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Movie reviews
I’ve watched a lot of movies in the past couple weeks (in my opinion.) Some of them were new, some older. Here’s what I thought of them.
Since I’ve never done this before, here’s my legend:
0 - This ain’t heaven!
0.5 - Am I dead yet?
1 - Snore
1.5 - Yawn
2 - Microsleeps
2.5 - Eyes twitching
3 - It’s alright
3.5 - Good
4 - Really good
4.5 - Edge of the seat
5 - Top notch!
That’s out of the way, let’s begin:
I Am Legend, 3.5/5
This movie kept me jumping, but other than not following the book at all, it had one other problem for me. The closure was too fast. Neville meets Anna and child, they stay at Neville’s house for a while, Neville sacrifices himself for the greater good, end. All in about 25 minutes.
Sweeney Todd, 3/5
If you like musicals, which I do, then this was a good musical. It’s a very gory musical too, which is interesting and different. It failed to capture my attention the entire time though and I found myself looking around the theater a few times. The music was well done, and Johnny Depp didn’t do a bad job at singing. His monotonous singing felt true to the mood. Unfortunately, it also felt a bit boring because of that. It was a good Tragedy though, but probably better on Broadway (which I’ve not seen.)
I Am David, 5/5
Another book turned movie, this is the story of a boy caught up in a Communist concentration camp in Bulgaria. He escapes and travels across Europe to get to Copenhagen. He’s very mistrusting of everybody given what he’s been through. He meets some good people on his journey which teach him to smile, trust, and love. Of course, he also meets some bad people who may or may not be trying to help him. One of them was hard to pin down exactly.
Ratatuoille, 5/5
A most excellent Pixar film. I watched this for the first time last night and I loved it. I’m sure most people have seen or heard of it already so I’ll spare the details. The animated short, Lifted, was entertaining also. In the DVD version there is another short, “Your Friend, The Rat”. Remy and Emile explain rat history to humankind. It was also entertaining and informing whether all of it was true or not, but some of it certainly was.
Stardust, 4/5
A fantasy movie about a man who goes off on a trek to bring a fallen star back to his love. He falls in the love with the star, who is a person in the magical realm and only a rock in the mundane human realm, and there you have it. Robert De Niro in a dress was hilarious as well of course and probably worth the entire price of renting the DVD, possibly also buying it.
That’s it for this round.