Finally a weekend with two movies worth seeing. The long delayed revamp
The Wolfman finally made it into theaters this weekend and it wasn't half bad! In fact, it was actually kind of scary. The good, entertaining kind of scary. I'd say the only drawback to this film was the story. It was too simplistic. The filmmakers really could have spent more time on the lore and mythology of wolfmen and developed a history. I very much enjoyed the other elements of the film - the art direction and special effects, especially. In contrast to my arguments regarding
The Edge of Darkness, the violence in
The Wolfman was pretty extreme, but it served a purpose and was entertaining.
Taking a complete 180 degree turn in tone takes us to the ensemble comedy
Valentine's Day. I liked this movie about the same as
The Wolfman and actually think it had the same drawback - a weak storyline at times. I thought
Valentine's Day started out a little wobbly, but it gained some nice momentum as it progressed. There were quite a few bright spots - Anne Hathaway and Taylor Swift (believe me, I'm as shocked as you are) are a couple that come to mind. And the
Pretty Woman-esque outtake with Julia Roberts at the end was great.
Finally a weekend with two movies worth seeing. The long delayed revamp The Wolfman finally made it into theaters this weekend and it wasn't half bad! In fact, it was actually kind of scary. The good, entertaining kind of scary. I'd say the only drawback to this film was the story. It was too simplistic. The filmmakers really could have spent more time on the lore and mythology of wolfmen and developed a history. I very much enjoyed the other elements of the film - the art direction and special effects, especially. In contrast to my arguments regarding The Edge of Darkness, the violence in The Wolfman was pretty extreme, but it served a purpose and was entertaining.
Taking a complete 180 degree turn in tone takes us to the ensemble comedy Valentine's Day. I liked this movie about the same as The Wolfman and actually think it had the same drawback - a weak storyline at times. I thought Valentine's Day started out a little wobbly, but it gained some nice momentum as it progressed. There were quite a few bright spots - Anne Hathaway and Taylor Swift (believe me, I'm as shocked as you are) are a couple that come to mind. And the Pretty Woman-esque outtake with Julia Roberts at the end was great.
2 comments:
Nice blog title! So romantic! :)
rockband song for valentines movie post. you must love rockband.
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