KanjiGirl

The Last 15 Movies I Saw

// May 16th, 2009 // Entertainment

My boyfriend and I usually watch a movie every week… sometimes two if we’re lucky. I used to write a short review about every movie I saw but to be frank, I haven’t done this for quite some time now. To make up for this, I’m lumping together the last fifteen movies I saw in this post.

Just as a disclaimer, I am not the typical movie buff. I watch movies to laugh and be entertained. I generally avoid movies that are depressing, scary, overly violent or too thought provoking. Most of the critically acclaimed movies usually fall into my avoid list, but I love big blockbusters, comedies and chick flicks.

Anyway, here are my thoughts on the latest movies I’ve seen, starting from the last:

STAR TREK
I almost considered skipping this because I thought that since I wasn’t a fan of Star Trek, I might be alienated from the concepts and characters in the movie. I was pleasantly surprised… I actually liked it! My favorite character is Spock because of the humanity underneath his emotionless facade. The movie also managed to inject a little humor into the story, which is nice because I hate overly serious movies. My only complaint here is that the time travel element in the plot was very confusing. But when did time travel ever make sense? [5 out of 5 stars]

WOLVERINE
Despite the many criticisms about this movie, I really liked it. The characters were all interesting and the story made sense. I didn’t read the X-men comic books nor did I watch the old X-men cartoon so I don’t really mind that the movie didn’t strictly stick to the original material, according to fans of the franchise. [5 out of 5 stars]

17 AGAIN
This is a typical feel-good romantic comedy. It’s cute and funny, a great movie for those times when you just want to enjoy a light movie. There’s nothing notable or original about it, but it’s entertaining nonetheless. [4 out of 5 stars]

DRAGONBALL REVOLUTION
There’s nothing really special about this movie. It could have been cool, considering that Dragonball is a well-loved manga and anime series. However, this live action adaptation reminded me too much about made for TV movies. I don’t know if it’s the script, the effects or the acting. Hmmm. [2 out of 5 stars]

FAST AND FURIOUS
For some reason, Vin Diesel is beefier here but Paul Walker looks too skinny. Paul Walker would definitely loose in a fist fight. I love the car chase scenes but I hate the scenes with Jordana Brewster in it. Her character just has nothing to offer. All in all, I’d say the movie is just average. [3 out of 5 stars]

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS
This movie was funny, but it did get a bit boring and predictable more than once. The blob was funny, and so was the rest of the monsters, but somehow the movie as a whole didn’t have that impact a great movie leaves on me. It was just ok I guess. [3 out of 5 stars]

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN
This was probably one of the worst movies I’ve seen in a long time. The trailers made it seem interesting and funny but it was boring, predictable, and did I already say boring? This movie was a waste of energy for “The Rock”. Even he couldn’t save a lousy plot, lousy script, and lousy co-stars. [1 out of 5 stars]

WATCHMEN
The movie was beautiful yet gut wrenching at the same time. The opening fight scene of the movie gave me serious goosebumps, while the opening credits scene looked super cool. But despite all the great looking visuals, the plot didn’t make any sense to me. To me, it was all style and no substance. [2 out of 5 stars]

STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI
This one’s almost as bad as Dragonball Revolution. I say almost because I think it’s bit better than Dragonball.  However, this too, has the made for TV movie feel to it. But at least there were times during the movie that I actually became interested in it. [2.5 out of 5 stars]

CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC
I’ve read and loved the book this movie was based on.  Despite this movie not being 100% true to the novel, I still loved the movie. Come to think of it, I think the movie was even a tad better than the book. The character of Becky was more lovable and in a sense relatable in the movie. In the book, there were times when she was just plain annoying. [5 out of 5]

PINK PANTHER 2
This was good for some laughs. I’m not really a big fan of slapstick comedy, but I was able to at least appreciate Pink Panther 2. I think it was because of the accent, hehe. Anyway, if you don’t expect too much you might actually enjoy this one. [3 out of 5 stars]

BRIDE WARS
Here’s the thing with expectations… if they’re not met, no matter how good something might be, you’ll be disappointed. I expected a lot from this movie. The cast was promising and the premise was interesting and original. However, the movie simply did not live up to it’s potential. It was disappointing, really. [2 out of 5 stars]

UNDERWORLD RISE OF THE LYCANS
I wasn’t really interested in this one, but my boyfriend wanted to see it so we did. It was ok, if this was your thing you’d probably love this movie. But dark, grungy movies are not really my thing. Just the fact that I wasn’t bored while watching this one already says a lot to its advantage. [4 out of 5 stars]

INKHEART
This one was ok I guess. I thought it was going to be really cool but it ended up being a bit boring at parts and predictable at other parts (I didn’t read the book this movie was based on). However, the plot was pretty good… I guess it was just the way it was edited or something that was the problem. [3 out of 5 stars]

MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE TO AFRICA
I didn’t like the first Madagascar movie but this was hilarious! This is definitely way better than the first movie. I love how they continued where they left off at the ending of the first movie and how at the end, everything fell into perfect place. [5 out of 5 stars]

Ok, so if you’re thinking that my opinions and ratings don’t make any sense, I would have to agree with you. Sometimes I don’t even understand myself, haha. But hey, everyone’s entitiled to their own opinion, and those were mine. ^_^