at the theater -- Hitch Pretty good chick flick. Typical Will Smith character, but he's funny and there's some good stuff. Never win an academy award, but fun. Worth a matinee anyway.
DVD Friday Night Lights -- ok, but I was disappointed. Did a pretty good job of capturing the nutiness that can be Texas high school football. Thought it flew kind of high over the situation overall though. And didn't really find the game action compelling. Not knowing whether they won or lost the last game, though, they did keep me guessing a bit (I did start to wonder if it was going to be the famous game where a team scored 3 TDs in the last couple of minutes to take the lead, then had the other team run the kickoff back on the last play of the game)
Napoleon Dynamite -- watched this on the recommendation of some of my students. Dumb, but moments of absolute hilarity. There were about four scenes that had me laughing very hard, but the basic story feels like a Saturday Night Live sketch gone way wrong.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow -- possibly the most overrated thing I've seen in a while. Poor writing. Worse acting. Interesting look, but really just video gimmicks.
Troy -- better than I expected, but I wasn't expecting much. A couple of really good scenes. You have the feeling they just tried a little too hard, though.
And has thou slain the Jabberwock, marty mcmahone?
Napoleon Dynamite -- watched this on the recommendation of some of my> students. Dumb, but moments of absolute hilarity. There were about four> scenes that had me laughing very hard, but the basic story feels like a> Saturday Night Live sketch gone way wrong.>
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow -- possibly the most overrated thing> I've seen in a while. Poor writing. Worse acting. Interesting look, but> really just video gimmicks.
I had nearly identical reactions to both of these movies.
I was incredibly disappointed in Sky Captain. There was so much potential there, but it just felt like an American high school kid was trying to imitate a Miyazaki movie and failing miserably. The plot and the overall visual look were great, I thought, but you're absolutely right about the script and the acting.
-- Daniel Seriff
Please pardon my sudden interruption. I am the voice of Hanage's heart.
marty mcmahone wrote:> Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow -- possibly the most overrated thing> I've seen in a while. Poor writing. Worse acting. Interesting look, but> really just video gimmicks.
overrated? who the hell was saying it was any goodt?
the main problem with SKY CAPTAIN was that it was obviously an homage to all those old serials, but unfortunatley, if all you do is use stuff from the serials and don't add anything new of your own, then all you get is something that is so trite and derivative.
Troy -- better than I expected, but I wasn't expecting much. A
couple of> really good scenes. You have the feeling they just tried a little too hard,> though.>
Marty McMahone 25 March 2005 08:01:38 [ permanent link ]
"Ed Kim" <evilninjax@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1111681314.511385.13010@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...>
marty mcmahone wrote:> > Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow -- possibly the most overrated> thing> > I've seen in a while. Poor writing. Worse acting. Interesting> look, but> > really just video gimmicks.>
overrated? who the hell was saying it was any goodt?
now that you mention it, after I watched it, I went back and noticed that it was a split decision from the critics. They either really liked it or really hated it. I'd just seen a few that really liked it beforehand I guess.
marty mcmahone wrote:> "Ed Kim" <evilninjax@gmail.com> wrote in message> news:1111681314.511385.13010@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...>>
marty mcmahone wrote:>>> Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow -- possibly the most>>> overrated thing I've seen in a while. Poor writing. Worse acting.>>> Interesting>> look, but>>> really just video gimmicks.>>
overrated? who the hell was saying it was any goodt? >
now that you mention it, after I watched it, I went back and noticed> that it was a split decision from the critics. They either really> liked it or really hated it. I'd just seen a few that really liked> it beforehand I guess.>
Marty
We liked it for that retro design/art and the cool robots. The acting - blah, but I really need one of those killler robots.
Ed Kim wrote:> Cornhuskeress wrote:>> marty mcmahone wrote:>>> "Ed Kim" <evilninjax@gmail.com> wrote in message>>> news:1111681314.511385.13010@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...>>>>
marty mcmahone wrote:>>>>> Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow -- possibly the most>>>>> overrated thing I've seen in a while. Poor writing. Worse>>>>> acting. Interesting>>>> look, but>>>>> really just video gimmicks.>>>>
overrated? who the hell was saying it was any goodt? >>>
now that you mention it, after I watched it, I went back and noticed>>> that it was a split decision from the critics. They either really>>> liked it or really hated it. I'd just seen a few that really liked>>> it beforehand I guess.>>>
Marty>>
We liked it for that retro design/art and the cool robots. The>> acting - blah, but I really need one of those killler robots.>
"Ed Kim" <evilninjax@gmail.com> wrote in message>>>>news:1111681314.511385.13010@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...>>>>
marty mcmahone wrote:>>>>>
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow -- possibly the most>>>>>>overrated thing I've seen in a while. Poor writing. Worse>>>>>>acting. Interesting>>>>>>
look, but>>>>>
really just video gimmicks.>>>>>>
overrated? who the hell was saying it was any goodt? >>>>>
now that you mention it, after I watched it, I went back and noticed>>>>that it was a split decision from the critics. They either really>>>>liked it or really hated it. I'd just seen a few that really liked>>>>it beforehand I guess.>>>>
Marty>>>>
We liked it for that retro design/art and the cool robots. The>>>acting - blah, but I really need one of those killler robots.>>>
I have not seen that, but if there are cool killer robots, I will look for >it.>
We watched Sky Captain the other night -- on demand. It was mildly funny. Everything about it was sepia including the laughs. Not the worst movie ever made. I'm glad I didn't watch it in the theater.
Ed Kim wrote:>> Cornhuskeress wrote:>>> marty mcmahone wrote:>>>> "Ed Kim" <evilninjax@gmail.com> wrote in message>>>> news:1111681314.511385.13010@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...>>>>>
marty mcmahone wrote:>>>>>> Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow -- possibly the most>>>>>> overrated thing I've seen in a while. Poor writing. Worse>>>>>> acting. Interesting>>>>> look, but>>>>>> really just video gimmicks.>>>>>
overrated? who the hell was saying it was any goodt? >>>>
now that you mention it, after I watched it, I went back and noticed>>>> that it was a split decision from the critics. They either really>>>> liked it or really hated it. I'd just seen a few that really liked>>>> it beforehand I guess.>>>
We liked it for that retro design/art and the cool robots. The>>> acting - blah, but I really need one of those killler robots.>>
Daniel Seriff wrote:> And has thou slain the Jabberwock, Cornhuskeress?>
Ed Kim wrote:>>> Cornhuskeress wrote:>>>> marty mcmahone wrote:>>>>> "Ed Kim" <evilninjax@gmail.com> wrote in message>>>>> news:1111681314.511385.13010@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...>>>>>>
marty mcmahone wrote:>>>>>>> Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow -- possibly the most>>>>>>> overrated thing I've seen in a while. Poor writing. Worse>>>>>>> acting. Interesting>>>>>> look, but>>>>>>> really just video gimmicks.>>>>>>
overrated? who the hell was saying it was any goodt? >>>>>
now that you mention it, after I watched it, I went back and>>>>> noticed that it was a split decision from the critics. They>>>>> either really liked it or really hated it. I'd just seen a few>>>>> that really liked it beforehand I guess.>>>>
We liked it for that retro design/art and the cool robots. The>>>> acting - blah, but I really need one of those killler robots.>>>
I have not seen that, but if there are cool killer robots, I will>> look for it.>
Castle in the Sky is one of my favorite animated films. Like> everything Miyazaki does, it's beautiful, fantastical and slightly> confusing.>
Sky Captain really looked like someone was trying to imitate it.
I will have to check it out then. My latest movie acquisition is an odd one. "The Man Who Laughs". It is a 1928 silent film with Mary Philbin and Conrad Veidt. It is pretty good, actually.
