Disappointments:
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Viewed: VoD
If this wasn’t a different title I could have lumped it together with Observer & Report because they’re nearly the same damn movie and they both sucked. Although, there were a few more laughs here.
Push
Viewed: VoD
The trailers looked good for this one, but it felt flat. It started out strong, but once the main group got together if slowly fell apart. It was like watching a marriage between The Matrix and X-Men through greasy lenses.
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li
Viewed: Blu-ray
Where to start? The best part of this film is when Kristen Kruek does her little dance with that other chick. I’ve forgotten the rest of it.
Watchmen
Viewed: Partial threatrical / Full viewing on Blu-ray
Perhaps I should explain the partial viewing. I was at the theatre on opening night when I received a phone call about one hour into the viewing saying my father-in-law was just taken to the hospital. He died about 30-minutes after I got home and sent my wife up to the hospital.
Once I sat down to watch it on Blu-ray I didn’t expect to watch a movie that didn’t have a pulse. It wasn’t a terrible movie but it had no high or lows. I loved the graphic novel, but found myself bored for the whole viewing.
Observe & Report
Viewed: Blu-ray
This movie didn’t know what it wanted to be and just ended up being plain bad. I’ve really got nothing else to say.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Viewing: Theatre
Let me set this on the table. Since I was young Wovlerine was my favourite X-Men. I was stoked when Fox announced this. However, I didn’t expect them to use a script they continuously wiped their asses with. With each viewing (yes I’ve watched it more than once) it infuriates me more and more.
Grrrrr. arrrg!
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Viewing: Blu-ray
WTF was Michael Bay thinking. Listen, I know he made a crap load of cash, but this movie made the first look like the greatest film ever made. I’m so glad I didn’t waste money seeing it in the theatres.
Public Enemies
Viewing: DVD
For the first two thirds of Public Enemies it feels as though Michael Mann left large chunks of the script at home during the shoot. It felt incomplete. After the major shootout sequence the movie pulled itself together and was a solid ending to what was shaping up to be a disaster.
Extract
Viewing: Blu-ray
I was extremely bored watching this. The jokes just weren’t there for me. Sorry Mike Judge, but I’ll stick with repeat viewings of Office Space.
A Christmas Carol
Viewing: Theatre
I’m a Jim Carrey fan. Especially in movies that allow him to use his body as part of the comedy like The Grinch. I’ve also enjoyed the movies that Robert Zemeckis has made using performance capture despite the empty eyes, but this movie left me wanting more. Give me Mickey’s Christmas Carol any day of this one.
