So we’ve been told my numerous friends with kids to go to the movies, because we won’t EVER GET TO GO AGAIN. OK, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it’ll be awhile before we see anything not made by Disney or Pixar.
Here are the reviews:
Pirates of the
Caribbean 3 – Lots of good swashbuckling action and better than the 2nd installment. Great for summer watching.
Spiderman 3 – More torment for Peter Parker and Spiderman. The Sandman was really cool to watch (amazing what $100 million of special effects can do) and the other villains are fine.
Fantastic 4 - Also a good summer movie. The Silver Surfer is very, very cool. Jessica Alba is weirdly tan and has strange and brassy blonde hair. But otherwise, it was nifty.
Addendum: I forgot about Ocean’s 13! Entertaining and better than Ocean’s 12. Nice twists.
I’d like to see Transformers and Harry Potter, but hopefully I’ll just have a baby soon instead….
On DVD:
Borat – Funny, but not as good as I was expecting. My favorite scene was in the ‘deleted scenes’ list, where Borat is at the grocery store looking at cheese.
Pan’s Labyrinth – Quite possibly the worst movie I’ve seen in a year. Violent and gory, and many of the main characters die. More about fascist
Spain (hello, uplifting) than fantasy.
The Prestige - Good movie about dueling magicians. It’s Batman vs. Wolverine, I mean Christian Bale vs. Hugh Jackman. Lots of good twists and turns and kept me guessing.
Off to eat more spicy food and take a walk…..
totally disagree about pan’s labyrinth. i really loved it, one of the best movies of last year. i found the story totally compelling and with just the right mix of fantasy.
Comment by dave — June 28, 2007 @ 5:15 pm