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It's not up there with Ferrell's best, or even Reilly's best, but Step Brothers can be a fun comedy if you're in the mood.
The whole movie is pretty unorginal. The script is terribly obvious, and fairly unamagintive. From the begginning, you can tell that the whole movie wil be based around immature jokes, and that's pretty much how it goes.
Although it has a few laughs, the jokes get more predictable as the film progresses.
Still, the dynamite duo of Will Ferrell John C. Reilly save the movie from what could've been a total disaster.
Some will love it, some will hate it.
I'm rather in between. Watch it and make your own mind up.
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Serenity provides a good story, lots of action and tons of fun. Not actually seeing the series beforehand perhaps made the experience less enjoyable than it could've been. I can imagine that fans of the show who already know the characters well, will enjoy it much more.
Still, what the film does well is suck in people who may not have already seen the show.
I found myself getting to know the characters are the whole situation really quickly, and it soon became lots of fun.
The story itself is fairly strong. Basicly a galatic war between the Serenity ship and some Aliance.
Although it doesn't have a huge budget, the film still manages to look fairly good.
The script has trademark touches from Joss, with the jokes here and there in odd situations.
Overall, I think fans of the series will love it, and new viewers will probably love it.
Caution to non-sci fans or non-Whedonites though. They might not have such a blast.
Good movie. I look forward to seeing Firefly, the series.
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Really well written, and superbly acted, Changeling is a power and intense film that I feel was one of the years underrated films.
What the trailers for the film failed to do was actually explain the plot. Before watching it, I figured we'd be watching Jolie trod around for 2 hours demanding her kid back.
Although this happens for lots of the film, there's lots more to it.
I was surprised at how clever and powerful the film was. I found myself totally engaged, dying to know where things were heading.
The acting is terrific. It's certainly one of Jolie's better roles recently. John Malkovich is good too.
Overall, I found the film to be really well put together, and really intruiging. One of the strongest dramas of the year.
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Season 4 sees Buffy and gang start college and perhaps a new, more adult life. While sometimes the show feels more adult, other times it has the goofy moments that are a trademark in the show.
Season 4 is by no means the strongest season. It's easily weaker than 2, and probably 3 aswell.
Some aspects of the season are good. We see a large number of new characters come into the show. Tara and Anya prove to be the most likable, and will most likely stick around for a couple more seasons. Riley for me, doesn't do it. I think his presence often feels forced, and he doesn't belong in the gang. I wouldn't be surprised if we lost him halfway through season 5.
The initiative storyline wasn't great in my opinion. I feel that the show started picking up towards the end.
Some characters are absent this season. Angel only pops up a couple times, and Cordelia is sorely missed.
Seth Green makes about 10 appearances in the season overall, and will be missed in future seasons.
A couple episodes in the season were genius, (Hush) while others were awful (Beer Bad).
Still, Overall season 4 has more good than bad, and still makes damn good television.
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Tim Burton and Disney team up to make this landmark film in animation and music.
While, A Nightmare Before Christmas proved to be a good bit of fun, specially with my younger siblings, I can't help but feel that it fell slightly short of expectations.
Some friends of mine had been recommending the film for months, I guess I had high expectations.
Still, the movie is funny, the songs are catchy, the characters are original and lovable and the animation is great.
A short 73 minute runtime is probably a good idea, as the film would start loosing it's charm and start to bore after that.
Overall a good, fun, family film. Obviously a cult favourite for the Burton fans, but also worth a watch for everyone else.
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I can't believe I've held off watching this movie for so long. Donnie Darko is a hugely original piece of film that bursts through the boundries of time and genres.
Our main character, Donnie is a seemingly normal teenage kid. He goes to school, has a loving family and has a fair amount of problems.
As we soon find out though, Donnie is on medication and attends therapy regularly.
That's not all though, because Donnie's dreams aren't like normal people's dreams. They're different. Scary, meangingful and hugely vivid. In these dreams Donnie encounters a new friend, Frank.
Frank is a 'man' in a bunny costume packed with a creepy voice. In these dreams Frank informs Donnie that the world will end on October 31st.
It all kicks off from there, as Donnie with the help of his new girlfriend try and figure out what's going on.
The movie sees Donnie get up to all sorts of misbehaviour and trouble and will keep you throuroughly invested all the way through.
Packed with an all star cast, Donnie Darko is a brilliantly dark and genius look at the unusual, and one of the best films of the 21st century.
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The Coens deliver a powerful, audacious, and downright brilliant thriller. Millers Crossing joins the likes of The Godfather and Pulp Fiction in the ranks of epic gangster flicks.
I was skeptical at first when I switched this on. The film begins with a ton of dialogue and a large number of characters introduced at the same time. I felt overwhelmed by all that was happening, and I feared I wouldn't be able to keep up.
Eventually, things become a bit clearer and I got totally invested in the plot.
Gabriel Byrne stars as Irish right hand man ganster, Tom.
The movie revolves around Tom and his hectic lifestyle.
Byrne along with a great co-cast including John Tuturro deliver knock out performances.
The dialogue is slick and cool. The violence is Tarantino-ish, and the plot has so many twists and turns that you'll find it hard to know who's with who.
Miller's Crossing is an intense, stylish ganster film, and one of the Coens best to date.
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Definitely funnier then the average teenage comedy, Mean Girls in one of the only chick flicks I've actually enjoyed.
The movie stars Linsdey Lohan, before she was at that stage where she was so annoying that everyone wanted her dead.
She does an alright job as new girl, and main character Katie.
It's the actual 'Mean Girls' though that make the movie. The standout being Rachel McAdams' Regina.
The movies turns out to be crude, original and often hillarious.
Mean Girls is the kind of flick that'll get a cult following from teenage girls and pleasantly surprise the guys.
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The Untold Story is essentially an elongated mediocre Family Guy Episode. Although it is only a DVD release, I think the die hard Family Guy fans were expecting more. I know I was.
There's nothing that stands out from the 'movie' but some decent jokes in there to entertain.
Unfortunately for some, the movie revolves around Stewie, and his search for his real Dad.
Stewie proves to be funny in it, and once again teams up with Brian to cause some laughs, but it's Peter that is often missed.
The Untold Story blends in with all the other Family Guy episodes, and is not worth paying full price for. Wait a couple months after release and pick it up for cheap.
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The leading actors were the only thing drawing me to this film, and perhaps were the only thing preventing it from sucking.
Role Models was a decent comedy, sure, but that's all. Superbad, Knocked Up and The 40 Year Old Virgin succeed because of two things, great characters and original jokes,
Role Models fails on both these fronts for the majority of the film.
The cast is likable, but most of the characters are bland and unoriginal. The little black kid and the nerd are so stereotypical that it hurts.
Sean Willaiam Scott dissapoints too, playing the exact same character he played for 3 American Pies. The last thing we need is another stiffler.
I must confess a strong liking for Paul Rudd, and he does a fair job.
Role Models has a ton of jokes, but unfortunatley most of them are predictable, old and perhaps jouvenile.
It can be funny at times though, and there's an interesting enough story to keep you watching.
Americans will probably find it hillarious, but that's about it.
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