“As far as midrash is concerned, Noah is the midrashiest midrash that ever was midrashed.” –Denny Burk from his review of Russell Crowe’s Noah, via Challies.com
Tag: bad movies
Feb 23
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D
So I was doing some research for another post and I stumbled across this: You can read about it here.
Jul 29
So I Watched a Boring Movie
Before my wife met me she had gone on a date with some dude, no doubt neither as smart or handsome as me, and they went to see Mike Myers’s So I Married an Axe Murderer. She said it was so boring that she fell asleep. Years later when I started my current job, Jimmy …
Mar 26
Review: Ladyhawke
Heather and I both remember loving this movie, and we rented so we could watch it with the girls. It was not the best around. The movie was directed by Richard Donner (Superman, The Goonies), so I was expecting better. Matthew Broderick is the only great part about the movie: he is totally natural and …
Mar 17
Review: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (movie)
I saw this movie before I had read the book. In fact, I had barely even heard of the book. So I had no expectations going into it, either good or bad. It wasn’t very good. The very first conversation in the movie already seems out of place–stating a situation that already seems to defy …
Mar 16
Review: Alice in Wonderland (movie)
The new Alice in Wonderland movie is not terrible, but it is not that great either. The basic premise is that 13 years after her original adventures, as recorded by Lewis Carroll, Alice falls down a rabbit hole and returns to Wonderland, finding it a much darker place, and must fight to save it from …
Feb 02
Review: Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Unfortunately, yes. Heather and I went out on a date Saturday afternoon and saw the aforementioned romcom. It was not that great. The premise is that native New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan (Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker) are a couple that have been separated for three months. Paul is trying to make up …
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