Archive for February 5th, 2010

The Holiday

February 5, 2010 - 7:04 pm No Comments

Writer-director Nancy Meyers proved he knew what women want 2000 with the hit of the same name, and satisfied the most underserved female audience with Something s Gotta Give. Now it s throwing the Christmas market for Chick Flick, with a holiday romantic comedy that actually makes love look positively gritty. Beautiful, rich, workaholic Amanda (Cameron Diaz) has just expel cheating boyfriend (Ed Burns) of his palatial mansion and fantasies of a scene change.

Like, for example, a snow-covered cottage, Surrey, where love Iris (Kate Winslet) pines rogue colleague (Rufus Sewell) who might still be dating her if it was t used to another person. A few clicks on a holiday later exchange website, and Iris is rapidly explore their new spacious Cali, while Amanda looks curiously at his bathroom plumbing picturesque. Love comes, as it must, in the form of Iris drunken brother Graham (Law), who hopes his sister s crash pad and instead finds a slutty goddess who thinks that foreplay is overrated.

More in Los Angeles, the film composer Miles (Black) takes off with Iris. Since this is a movie, they place barriers in the way of both novels, not just the ticking of the clock to break the two pairs of separation after two weeks. If all of Long Island-Something s Gotta Give is a slice of pure porn Hamptons, then this is Hollywood and porn porn English countryside: the rustic charm and luxury living in Los Angeles, all wrapped in a great arc, Christmas red.

Meyers takes delight in the consumption of each detailof brilliant high level, the big screen incarnation of the magazine Elle Decoration. A new strain development is unlikely to know inside-joke about the film’s narrative. Iris should be the protagonist of her story, she said, s at one point, but she s stuck playing the best friend.

Amanda hallucinates his own history as a series of corny movie trailers. These flowers won t be giving Charlie Kaufman any sleepless nights, but not the film a fun, smart glow. We could, however, have no preaching Meyers acknowledge the falsity of modern film production and distribution (yes, really), but also from nostalgia for more innocent times Hollywood.

Let s face, The Holiday is a comedy package linked gilt borders and out emotion cleverly marketed relentlessly in its target demographic of women over 25. Who, in other words, are you kidding?

Be an appreciative audience for this great chick flick. But it might be you.

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Hulk

February 5, 2010 - 3:39 pm No Comments

These are two different movies in conflict with each other.It is an attempt by a psychodrama about a scientist who experiences in himself and passes on his mutant genes to their child when angry became the Hulk and the devastating effect that this has on his girlfriend. The script and direction is slow and heavy, and never at any time life.When Hulk reaches manifests in children who are s, the territory of cartoons, I find it hard to believe that any fan of the comic this movie would seriously . A few clever special effects can not even begin to save this disaster.

The movie ends leaving open the possibility of a sequel, God forbid!

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The Chronicles Of Riddick

February 5, 2010 - 9:38 am No Comments

We only have this because our list was a bit low rent, and did it in a quiet Wednesday night, she slept on the couch and faced with a choice of seeing this or some clueless, chubby housewife learn to peel vegetables on Channel 4, “The Chronicles of Riddick” found its way onto my screen. And, surprisingly, is actually quite good! It is the sequel to Pitch Black, and anyone who has seen it will have a better idea than me what the hell is going on. But no matter: mostly Vin Diesel is vying for the vacant position Arnie Musclebound time hero, and the film is configured as a set of pieces SEIES to support this.

Poor Judy Dench seems to have taken a wrong turn en route to the National Theater, but all other hams up reasonably well and, as action without meaning, not bad all.PS Did anyone tape the chubby housewife? I wondered how this was with carrots.

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Where The Truth Lies

February 5, 2010 - 6:57 am No Comments

I found this a puzzling film. Basically, it was a good argument in his right hand, but the director seems to have taken the wrong way, or possibly just lost his way.

The narrative style in almost ruins any depth or character development an opportunity for serious acting.Even Kevin Bacon, who always makes a good performance, seemed uncomfortable. The least said about the casting of Colin Firth as drug, alcohol drinkers, orgy-loving and generally corrupt other half of the team, the better.

Whose idea was that, I wonder? Women were better, but it had no jurisdiction. Overall, a pretty disappointing effort.

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Poseidon

February 5, 2010 - 2:55 am No Comments

I thought so many problems with this movie … I would give special effects and action of 10 to 3. If you think about this movie many pages of the lines of the main characters do not have? I doubt every main character had more than 2 pages of lines.

This film was made because the director was like a kid in a toy store. I was playing with all the special effects that occurred to him. The special effects I had to see this movie, but a lot of good actors are wasted in this film.

It could have unknowns, like the movie ‘Flight 93′. I was also surprised how much time people were holding their breath under water.

One thing is holding her breath underwater for a long time, but when you’re in a stressful situation the amount of time they can hold their breath under water is greatly reduced.

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