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What I've been watching
May. 17th, 2007 11:21 am"Stay" (2005)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371257/
Got this on netflix. It sounded promising. It's got Ewan McGregor, whom J. likes as an actor, and Janeane Garofalo (in a bit part), whom we both like. It was speculative fiction-ish, which we both like. It was disappointing, though. C- movie at best. It was stylish, but the last third and the ending reeked of stoner philosophy and amateur fiction writing of the "and then he woke up and realized it had all been a dream" variety.
"Spiderman 3"
Ultimately, I liked it, but it was definitely the weakest of the three Spiderman movies. I thought the "bad" inflated-ego Peter Parker scenes were cheesy. I like a complicated plot, but if you have too many going on, it's hard to care about any single one, and that was a problem for me, here. The movie used emotional short-cuts (poor villain-- his daughter is dying!) instead of character development. True, it's a comic book movie, but the previous two movies did a slightly better job of making the characters a little rounder and less cardboard. I love the Jonah Jameson character, though.
"Alien vs. Predator"
I'd seen all the Alien movies but this one, so why not? Well, it wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but that's not saying much. I saw just about everything coming. I did like the scene where the Predator picked up an alien by the tail and swung it around, but it was, on the whole, a pretty lame movie.
"28 Weeks Later"
Definitely inferior to the original, full of plot holes and logical inconsistences. A bit muddled in the middle and obviously setting itself up for a sequel. It also has that annoying shaky cam work. On the plus side, it made me jump and was supsensful in places (which I couldn't really say for Alien vs. Predator). They did a decent job of making you feel for the kids who were the main characters, and they didn't flinch from killing off important characters. Nice touch of commentary on modern military thinking, too. Overall, I did enjoy it, but "28 Days" is definitely the classic, not this one.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371257/
Got this on netflix. It sounded promising. It's got Ewan McGregor, whom J. likes as an actor, and Janeane Garofalo (in a bit part), whom we both like. It was speculative fiction-ish, which we both like. It was disappointing, though. C- movie at best. It was stylish, but the last third and the ending reeked of stoner philosophy and amateur fiction writing of the "and then he woke up and realized it had all been a dream" variety.
"Spiderman 3"
Ultimately, I liked it, but it was definitely the weakest of the three Spiderman movies. I thought the "bad" inflated-ego Peter Parker scenes were cheesy. I like a complicated plot, but if you have too many going on, it's hard to care about any single one, and that was a problem for me, here. The movie used emotional short-cuts (poor villain-- his daughter is dying!) instead of character development. True, it's a comic book movie, but the previous two movies did a slightly better job of making the characters a little rounder and less cardboard. I love the Jonah Jameson character, though.
"Alien vs. Predator"
I'd seen all the Alien movies but this one, so why not? Well, it wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but that's not saying much. I saw just about everything coming. I did like the scene where the Predator picked up an alien by the tail and swung it around, but it was, on the whole, a pretty lame movie.
"28 Weeks Later"
Definitely inferior to the original, full of plot holes and logical inconsistences. A bit muddled in the middle and obviously setting itself up for a sequel. It also has that annoying shaky cam work. On the plus side, it made me jump and was supsensful in places (which I couldn't really say for Alien vs. Predator). They did a decent job of making you feel for the kids who were the main characters, and they didn't flinch from killing off important characters. Nice touch of commentary on modern military thinking, too. Overall, I did enjoy it, but "28 Days" is definitely the classic, not this one.
