Below are my movies of the week:
June
30
Daylight (Directed by Rob Cohen) The Poseidon
Adventure meets the NY/NJ underground tunnels. Not a very good action movie but
also not the worst thing that Stallone has ever done.
49 Different Movies Watched in June. 297 Movies
in 181 Days
July
1
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (Directed by Todd
Strauss-Schulson) The movies went downhill after the original but the third
Harold and Kumar movie still made me laugh. Neil Patrick Harris was great yet
again as himself.
July
2
Happy Feet Two (Directed by George Miller &
Gary Eck & David Peers) I liked the original so I gave the sequel a shot. I
should have just stuck with the original and pretended like I didn't know this
movie existed. The jokes were stupid and a couple of the new characters made no
sense at all. Avoid seeing this.
July
3
Live Free or Die Hard (Directed by Len
Wiseman) Compared to the original Die Hard movie this isn't that great. But,
compared to the most recent Die Hard movie it is pure gold.
July
4
The Lone Ranger (Directed by Gore Verbinski) Since
when did Disney movies get so violent? I know it is PG-13 but it is still
overly violent for a family movie. Other than the violence I was quite bored
during the movie. Nothing really sucked me in to the movie. Johnny Depp had
some good one-liners but that wasn't enough to save me from disliking this
movie.
Escape from L.A. (Directed by John Carpenter) I
hate to admit it but I have never seen Escape from New York. Having said that I
hope it is better than this turd. The special effects were horrible in this
movie as was the plot. I even fell asleep briefly during the major battle scene
late in the movie.
Independence Day (Directed by Roland Emmerich) I
have been waiting most of the year to watch this movie. I could not watch it
until the fourth of July because it is a tradition for my dad and I the last
5-6 years to watch it on Independence Day. We have watched it so many times now
that we critique it and the stupid things said and done in it from beginning to
end. It is a fun movie that I look forward to watching with my dad every year.
July
5
Deep Blue Sea (Directed by Renny Harlin) Cheesy
action movie about killer sharks not named Jaws. Found this on Amazon Instant
and decided to watch it because I have never seen it from beginning to end, I
usually caught it on TBS half way through. Nothing special and quite
predictable but it was a good movie to watch while putting my new desk
together.
Jack (Directed by Francis Ford Coppola) I
have watched this movie a number of times over the years but never paid much
attention to who the director was until this time. How exactly does the
director of the Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now end up directing a movie
about a kid who grows 4 times faster than everyone else? I enjoy this movie
because it is simple and fun.
The Fifth Element (Directed by Luc Besson) I had
forgotten how much I love this movie. From beginning to end it is a blast. I
don't know how else to describe this movie besides total awesomeness!
July
6
Rocky Balboa (Directed by Sylvester Stallone) Sixteen
years after the horrible Rocky V Stallone brought his Rocky character back for
one more fight. This is the movie that Rocky V should have been. The montage says
it all, Rocky's still got it! I do think that Stallone could have come up with
a better name for his opponent. I mean really Mason "The Line" Dixon?
Knuckleball! (Directed by Ricki Stern & Anne
Sundberg) I am a lifelong baseball fan and growing up my favorite pitcher was
Tim Wakefield. Since his rookie season with the Pirates until he retired from
the Red Sox I was a fan. This documentary about Knuckleball pitchers was a cool
look at how few there are out there and how a single fingernail can ruin a
pitch. It was very cool seeing Wakefield, R.A. Dickey and other knuckleball legends
playing golf and talking about highlights and lowlights of their careers. I
would recommend this to anyone that is a baseball fan.
The Call (Directed by Brad Anderson) A pretty
good thriller from WWE Studios about a girl kidnapped and her communication
with a 911 dispatcher. I was in to the movie up until the very end. I thought
that the ending was a bit much on the revenge side. This was by far the best
release from WWE studios in years.
Movies Watched: 309
Movies To Go: 56
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