Quickies

Green Hornet - go see it. Go see it again. It's that good. Jay Chou is one of my new favorite actors Also, check out the original on SyFy - suprisingly good for "Batman era" superhero antics. The only thing wrong with this movie is that it's in 3D. Hate that.

Yogi Bear - I did not especially want to see this but I took my youngest daughter because no one else would and she wanted to see it. And SUPRISE! I REALLY liked it! It's waaay more funny than I expected and Dan Akroyd and Justin Timberlake do a great job with Yogi and Boo boo's voices. Also in 3D - why?! Two paws up!

Season of the Witch - I know most of you probably didn't want to see this one but I really liked it. Ron Perlman and Nicholas Cage are honorable, funny, and kick butt all through the Middle Ages. You can wait for it to come out on DVD if you want but the big screen experience is a plus. Also - this one is NOT in 3D which is a BIG plus in my book. Unless there is an actual reason for having something in 3D (like you are at Disneyworld and you want to be able to grab for Donald Duck as he goes floating through Philharmagic), I think they should get rid of 3D. Or at least not be quite so enamoured with it.

The Dilemma

The Dilemma starring Kevin James and Vince Vaughn was a big disappointment to me. It's billed as a comedy and I will admit that there are a couple of funny lines (most notably the one you've already seen from the trailer where Vince Vaughn falls into poisonous plants. The doctor tells him that, among other things, it may make urination "challenging." When he cries out from the bathroom, his girl friend (the beautiful Jennifer Conelly) asks him if he's okay and he replies that he is just a little "challenged." LOL).

Unfortunately, the subject matter was far from funny and many of the supposedly humorous scenes were just uncomfortable or pathetic (Vaughn spying on Winona Ryder & Channing Tatum - super uncomfortable, Kevin James at the massage parlor - pathetic, the "intervention" - super uncomfortable and pathetic).

In fact, when a crazed Channing Tatum attacks Vaughn's lovingly restored car, I almost cried. I really expected WAAAAY more from Ron Howard, not to mention the "all-star cast." If I were you, I wouldn't even bother to rent this when it comes out on video and definitely don't go see it on the big screen.

I love to go to the movies but I've noticed that most critics don't mention the things that I want to know about the movies. Like...is it entertaining? does it accomplish what it sets out to do? would I want to buy it?

I started this blog so that I could "criticize" movies the way that I would like them to be critiqued. I don't want to know that the latest James Bond movie is never going to get an Oscar. I already know that.

I will keep you up to date on whether a movie is worth shelling out your hard earned money or not, if all of the funny parts are shown in the preview, and if you should just wait for it to come out on video.

The first movie I want to critique is "The Dilemma."