not headline news
i've been watching bunches of crap movies lately. so there.
here's my scale: argh=awful; ech=bad; eh=so-so; hmm=alright; yay=yay!
the davinci code - argh. poorly told story; horrible casting; predictable and laughable (i've refused to read the book after the didactic mess that is the rest of brown); not even worth renting.
beowulf and grendel - eh. rather boring; seems to have been released prematurely (just like inga!); good casting (except for sarah polley), cinematography, costumes (on the humans), story-telling goals; bad-bad-bad editing, special effects, and casting of sarah polley; so-so script. stella is wishing that they'd held onto the film until it was finished.
pirates of the caribbean - ech. truly disappointing. redundant scenes; no resolution (i don't want to hear anything about its being act two of a trilogy and comparisons to "empire strikes back" -- i want at least one storyline resolved at least a little bit. "empire" stands alone and leaves us hoping for, not requiring, another outcome. i also don't want to hear anything about the differences between italics and quotation marks.) sucktastic.
a prairie home companion - eh. shining portions are dulled by the angel business and by keillor's singing. by the way, i sort of hate the radio show. not so much the unbiased viewer.
an inconvenient truth - hmmm-to-yay. watches like one of those videos you watched in the gym during elementary school, but that's an effective style; shocking, terrifying, but hopeful. worth a watch. or two. or six. with a new viewer each time.
here's my scale: argh=awful; ech=bad; eh=so-so; hmm=alright; yay=yay!
the davinci code - argh. poorly told story; horrible casting; predictable and laughable (i've refused to read the book after the didactic mess that is the rest of brown); not even worth renting.
beowulf and grendel - eh. rather boring; seems to have been released prematurely (just like inga!); good casting (except for sarah polley), cinematography, costumes (on the humans), story-telling goals; bad-bad-bad editing, special effects, and casting of sarah polley; so-so script. stella is wishing that they'd held onto the film until it was finished.
pirates of the caribbean - ech. truly disappointing. redundant scenes; no resolution (i don't want to hear anything about its being act two of a trilogy and comparisons to "empire strikes back" -- i want at least one storyline resolved at least a little bit. "empire" stands alone and leaves us hoping for, not requiring, another outcome. i also don't want to hear anything about the differences between italics and quotation marks.) sucktastic.
a prairie home companion - eh. shining portions are dulled by the angel business and by keillor's singing. by the way, i sort of hate the radio show. not so much the unbiased viewer.
an inconvenient truth - hmmm-to-yay. watches like one of those videos you watched in the gym during elementary school, but that's an effective style; shocking, terrifying, but hopeful. worth a watch. or two. or six. with a new viewer each time.
posted by stella at 7:14 AM
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