Ok, since people were posting, and I've seen some stuff lately...
Harry Pothead and the Loyal Brotherhood of the Fiery Bird:
Eh, neither my favorite Harry Potter book, nor my favorite Harry Potter movie. It was long, it felt long, but hey it was HARRY POTTER! YAAAYAYYYYYY!!! CHEEEERRR!
Uh... no seriously, they left out so much and could have done the story much more justice with an additional, oh say FIVE MINUTES. But still good.
Bourne Ultimatum:
So, it has NOTHING to do with the books. But it was awesome.
Plusses: MUCH LESS SHAKY CAM. Better story than the second one. Better action than the second one. The CIA woman is much more believable as a "good guy" than as a "bad guy". And Julie Stiles is much less stilted this time around.
Minuses: Nobody thought to f***ing FIRE GREENGRASS. So there was still shaky-cam, and the action still had too damn many cuts. *sigh* Plus, it bore absolutely no resemblance to anything Ludlum ever wrote.
Knocked Up:
Longest comedy I've ever seen, period. And you don't notice that 2.5 hours have elapsed. It's funny all the way through. And DEAR GOD is Katherine Heigl hot. But seriously, it's very believable.
Bonus points for including the guy who played Egon in Ghostbusters!
Stardust:
Ok, I loved this movie. But then again I loved the book. I can see why it has mixed reviews - it's hard to follow if you're not in "fairy tale" mode. But oh, c'mon... let's see...
Michelle Pfeiffer is an awesome villainess, gets to camp it up and we get a tantalizing glimpse of relatively perfect backside. *cough*
Robert DeNiro... is THE BEST gay hairdressing crossdressing singing dancing pirate EVER. I mean it. Seriously. His 15 minutes alone makes the entire movie worthwhile.
Peter O'Toole is of course excellent, but seriously so is the entire cast. I could even tolerate Claire Danes for the first time ever.
I just loved this film! But I do understand that it jumps around a lot. There's an awful lot of "and then THIS happened. And then THIS happened!"
Harry Pothead and the Loyal Brotherhood of the Fiery Bird:
Eh, neither my favorite Harry Potter book, nor my favorite Harry Potter movie. It was long, it felt long, but hey it was HARRY POTTER! YAAAYAYYYYYY!!! CHEEEERRR!
Uh... no seriously, they left out so much and could have done the story much more justice with an additional, oh say FIVE MINUTES. But still good.
Bourne Ultimatum:
So, it has NOTHING to do with the books. But it was awesome.
Plusses: MUCH LESS SHAKY CAM. Better story than the second one. Better action than the second one. The CIA woman is much more believable as a "good guy" than as a "bad guy". And Julie Stiles is much less stilted this time around.
Minuses: Nobody thought to f***ing FIRE GREENGRASS. So there was still shaky-cam, and the action still had too damn many cuts. *sigh* Plus, it bore absolutely no resemblance to anything Ludlum ever wrote.
Knocked Up:
Longest comedy I've ever seen, period. And you don't notice that 2.5 hours have elapsed. It's funny all the way through. And DEAR GOD is Katherine Heigl hot. But seriously, it's very believable.
Bonus points for including the guy who played Egon in Ghostbusters!
Stardust:
Ok, I loved this movie. But then again I loved the book. I can see why it has mixed reviews - it's hard to follow if you're not in "fairy tale" mode. But oh, c'mon... let's see...
Michelle Pfeiffer is an awesome villainess, gets to camp it up and we get a tantalizing glimpse of relatively perfect backside. *cough*
Robert DeNiro... is THE BEST gay hairdressing crossdressing singing dancing pirate EVER. I mean it. Seriously. His 15 minutes alone makes the entire movie worthwhile.
Peter O'Toole is of course excellent, but seriously so is the entire cast. I could even tolerate Claire Danes for the first time ever.
I just loved this film! But I do understand that it jumps around a lot. There's an awful lot of "and then THIS happened. And then THIS happened!"
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