Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Films of 2007 - The Average
These are the hardest films to write about. It’s easy to trash a film and to go on about a film you enjoy. But what can you say about these films that have little impact besides, "t killed a couple of hours?" I mean, Roger Ebert isn’t selling any books titled, "This is a Very, Very, Very Average Film."
But here goes. The 17 films from last year I considered neither good or bad and a line or two as to what either elevated the up from the dregs or kept them at mediocrity.
Alpha Dog - While some think this film is a comment on society, it’s really only another good looking actors committing crimes that seems done before.
Black Snake Moan - A couple of nice performances, Samuel L. Jackson in his best role in quite some time, are negated in B-level southern gothic melodrama.
Breach - Well acted and enjoyable but very predictable.
Color Me Kubrick - I so wanted to love this with the cast but it seemed more of the same Malkovich and this film really goes nowhere.
The Condemned - This action genre was moderately enjoyable as a rental.
Disturbia - Good and likable actors helps save this pedestrian remake of Rear Window, but boy is everyone super dumb in this film.
Epic Movie - Aother one of those endless spoof films, saved from the bad pile due to a couple of good laughs, one being a funny Crispin Glover as a Willy Wonka knockoff, and starring favorites Jennifer Coolidge and Kal Penn.
Grindhouse - Bggest disappointment of the year, way too much down time and we have now learned that Tarantino can not write for hot 20-something girls.
Hot Fuzz - Lst me when it morphed from a spoof of an action film to an actual action film.
The Kingdom - Another barely passable effort from Hollywood to comment on a current political situation. It seems they haven’t gotten any right since the 70s.
Knocked Up - A disappointment due to all of the hype. I just never found it all that funny and I’m a little sick of seeing Katherine Heigl everywhere.
The Lookout - Joseph Gordon-Levitt puts in another fine effort but this film can’t decide what it wants to be: character study or crime film.
Sicko - I’m probably a little too critical of Michael Moore’s methods but usually really enjoy his films. However for more this half of the time this film is very unfocused.
Stardust - Much like The Princess Bride of the 1980s, this should be a huge chick-flick. The earlier film was enjoyable for me due to the humor that Stardust seemed lacking.
Talk to Me - Another film I wanted to like but became extremely bored when Chiwetel Ejiofor’s character became the main focus.
Vacancy - This horror film works a bit due to the characters actually not being total idiots.
Waitress - Much like Greek Wedding, it’s hard to hate this film but it plays way too much like a cutesy sit-com for my tastes.
But here goes. The 17 films from last year I considered neither good or bad and a line or two as to what either elevated the up from the dregs or kept them at mediocrity.
Alpha Dog - While some think this film is a comment on society, it’s really only another good looking actors committing crimes that seems done before.
Black Snake Moan - A couple of nice performances, Samuel L. Jackson in his best role in quite some time, are negated in B-level southern gothic melodrama.
Breach - Well acted and enjoyable but very predictable.
Color Me Kubrick - I so wanted to love this with the cast but it seemed more of the same Malkovich and this film really goes nowhere.
The Condemned - This action genre was moderately enjoyable as a rental.
Disturbia - Good and likable actors helps save this pedestrian remake of Rear Window, but boy is everyone super dumb in this film.
Epic Movie - Aother one of those endless spoof films, saved from the bad pile due to a couple of good laughs, one being a funny Crispin Glover as a Willy Wonka knockoff, and starring favorites Jennifer Coolidge and Kal Penn.
Grindhouse - Bggest disappointment of the year, way too much down time and we have now learned that Tarantino can not write for hot 20-something girls.
Hot Fuzz - Lst me when it morphed from a spoof of an action film to an actual action film.
The Kingdom - Another barely passable effort from Hollywood to comment on a current political situation. It seems they haven’t gotten any right since the 70s.
Knocked Up - A disappointment due to all of the hype. I just never found it all that funny and I’m a little sick of seeing Katherine Heigl everywhere.
The Lookout - Joseph Gordon-Levitt puts in another fine effort but this film can’t decide what it wants to be: character study or crime film.
Sicko - I’m probably a little too critical of Michael Moore’s methods but usually really enjoy his films. However for more this half of the time this film is very unfocused.
Stardust - Much like The Princess Bride of the 1980s, this should be a huge chick-flick. The earlier film was enjoyable for me due to the humor that Stardust seemed lacking.
Talk to Me - Another film I wanted to like but became extremely bored when Chiwetel Ejiofor’s character became the main focus.
Vacancy - This horror film works a bit due to the characters actually not being total idiots.
Waitress - Much like Greek Wedding, it’s hard to hate this film but it plays way too much like a cutesy sit-com for my tastes.
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