X-Men Origins: Wolverine isn’t really that great of a movie. It doesn’t stink like X-Men 3, but it doesn’t rock like X-Men 1 & 2. The movie has a number of completely superfluous characters who, if you removed them from the movie, wouldn’t change the plot one bit, Gambit and The Blob being the most …
Category: movies
Mar 31
Review: Monsters vs. Aliens
A better title might be Dan vs. Sheer Boredom. Guess who wins? Monsters vs. Aliens is an overlong slapstick and booger joke with no character development, no emotion, and few laughs. I saw it for free and I still got ripped off. However, to be truthful, it is funnier than getting cancer. Probably.
Jan 19
Review: Worst movie I saw in 2008
I have found that it is certainly much easier to write a list than to actually try to assemble words into sentences and sentences into words, so on that note: The Top Ten Six Reasons why M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening Is Terrible (contains spoilers, but they aren’t as spoily as watching this movie) Zooey …
Jan 01
Review: Fireproof
When I made my previous post of Best Movies of the Year, somehow I forgot one: Fireproof. Fireproof is a Christian movie about a couple on the verge of divorce. It was made by the same guys who made Facing the Giants, and unlike a lot of Christian movies, has decent production values. The directors …
Dec 19
Review: Best Movies I Saw This Year
Iron Man and Kung Fu Panda, in that order. I won’t belabor this point with extensive reviews, first, because lots of people already have, and second, if you don’t want to see them you don’t deserve to see them. Iron Man is a good, fun movie. The protagonist shows a lot of character development (sort …
Dec 18
Review: Jumper
I was kind of apprehensive about seeing Jumper, as it starred Hayden Christensen, whom I despised from the Star Wars prequels. However, my brother, who generally has good taste in movies, liked it alot and after much cajoling convinced me to see it. This was the second worst movie I saw this year. The main turd-in-the-Coke …
