My Rating:
1 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes
Showing posts with label Comedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Comedy. Show all posts
Dec 8, 2009
Bagheads
Bagheads is an indie film where a group of 4 people with unrequited relationships go into a cabin to write a film that will propel them to stardom. What follows is a long period of awkward and boring film with a conclusion as disappointing as the character development. Don't waste your time.
My Rating:
1 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes
My Rating:
1 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes
Election
Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick star in the tale of an ambitious high school students, a washed-up high school civics teacher, and the class president election. Funny movie with each character performing their roles well, the movie flows nicely, and the ending resolves well.
It is for these reasons that I am giving this movie my first five rating. Please note, however, that I find it necessary to use different standards for evaluating comedies and dramas, and so you may find that while this movie would not be called great in the classical sense, it has all the ingredients of a great comedy.
My Rating:
5 Arbitrary Shapes
It is for these reasons that I am giving this movie my first five rating. Please note, however, that I find it necessary to use different standards for evaluating comedies and dramas, and so you may find that while this movie would not be called great in the classical sense, it has all the ingredients of a great comedy.
My Rating:
5 Arbitrary Shapes
Inglourious Basterds
If you haven't seen Inglourious Basterds, then you are not any of the following: a Quentin Tarantino fan, someone who enjoys excessively violent movies, or someone who likes the idea of Brad Pitt in a f'awesome mustache. Funny, but slow at parts, and too much protagonist death for my tastes.
If I were to describe this movie in two words, they would be "Godwin's Law".
My Rating:
4 Arbitrary Shapes
If I were to describe this movie in two words, they would be "Godwin's Law".
My Rating:
4 Arbitrary Shapes
Dec 6, 2009
The Assassination Bureau
A charming and delightful picture in which a female, feminist, aspiring reporter hires a company that assassinates people to kill their own leader. What follows is a series of escapades in which many people die in the most amusing of fashions during the period preceding WW1.
See it or get assassinated.
My rating:
4 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes
See it or get assassinated.
My rating:
4 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes
Nov 24, 2009
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
John Krasinski's directoral debut is much like John Krasinski's acting- muted. Krasinki gained fame for his role on The Office where he basically plays the straight man to the wackiness of many of the other characters in the show. Signature to this is where some other character says something crazy and Krasinkski looks at the camera as though to tell the viewing audience that he's aware how crazy it all is.
My Rating:
2 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes
While this technique works for Krasinski in the Office and in his film Away We Go, Brief Interviews suffers from it. While the movie is not devoid of funny moments, all the characters are straight men, so to speak, and without the existence of wacky characters to counterbalance them, the characters fail to inspire the humor for which the movie clearly strives and ends up dull and non-conclusive.
My Rating:
2 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes
Nov 19, 2009
Julie And Julia
A delightful picture with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams that parallels the story of Julia Styles writing the Joy of Cooking and a bureaucrat in 2002 blogging about cooking every recipe in the Joy of Cooking in one year. Overall, a very light and enjoyable movie, punctuated by some strife, some unnecessary scenes, and a little too much talk about blogging.
My Rating:
4 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes
My Rating:
4 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes
Nov 8, 2009
The Crimson Pirate
If I could describe this movie in no more than two words, those words would be "flamboyant pants."
Unfortunately, this was the only picture I could find, but rest assured that the variety and bizarreness of pants in The Crimson Pirate rival even some movies based around pants.
Also of note was the realistic physics(Dropping a wooden blackjack/dildo on someone's head will in fact knock them out), the absurd acrobatics (Did you know that all pirates can do back flips?), and the chance to look at Burt Lancaster's chest for 105 minutes straight.
Predictable, but still entertaining.
My Rating:
3 Arbitrary Shapes.
Unfortunately, this was the only picture I could find, but rest assured that the variety and bizarreness of pants in The Crimson Pirate rival even some movies based around pants.
Also of note was the realistic physics(Dropping a wooden blackjack/dildo on someone's head will in fact knock them out), the absurd acrobatics (Did you know that all pirates can do back flips?), and the chance to look at Burt Lancaster's chest for 105 minutes straight.
Predictable, but still entertaining.
My Rating:
3 Arbitrary Shapes.
Nov 2, 2009
Oct 28, 2009
The Invention of Lying
The Invention of Lying is a Ricky Gervais movie with Jennifer Garner set in an alternate universe where the human race has never evolved the ability to lie. Then a local loser spontaneously evolves the ability to lie and uses this to amass personal gain and become Jesus.
Ignoring the obvious scientific inaccuracies and the fact that the inability to lie makes a world with no religion and no normative statements, the movie was on a whole a disappointment. I've never been a fan of Ricky Gervais's work, and now that I've actually seen one of his movies, my dislike has been justified. Even the idea behind the movie is childish and its execution left me feeling that the more interesting aspects were covered only briefly while I had to sit through watching Gervais act like a loser.
Still, it was mildly entertaining at points.
My Rating:
2 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes
Ignoring the obvious scientific inaccuracies and the fact that the inability to lie makes a world with no religion and no normative statements, the movie was on a whole a disappointment. I've never been a fan of Ricky Gervais's work, and now that I've actually seen one of his movies, my dislike has been justified. Even the idea behind the movie is childish and its execution left me feeling that the more interesting aspects were covered only briefly while I had to sit through watching Gervais act like a loser.
Still, it was mildly entertaining at points.
My Rating:
2 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes
Oct 24, 2009
Doctor Detroit
Doctor Detroit is a comedy starring Dan Aykroyd as a geeky comparative literature associate professor who finds himself battling a mob boss to protect prostitutes by assuming the guise of Dr. Detroit. I laughed aloud many times, and Akykroyd gives a wonderful performance. See it.
My Rating:
4.5 Arbitrary Shapes
My Rating:
4.5 Arbitrary Shapes
Being There
Being There is a comedy based on a popular (and personal favorite) novel of the same name written by Jerzy Kosinski.
The movie, though it took a few cosmetic changes and slight plot tweaks, was largely loyal to the book, going so far as to lift several lines verbatim. That being said, the movie was less than I expected. My expectations were likely too high because of how much I like the book, but despite Peter Sellers's wonderfully convincing performance, I felt some important themes of the book just didn’t translate onto the screen, while entire new themes were introduced that were nowhere in the book. Additionally, multiple points in the book where the omniscient third person perspective (read: narrator) was describing the protagonist's thoughts (or lack thereof) were transposed into film as long periods of character silence and TV background.
My Rating:
4 Arbitrary Shapes
The movie, though it took a few cosmetic changes and slight plot tweaks, was largely loyal to the book, going so far as to lift several lines verbatim. That being said, the movie was less than I expected. My expectations were likely too high because of how much I like the book, but despite Peter Sellers's wonderfully convincing performance, I felt some important themes of the book just didn’t translate onto the screen, while entire new themes were introduced that were nowhere in the book. Additionally, multiple points in the book where the omniscient third person perspective (read: narrator) was describing the protagonist's thoughts (or lack thereof) were transposed into film as long periods of character silence and TV background.
My Rating:
4 Arbitrary Shapes
The Magic Christian
The Magic Christian is a comedy starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr with several Monty Python guest appearances.
The movie basically asks: what won’t people do for money? And answers, as anyone who has watched reality television might assume, is absolutely nothing. Entertaining, but slow and repetitive. Judged by the play count (3), the movie was filmed as a vehicle for the song “Come And Get It” by Badfinger, which isn’t a bad song the first time you hear it, but when it's played excessively and as a substitute for dialogue and action, it has been known to cause homicidal thoughts. Worth watching if you love anything British without regard to quality, or if your only other option is a Kevin Costner film. Otherwise, use it only as background noise at your next party.
My Rating:
2 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes
The movie basically asks: what won’t people do for money? And answers, as anyone who has watched reality television might assume, is absolutely nothing. Entertaining, but slow and repetitive. Judged by the play count (3), the movie was filmed as a vehicle for the song “Come And Get It” by Badfinger, which isn’t a bad song the first time you hear it, but when it's played excessively and as a substitute for dialogue and action, it has been known to cause homicidal thoughts. Worth watching if you love anything British without regard to quality, or if your only other option is a Kevin Costner film. Otherwise, use it only as background noise at your next party.
My Rating:
2 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes
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