he's something of an asshole, too.

Ha!

When we rented the Internship, a video store clerk was assisting the Mrs.  He said that if you've seen Wedding Crashers, you'll probably like the Internship.  So I asked him "Have you seen the Internship?"  He said "No, I can't stand Vince Vaughn!"  ;D

I have to say that I loved Wedding Crashers and I'd even recommend it to Vince Vaughn haters, in the same way that I recommend Talladega Nights to Will Ferrell haters.

[BanzaiCat]

I like Will a lot, but it took me a try or two to get into Talladega Nights. Same with, I hate to say it, Anchorman. But once I did, I was glad I did.

I have to say that Owen Wilson is getting into that same category of not-actors. But as long as people spend millions to see these campy, same-plot-as-the-last crap-fests, the studios will keep crankin' them out.

The only movie I really liked Owen Wilson in was Zoolander - I think he was born to play that hippy-model dude.

[Centurion40]

I couldn't stand Will Ferrell until Talladega Nights, which I loved.  That movie allowed me to enjoy Anchorman, which I previous shut-out because of my disdain for Ferrell.

Wilson, I can take or leave.  He's a theatrical non-entity to me.  Like you said, same character in every movie.

I couldn't sit through Zoolander.  I've yet to see it start-to-finish.

[BanzaiCat]

I couldn't stand Will Ferrell until Talladega Nights, which I loved.  That movie allowed me to enjoy Anchorman, which I previous shut-out because of my disdain for Ferrell.

Wilson, I can take or leave.  He's a theatrical non-entity to me.  Like you said, same character in every movie.

I couldn't sit through Zoolander.  I've yet to see it start-to-finish.

Try Stranger Than Fiction for a very strange yet satisfying Will Ferrell movie.

Zoolander, well, you have to not take it too seriously, but I can see how it wouldn't be appealing. I loved Movie 43, so what do I know.  8)

[Centurion40]

Saw Stranger Than Fiction.  Not bad at all.

Point taken on Movie 43.

[Martok]

Most Will Farrell films I can skip, but I love Stranger Than Fiction.  It's actually one of my favorite movies (it's in my top 25 for sure, probably even top 10). 

Another Farrell movie that I don't truly "like", but is more of an occasional guilty pleasure, is Night at the Roxbury.  It's one of those "so bad, it's good" kinda flicks, rather like Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. 


I agree Vaughn and Wilson are extremely "meh".  The only Vaughn film I've ever enjoyed is Dodgeball, and the only Owen Wilson film I've ever liked was Shanghai Noon...and that was mostly in spite of his performance, NOT because of it. 

[mirth]

It's one of those "so bad, it's good" kinda flicks, rather like Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. 

There is nothing good about ST V. It is bad bad.

[BanzaiCat]

It's one of those "so bad, it's good" kinda flicks, rather like Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. 

There is nothing good about ST V. It is bad bad.

I have to echo this. It was clearly the worst film in the franchise. Two was my favorite, followed by four, six, one, then three. Five's not even on my list, unfortunately.

[Martok]

The Final Frontier is unbelievably cheesy, campy, dumb, etc....but it still has at least a couple scenes that partially redeem it (and make it worth watching for some). 

In contrast, The Motion Picture and Nemesis lack any redeeming qualities whatsoever.  It's utterly tragic that the first and last Star Trek films were also the worst ones. 

[BanzaiCat]

I loved TNG, but there was something off about all of their movies. They didn't feel epic as they should have; instead they were basically two-hour TV episodes.

I did somewhat like First Contact, but that's the only TNG movie I've re-watched.

[undercovergeek]

It's one of those "so bad, it's good" kinda flicks, rather like Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. 

There is nothing good about ST V. It is bad bad.

I have to echo this. It was clearly the worst film in the franchise. Two was my favorite, followed by four, six, one, then three. Five's not even on my list, unfortunately.

III was on in the UK last night - Christopher Lloyd as a Klingon  :o