Friday, August 1, 2008

More Extremely Excellent Movie Reviews

Forbidden Kingdom: a very silly PG-13 premise, but EXCEPTIONAL fighting by Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Jackie Chan shows his true grace and skill without the usual grimacing and "making it look hard". Jet Li is finally filmed in a not-stupid way so you can really see him fight. Go see it just for that.

The Visitor: a modern tragedy with scenes and themes that could've easily been slapstick, maudlin, or angry, but are all handled with perfect balance and a kind of objectiveness you never see. Done by the same dude that did "The Station Agent".

Harold & Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay: yep. Pretty much what you expect, but not as genius as the first one.

The Incredible Hulk: I liked the Ang Lee one too. This one has lots of nerdy references, nerds!

Hellboy II: dammit! I really wanted to love this!! But they live in such a bizarre world you really NEED Meyers in order to relate. Had longer fight scenes, wicked CGI and monsters, botched all the undercurrents that made the first one awesome. A typical sequel.

Dark Knight: you prolly saw it already, but have you seen this poor dude?

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