Lacey and I have watched 3 movies on 3 consecutive nights. That has to be some sort of record for us in the past year or so. Normally we've got baby stuff, or pregnancy stuff, or school stuff, or tiredness, or TV shows (either live or on DVD), or events, or some combination of those things. But it has been nice to play a little catch-up with some of the movies we've missed lately. We rented 2 sucky ones (although for different reasons) and 1 pretty good flick. I'll go in order from least to greatest.
1.The Ex - I rented this because it has Zach Braff and we love him. Also, I like Jason Bateman, and think he's hilarious, although Lacey disagrees. Anyway, this movie totally blew. It was funny in like 2 places, but mostly just maddening and frustrating. There was a satisfying ending, but that didn't make up for the crap they put you through. Braff was fine, but sheesh, this movie was TERRIBLE. I would have shut it off, but I was in so deep, I HAD to see the "villain" get his due. What a horrible reason to keep watching a crappy movie.
2.Blades of Glory - If it isn't obvious why I got this, then you obviously don't know me, or have no clue who is in this movie. And I will say that I enjoyed it, and laughed a good deal, but it was mostly because I was shocked, and because Will Ferrell is perhaps the funniest person on the planet. Lacey hated this one, and I don't blame her - it was "terrible". But not terrible in the same way The Ex is terrible. This is a movie that I found myself saying over and over "Oh, that's just terrible" - meaning "wrong". The Sports Illustrated cover with John Heder and Ferrell on it about halfway through the movie described everything perfectly. It read "WHAT THE HELL?"
3.Fracture - Easily the best of the bunch, not that it's hard with this bunch. I definitely liked this movie, and it was very well done, for the most part. It looked great, was very stylish, and got excellent performances from the leads: Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling. It did a good job of making you as frustrated as Gosling's character, and then resolved itself well. The only section of this I had a problem with was Gosling's love interest at the swanky law firm he got a job at. It is not explained, is extremely forced, and, if anything, holds the plot BACK, rather than advancing it. There was no reason for it, and it was retarded. So, bottom line, good not great. This year seems to have that theme (with a couple of exceptions, Transformers being a notable one), as opposed to last year when SO MANY outstanding movies were released. I've been underwhelmed in 2007, to say the least.
Posted by jmmelton at October 4, 2007 09:58 AM | TrackBack