It's hard to say who had the lead role here; it was either Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen's chest, or Rhona Mitra's lips. Nighy is great to watch though..and so was Sheen's chest..and I liked seeing Mitra again, although I didn't recognize her from Doomsday. I wasn't expecting anything from this movie, and if I remembered Underworld at all I would probably say it didn't compare, but I liked it as a standalone. The action was exciting, the romance was convincing, and the plot was engaging despite the fact that I already knew how it was all going to turn out.
Sex and the City
It was nice to see it again, but it was even worse than the show. The
plot was completely contrived and predictable. Everyone also looked
insanely, un-attractively thin. Despite the fact that it was like
half-strength fluff, I would probably watch another one if they made it.
Rollerball
I liked the international aspect, Chris Klein was not as cute as he
should be, and Rebecca was completely unrecognizable. As a whole, it
went by pretty fast, but the ending was less satisfying than it
should've been because there was no reason for most of the characters to
act the way they did.
Valley Girl
Wow, Nic Cage, in his first movie as Nic Cage. He was really convincing
here. I wasn't terribly happy about how the plot played out; I wanted
Julie to make a stand and pick Randy at some point. Other than that, it
was enjoyable enough.
Ladrón que roba a ladrón
The director made a big deal about how this was a Hollywood movie that
just happened to be in Spanish, so it looks like an American film and
not a foreign one, but most of the time, apart from the language,
foreign films don't seem that different to me from American ones in the
first place. Like Sukiyaki, this was pretty much a fluff piece, but at
least I was expecting that from it. The ending was a bit more dopey than
I would've liked, but the rest of it was entertaining, and there were
even a couple of surprises.
Sukiyaki Western Django
In terms of this being a Miike film, it's actually a little
disappointing. Maybe the fact that this is a classic Japanese story,
told as a Western, set in "Nevada-Utah," with Japanese actors who are
speaking a language they don't know (English), was weird enough that he
decided the story itself should be normal. It was a little surreal to
need subtitles on something in English. The movie doesn't seem to have a
whole lot to say, and it's probably better if you've seen Yojimbo
and/or Django, but aside from a few disturbing things happening, it's
interesting for aesthetics alone.
Snow Angels
I barely recognized Kate Beckinsale in this, but that's probably just
because I haven't seen her in much. She's pretty. I didn't like how the
movie kept showing one scene, broken up into and interrupted by five
scenes. All of the characters were fucked up, and it was interesting
once it took a turn, but getting to that point was tedious and
uncomfortable.
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