Recent Movies I've seen:
1) Drumline - The band choreography was excellent and the drum line duals were awesome, but the film As a movie sucked. Not much Character development (especially with the main character) and there were too many cliche' film elements used. If you have a love for band, you might enjoy this flick. My sister liked it. She use to play the clarinet in MidSchool.
2) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days- Excellent film. I laughed most of the way through it. I thought the ending was cliche', kinda like they were trying to recreate the Wedding Planner ending. Overall, it was a great flick. I'd recommend it to anyone.
3) 8 mile - I've seen alot of "Ghetto" movies, some good, most bad. This one was trying to hard. The part of the movie that really caught my intrest were the rap battles, only because the war of words were the only unpredictable thing throughout the whole movie. I think only hard core Eminem fans would appreciate this one.
4) Big Fat Greek Wedding- "Two enthusiatic thumbs up. Fine holiday fun." Very well written, excellent characters, very good plot. Funny, Funny, Funny!!! Those crazy Greeks are always good for a laugh.
5) Tremors 3 - Also a great flick. This one was not as good as the first but very much better than the second. The life cycle of "Graboids" is explained more fully. Plus, the antics of Burt get better and better. His one liners are the best. For all you Sci-Fi fans, this is one to watch.
6) Screamers - Also a Sci-Fi flick, kind of a low budget, B movie. Not well written, but still one to watch. Semi-scary, lots of shoot-em up scenes. Really good concept for a group of killer machines that are self aware.
7) Hulk - This was a disappointment to the entire comic book industry. Not because it was a total waste of a movie, but had there been a different director, executive producer, and writers, then perhaps the movie would have made more sense. From the point of view of someone who is not so familiar with the original Hulk plot line, the beginning moved too fast, the characters were not developed as well as they could have been, and parts of the movie were unnecessarily gross. From the point of view of one that Is familiar with the Hulk from the comic books, elements were drastically exaggerated, the story did not coincide with the original comic book version, and the CGI was too heavily relied on. Also, there was too much dialog, THIS IS A HULK MOVIE!!!....we pay to see him smash everything, not see Bruce Banner cry about his relationship (or lack thereof) with his father. Boo!!!!
8) Pirates of the Caribbean - This one was on the other end of the spectrum. This one is one of the best movies of the summer. The audience can relate to this one. Wonderful storyline, excellent characters, awesome scenes and sets. The CGI enhanced the film rather than taking away from or dominating the story. The skeleton pirates are on the scary side, but worth putting up with. The boats were cool too. It is a must see for the summer.
9) Bridget Jones's Diary - Pretty funny "chick flick". I'm not so much a Hugh Grant fan, but he plays his character well, as does Colin Firth. Renee Zellweger's accent was a little on the annoying side, as some of her lines were not so understandable, but still a fine performance.
10) Undercover Brother - I've been an Eddie Griffin fan for quite some time and he doesn't dissappoint in this comedy/spoof on black stereotypes and inside jokes. I've laughed every time I've see it. This one of for the movie library. All the normal movie elements are put on the back burner to make room for the ultimate goal of making people laugh. I recommend this one for those times when you are standing in the video store and there is nothing else to rent.
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