Sunday, August 17, 2008

Summer Movies - Hancock, Wanted, Zohan, Sex and the City, Dark Knight

So obviously last Summer with Spiderman 3 out, we all had very high hopes. But that SUCKED. It was bascally Tobey McQuire sulking the whole time and then when he got his strange bad ass side bangs he became 'bad'. That by the way had some very laugh out loud moments, not really good for the movie though. That movie was just so bad.

On to this summer. So Sex and the City started the summer out decently. I mean I was told it was going to be so amazing and I would absolutely love it but it turned out to be a little bit of a let down. I mean they were all crying most of the movie. Samantha wasnt being her slutty self and just sitting in a house with at one point sushi on herself. Miranda was having a piti-party and Charolette was selfabsorbed as usual with her adopted small asian girl. Which was fine but how Big didn't make it to the wedding on time and then he was going to marry Carrie but Carrie got "carried away" and threw a hissy fit and then he coudlnt explain himself, it was kind of a mess, put it did indeed have a happy ending with them all finding their own paths in their designated lives.

On to You Do Not Mess with the Zohan. The Adam Sandler movie. I do not have much to say for this disguistingly horrible just REALLY BAD movie that was not funny in any way and was just the worst waste of time. Did i really sit through this entire movie. Sadly, I did and I hate myself for it because it was so SO soso bad. Adam Sandler could have made a comeback but I cannot believe this movie was this bad. A former solider who comes to america to be a hair cutter and then bangs all the old ladies whose hair he cuts and then somehow the hot young woman who owns the hair place falls in love with him after seeing him do all this stuff. That is just so ridiculous. Yes I konw I walked in knowing it was going to be crazy but come on ADAM! What happened to those Big Daddy days. I want those back!

And then there was Hancock. Which looked oh so promising especially with Will Smith being the amazing, charasmatic character he is. It started off with some real great potential but then got really strange and just not right when Charlize Therons character became involved. I mean they were made as a pair only so that they can never be together? Really? ...Really? No. Is this really what moves have come to. Just mindless bull. They think just because they put Charlize and Will Smith in the same movie it will somehow magically be good and turn out big numbers? Well numbers yes, but good, definetely not.

Then there was Wanted which in previews looked really good. Ah the tricks of advertising and marketing. It looked so bad ass and awesome but turned out to be cartoonish mixed with a dark sense of humor. I did however like the fact that he ended up killing his father and that Angelina Jolie sacrifices the whole team including herself for the greater good. Kill 1, Save 1000 right? well she saved like 10,000 right there. And Morgan Freeman as the bad guy? I feel like we could ahve seen that one coming. All in all you had to fit a certain niche to really enjoy and like this movie. But if you like most of Anglina Jolies works you will probably enjoy this.

And then the Dark Knight. What a solid movie. Have to give it up to Heath Ledger. Did such a stunning job as the Joker. Just such a dark character that he portrayed beautifully. Usually people are just blown away by Christian Bale but did not even notice his acting skills compared to Heath Ledger no wonder Heath got all the attention for this movie. Is taht why Christian beat up his mom and sister after the movie came out, was he that pissed that he for one was not the star of the show? Who knows.

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