First up this week is the new Ridley Scott film
Body of Lies. This film I liked a lot better than Scott's last outing,
American Gangster. That one was a little underwhelming. I thought
Lies would be a bit too confusing to follow, but it really wasn't. The story's good and pretty simple, but it's the action and the performances that really stand out. There's some great action, reminiscent of Scott's 2001 film
Black Hawk Down. And both Crowe and DiCaprio deliver solid performances. Especially DiCaprio. This is a good movie I didn't expect to enjoy as much as I did.
Appaloosa. Gosh, there seems to be a hundred things wrong with this film, but despite all of those I still really enjoyed it. Seriously! The movie seems weirdly modern for being set in 1882, it's oddly funny, the story kind of unravels in the last act, it's kind of uneven and I just didn't get the Renee Zellweger character. But it's Ed Harris and Viggo Mortenson that really hold this movie together. Their characters are so likable and they just play off of each other so well. Without Harris and Mortenson this film really would have suffered.
Scary movies are difficult to review like a normal film. By definition they're a little hokey. Hokey but fun is pretty much what every scary film boils down to.
Quarantine isn't any different. When a news crew shadows firefighters for the evening they get called to a creepy L.A. apartment building where something terrible has happened. Of course. One by one each tenant and visitor is picked off by some sort of rabid zombie monster.
We're not splitting atoms here, but it's a pretty enjoyable ride. Too bad they showed the ending in the trailer. Don't do that!
First up this week is the new Ridley Scott film Body of Lies. This film I liked a lot better than Scott's last outing, American Gangster. That one was a little underwhelming. I thought Lies would be a bit too confusing to follow, but it really wasn't. The story's good and pretty simple, but it's the action and the performances that really stand out. There's some great action, reminiscent of Scott's 2001 film Black Hawk Down. And both Crowe and DiCaprio deliver solid performances. Especially DiCaprio. This is a good movie I didn't expect to enjoy as much as I did.
Appaloosa. Gosh, there seems to be a hundred things wrong with this film, but despite all of those I still really enjoyed it. Seriously! The movie seems weirdly modern for being set in 1882, it's oddly funny, the story kind of unravels in the last act, it's kind of uneven and I just didn't get the Renee Zellweger character. But it's Ed Harris and Viggo Mortenson that really hold this movie together. Their characters are so likable and they just play off of each other so well. Without Harris and Mortenson this film really would have suffered.
Scary movies are difficult to review like a normal film. By definition they're a little hokey. Hokey but fun is pretty much what every scary film boils down to. Quarantine isn't any different. When a news crew shadows firefighters for the evening they get called to a creepy L.A. apartment building where something terrible has happened. Of course. One by one each tenant and visitor is picked off by some sort of rabid zombie monster. We're not splitting atoms here, but it's a pretty enjoyable ride. Too bad they showed the ending in the trailer. Don't do that!
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