I had back to back nights of Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston on Thursday and Friday.
We're the Millers - this was a hilarious movie. I don't know why I didn't see it when it first came out. It's really enjoyable, and the cast works well together as the fake family. I usually love Ed Helms, but absolutely hated his character in this. Always nice when Nick Offerman pops up somewhere too.
Horrible Bosses 2 - didn't like it as much as the first, but still pretty funny. It was never boring and moved along at a good pace. Chris Pine was great, and I liked that other characters from the original movie were in it, but not too much. There weren't any scenes where I was truly worried about the main characters though, maybe because they made it out of the last one alright.
I thought it was good, but I also thought it lost a little something when it became focused on the Further. I mean, I guess that was what everything was building up to from the beginning, but it seemed like the tone shifted a little as they introduced the comedic bickering ghost hunter duo and dumped the family backstory and atral projection stuff on you all at once.
I especially liked the use of Tiptoe Through the Tulips and I guess the very last stretch where they were crossing over into the actual world and pouring into the home was pretty neat. And the old lady was pretty creepy.
I thought it was good, but I also thought it lost a little something when it became focused on the Further. I mean, I guess that was what everything was building up to from the beginning, but it seemed like the tone shifted a little as they introduced the comedic bickering ghost hunter duo and dumped the family backstory and atral projection stuff on you all at once.
I especially liked the use of Tiptoe Through the Tulips and I guess the very last stretch where they were crossing over into the actual world and pouring into the home was pretty neat. And the old lady was pretty creepy.
I typically don't watch horror movies (despise jump scares, dislike grotesque special effects), but most horror movies don't feature Tiny Tim.
Really good. I echo everything said about Gyllenhaal playing a fantastic lunatic. I loved the scene where he turned in the triple homicide footage and started listing off like fifty demands that he had. Just how robotic and impersonal he seemed (unless he was getting angry or trying to hobnob with the anchors) was wonderful, such a great creep of a character.
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I was expecting it to end the other way around - with Rick being the one to end up filming Bloom getting killed because he got greedy with a story, but that wouldn't have been nearly as great as the creepy son of a bitch luring Rick into getting gunned down.
Felt like it went on for fuckin' ten hours. Definitely a good movie, I don't think I need to say that. I really appreciated how many times it made me change my outlook on certain characters. I went in blind and every corner the movie rounded felt fresh.
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I was going to say something about how I didn't really care for the ending, but I've decided that to be fair to the movie I have to admit that I personally probably wouldn't have been satisfied with anything short of Amazing Amy getting her amazing head caved in with a fire extinguisher. Better yet, getting fucked to death by the knife dildo from Seven. I'm sure Fincher still has that laying around.
Really good. Great cinematography. My favorite part:
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Ben Kingsley's flashbacks where he was directing films. The cinematography was especially amazing in those
I Saw the Devil
Hmmm! Great performances and score, and the ending was gud, but I dunno, didn't really do it for me overall. I liked Oldboy more
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I thought the villain was a pretty interesting twist on the typical serial killer though. For the most part he didn't really seem to take much pleasure in any of it, it was so workmanlike and methodical. Kinda made it creepier in a way
Hmmm! Great performances and score, and the ending was gud, but I dunno, didn't really do it for me overall. I liked Oldboy more
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I thought the villain was a pretty interesting twist on the typical serial killer though. For the most part he didn't really seem to take much pleasure in any of it, it was so workmanlike and methodical. Kinda made it creepier in a way
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Yeah I've probably been overselling it to you :$ . I did love it though, I just wasn't sure how much you would. I'm sure you expected better with me bugging you about it all the time
I thought the ending was fantastic. Especially acting and score like you said:
And the car stabbing scene and the cat and mouse game around that LODGE were both so tense
Oh boy... that wasn't very good at all. There were some cool ideas but the execution wasn't there. I give them a little credit for trying to frame it with a different wraparound story this time, but jeesh even that fell flat.
The first short, Dante the Great, was easily my favorite of them all but it wasn't even close to being sppoky. It would have worked better as a standalone horror comedy mockumentary kind of thing. The second one started out interesting and then... demon dongs.