Posted by Doug
Sat, 15 Jan 2005 03:59:00 GMT
I watched
Garden State tonight. I was really excited about this movie because it’s written and directed by
Zach Braff. I’ve enjoyed him on
“Scrubs” when I’ve seen it. I was expecting some of that same type humor and wit. I think
Garden State was witty, but it’s definitely not the same type humor as “Scrubs”. I really enjoyed watching the interaction between Zach’s character and his opposite,
Natalie Portman. I’m not sure I’d really recommend this film unless you’re the kind of person that likes off-beat movies.
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Posted by Doug
Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:29:00 GMT
I saw
Man on Fire probably a year ago on pay-per-view in a Cleveland hotel. We’ve actually rented this movie at least three times since Carla wanted to also see it. We’re both big
Denzel Washington fans. In my opinion he may be the best man on the screen right now. I’ve never seen a bad performance from him including this one. I said we’ve rented it several times and we have. However, last night was Carla’s first time to see it. Every other time we’ve rented it we’ve not had time to watch it before it was due back.
I wasn’t really sure how Carla would like this film. It is an intense action/revenge movie that’s usually not her style. She likes action films well enough, but certainly not the really gritty ones. She definitely doesn’t like films that don’t fit the Hollywood style of action (like
Braveheart). Before she’d watch this one she had to know, “Does the girl die?” No. She didn’t think to ask any other questions about the plot.
When I was getting ready to write my review of this film, I found
this review by Mike McGranaghan on
The Aisle Seat. He basically says everything I was going to. Overall I like the film. Given the opportunity I don’t think I’d turn down a chance to see a Denzel Washington movie. However, this is not one I can watch over and over (any more than “Braveheart” is).
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Posted by Doug
Wed, 30 Jun 2004 18:29:00 GMT
I’m really angry right now. I just tried to take my two boys to see
Spider-Man 2. I know the film is rated PG-13 for violence. I know my
boys are much younger than 13. However, they’ve also been advertising
the heck out of the film in all the kids channels; at least
Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network. They advertise all the junk to sell
at restaurants and such. At Wal-Mart there was a whole isle of
Spider-Man 2 toys. There’s Spider-Man 2 cereal. Before the movie
they actually advertised on the big screen Spider-Man 2 tooth-paste
and tooth-brush. “Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spider-Man.” That’s all my
kids hear.
The movie trailers I had seen looked intense. I was a little uneasy
taking the boys. However, they were so excited about seeing it. Josh
has literally been counting down the days. I almost
had to take
them. I suppose I could have refused. There’s no doubt Josh wouldn’t
have understood why I wouldn’t let him go.
Anyway, we went. The first thing that set me at unease was the movie
trailers. Every movie they advertised (while the preview was
“approved for all audiences”; they can’t possibly mean that) will no
doubt be rated R. One of them was yet another sequel to the “Chucky”
horror films! Another one was Spawn
III. Another Tom Cruise’s movie
where he’s a hitman taking a taxi ride to kill a bunch of people.
So the stage was set. Everything leading up to the film was bringing
the audience into a mood of violence and suspense. So now we have the
scene where Octavious has the arms attached to his back. The
experiment goes wrong. Octavious’ wife is killed by shards of glass
flying into her body in slow motion while she screams. Then the
doctors try to cut off the mechanical arms in surgery. It’s like a
scene right out of a horror flick. Chain saws, circular saws, non-stop
screaming, and these arms choking, dragging, throwing, and killing
everyone in the room.
My son lost it. We left. He’s angry that he couldn’t see the rest of
the film (even though we left with him crying almost uncontrollably).
I’m angry that this is what the film industry has come down to.
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