MAY SCREENINGS:
The Life Acquatic With Steve Zissou - **1/2 A bit disappointing as I'm a big fan of director Wes Anderson. Without Bill Murray, the film would have been much worse.
Team America - *** It runs long at 82 minutes, or maybe I'm just not a wooden puppet kind of person, but the songs are tremendously entertaining as is Trey Parker doing Kim Jong Il. It's easy to overlook the incredible work put into this film so I give it a high rating based on it's production values.
King Arthur - **1/2 What could have been a fascinating film about King Arthur without all the fairy-tale atmosphere turns into a wanna-be Braveheart. The cast does well, but an empahsis on battles and gore turn this into a USA Up All Night film.
National Treasure - * Nicholas Cage is Indiana Jones, sans the fedora hat, charm, wit, intelligence, et al. This high-concept film was probably thought up over a lunch and the script written over a weekend retreat. Absolute drivel and not even worth the time to watch with friends and make fun of it.
Oceans Twelve - **1/2 Why was Bernie Mac even brought back? He had like 2 scenes. What a waste. Other than that, everyone looks like they had fun making this and I had fun watching it-once. As a sidenote, Catherine Zeta Jones looks better with every film she does, how is that possible?
A compilation of films viewed and reviewed (i.e., a way to put my college degree to use). Most are written long after the screening took place, so some have more notes than others. Titles in italics are films I've already seen but either screened again for a second look or they're just one of my favorites and I needed to see them again.
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