8. The Inbetweeners Movie
A British American Pie (would that be like fucking warm steak and kidney pie?) except funny. The television series was fun and I did enjoy the movie as well.
3 1/2 of 5
7. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
If only Draco Malfoy would’ve been nice to the apes they may never have enslaved us all.
4 of 5
5. Moneyball
I really loved this movie. It may move into the pre-Opening Day rotation. There were a couple of sappy moments that took away from the film in my mind (the scenes with his daughter) but I really enjoyed everything else. Of course, there is the changing of timelines to suit the story (Jeremy Giambi was actually a member of the team prior to when the film shows him to be acquired) and little details that only a fan of baseball or the team would realize.
4 1/2 of 5.
4. Transformers 3
I could only make it through about half of this movie. I have no idea what was going on or why I even was supposed to care.
1 of 5
3. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Definitely not as fun as the first one. I felt like they relied too much on SLOWED DOWN ACTION SHOTS and they just got boring. If used sparingly, it could’ve been more effective.
I didn’t feel like Noomi Rapace added anything to the movie. It was basically just a “let’s get some foreign ‘it girl’ to be the new Holme’s girl.”
3 of 5.
2. I once jokingly called Footloose the second best movie I had ever seen behind the Godfather. This led to a long running joke that involved a couple of webcomics (sadly, lost. RIP Pseudoninja.), countless reenactments, and lots of references to angry smoking and/or dancing. The truth is, I actually do like the movie just not as much as the jokes let on.
A few observations:
- Dianne Wiest (who played Ariel’s mom) was 36 when she filmed this. It made me feel incredibly old.
- When I saw this at the theatre at 7 years old, I thought it was about the town next to me. Never mind that I lived in coastal east Texas and there were mountains and shit in the background.
- Ren’s uncle’s name was Burlington Cranston. I have my new alias.
- During the dance, at the rate the glitter was falling, they would’ve been at least two inches deep at the end of the last dance to Footloose.
- Ariel behaves a lot like my 10 month old son. Sometimes she just screams for seemingly no reason.
- The poster is very literal. The music IS on his side (in the form of a Walkman).
4 out of 5
1. Kristin and I decided to watch this today after Jana pointed out the Sally is three years younger than us in this movie.
3 1/2 of 5
