Summer Movies Reviews

[icejohn2]

 It has been a very busy summer so far. Outside the daily work, there are lots of yard works and volunteer works for the local Red Cross chapter. Even so, I still got to see lots of summer movies. Finally, I got a little bit time to spare to write reviews about some of them. Let's talk about the action packed one first, that is, "Wanted". I actually really enjoy this action movie directed by the Russian director who made the "Day Watch" and "Night Watch". It is full of the strangest stunts (CGI) you have never seen before. The fast-paced plots and interesting visual composure make this one even better than the "Hellboy 2". Now we talk about "Hellboy 2". It continues the monsters creation trend from the first one and some humor plots. However, the script seems to be tired and just not quite there. Some part of the movie actually is a little bit slow.

Now we come to some comedies. The first one is the bad "Love Guru". Even with the shameless promotion in the American Idol, its box office still tanked. It was one of the worst movie I have ever seen. Don't even waste your time to rent the DVD. Enough to say about that one. "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" is much better. The typical Adam Sandler comedy similar to his early work like "Big Daddy". It contains lots of sex related jokes. Don't expect too much from it then you will enjoy it. The last one is "The Dark Knight". There are lots of reviews out there already. As everybody else mentions, Heath Ledger did an incredible job to make "the Joker" very realistic. It is such a dark movie that you will be hardly to feel happy after seeing it. The only problem I have with it is the way they deal with the character, "Two-Faced". The character is rushed through and completely wasted. However, the movie has already reached the length of 2 hours and 32 minutes so I guess the director has done his best. Hope these help if you have not seen any of those movies yet.

Comments

[puzzlegut.livejournal.com]

Wow, you've seen a few movies. When are you going to watch Space Chimps? :)

[icejohn2.livejournal.com]

Not sure about that one yet. "The Mummy 3" should be the next.

[westcbear.livejournal.com]

I would love to read this post, but since you are discussing movies I still haven't seen, I can't. I'm afraid there may be some spoilers. :o)

[icejohn2.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about the spoiler. There is actually none in this post. I just generally review the overall feeling about the movie. No plots revealed! :)

Yard work

[rockey1.livejournal.com]

You can come work in my yard anytime. As for movies didn't see any while I was in Australia but did go to see the new mummy movie which was just OK. Tried to force humor like they did in the other two but did enjoy Dark Knight.

Re: Yard work

[icejohn2.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with you about the "Mummy 3". It is more like a continous video game. Just a pure summer no-brain entertainment movie.

That is was

[rockey1.livejournal.com]

I am not sure I even enjoyed it

[designerotter.livejournal.com]

I appreciate your revues, John. I haven't had the time to see many movies lately, so now I don't feel I've missed all that much. Of late I've only gotten to see Mamma Mia!, WALL-E, and Hellboy 2 ... enjoyed them all for various reasons. I walked into Mamma Mia a bit skeptical, but it won me over and I had a great time ... though you probably have to like ABBA to enjoy it.

[icejohn2.livejournal.com]

Mama Mia is a fun movie to watch even though I don't really like some of the singing in the movie. Some of the actors just don't have decent voice to sing in a musical movie.