Movie roundup – Week 37
I’m not going to write a post after every movie I’ve seen, that will just get boring. Instead, I’m going to do a movie roundup every once in a while. Just a list of movies I’ve seen in the past week(s), depending on how many movies I’ve watched.
I’ll try yo rate them and give a short motivation to the rating.
The first one is for the last few movies up to week 37 (in random order):
- Hancock (75/100) – The most entertaining movie I’ve seen in a while. Not the standard superhero movie with Will Smith. “Good job!”.
- Superhero movie (40/100) – Although Sarah Paxton looks hot again, this movie is yet another no-brain comedy. It’s like all the (stupid) Scary movies (1, 2, 3, and 4), but worse. Not my kind.
- Monsters inc. (80/100) – This classic by Pixar and Disney is still one of my favorites. That’s why we’ve watched it again.
- The bank job (70/100) – Based on a true story about a bank heist with an interesting twist.
- Wanted (35/100) – You’d think with names like Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman, this would be an awesome movie, but, meh.. not really.
- Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo bay (50/100) – You’ll have to be in the mood for stupid jokes and messed up thoughts to enjoy this one. I took joy out of the fact they tried to get to my country
I guess this roundup’s winner is Monster’s inc.. Even though it’s an older movie, I still enjoyed watching it (again).
September 10th, 2008 at 6:22 am
Monsters Inc. is one of my favorites, too. I’ve loved anything Pixar does ever since The Brave Little Toaster (which featured the character ‘Lampy’ who would later become their signature trademark).
Some of my all-time favorites…
Local Hero
Seeing this film was a pleasant surprise, like finding a lone poplar among stands of conifers. A city dweller whose life has been wrapped in a cocoon of steel and glass discovers his true self in the most unlikely of places. I loved it all; the setting, the characters, and the ethereal soundtrack by former Dire Straits lead guitarist Mark Knopfler.
Never Cry Wolf
A lone scientist (played by Charles Martin Smith) is dropped off in the remote Antarctic to investigate why wolves are reportedly preying upon the caribou herds. In the end he discovers the wolves aren’t the real threat after all – we are.
The Secret of NIMH
Animation has been my life-long love. As a kid cartoons like Top Cat, Quick Draw McGraw, Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo, and Mighty Mouse first inspired me to draw. Cartoons represent everything that’s good and wholesome about life, and in my opinion there are only a small handful of cartoonists/animators today that retain that simple innocence; Pixar, Blue Sky, and Don Bluth. In a day and age when the top rated show is about a bunch of sluts in the city it is a great breath of fresh air to watch something as winsomely wholesome as NIMH.