Films: Watched in 2008
_Watched in 2008
_(08.14.09) [??] The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005, Anthony Lucas) [dvr; home]
(08.09.09) [58] Death Sentence (2007, James Wan) [dvr; home] ~
(08.09.09) [76] Capote (2005, Bennett Miller) [dvr; home] ~
(08.07.09) [82] Singin' in the Rain (1952, Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly) [dvr; home] ~
(08.06.09) [62] Swiss Family Robinson (1960, Ken Annakin) [dvr; home] ~
_(08.06.09) [??] The Climactic Death of Dark Ninja (2004, Peter Craig) [cable; home] ~
(08.05.09) [76] Witness for the Prosecution (1957, Billy Wilder) [dvr; home] ~
(08.04.09) [64] Flyboys (2006, Tony Bill) [dvr; home] ~ Movie so-so, dogfights great. Why don't more filmmakers take advantage of these types of visual effects?
(08.03.09) [59] The Invisible (2007, David S. Goyer) [dvr; home] ~
(08.02.09) [84] 12 Angry Men (1957, Sidney Lumet) [dvr; home] ~
(08.01.09) [68] The TV Set (2006, Jake Kasdan) [dvr; home] ~
(08.28.08) [65] The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang (2006, Tim Skousen) [dvr; home] ~ What a pleasant suprise! Enjoyed it much more than 2nd cousin Napoleon Dynamite.
(08.18.08) [67] Tropic Thunder (2008, Ben Stiller) [film; rave motion pictures polaris 18, theater 11]
(08.13.08) [54] Balls of Fury (2007, Robert Ben Garant) [dvr; home]
(08.10.08) [77] Stalag 17 (1953, Billy Wilder) [dvr; home] ~ Not the uber-classic I'd heard it was but enjoyable nonetheless. Could've used less Fred Travalena.
(08.08.08) [67] /Superbad/ (2007, Greg Mottola) [dvr; home]
(08.08.07) [74] The Dark Knight (2008, Christopher Nolan) [film; marcus cinemas crosswoods, theater 3] ~ Good god, it's not that freaking good! #1 on IMDB? Who stuffed that ballot box?
(08.08.02) [56] The Ex (2006, Jesse Peretz) [dvr; home] ~ I hate it when people waste perfectly good Grodin.
(08.08.02) [66] Stagedoor (2006, Alexandra Shiva) [dvr; home]
(08.07.28) [56] Resident Evil: Extinction (2007, Russell Mulcahy) [dvr; home] ~ Good direction but W.S. Anderson's blandness permeates everything he touches.
(08.07.26) [65] Step Brothers (2008, Adam McKay) [film; marcus cinemas crosswoods, theater 5] ~
(08.07.25) [70] Spartan (2004, David Mamet) [dvr; home] ~ Zig to the zag, can Mamet concoct a story! Unsure if I wanted to see it and in minutes I was hooked.
(08.07.24) [64] The Kingdom (2007, Peter Berg) [dvr; home] ~ Suprised to read the bulk of this was filmed in Arizona. Felt more authentic than that.
(08.07.19) [70] Eagle vs Shark (2007, Taika Cohen) [dvr; home]
(08.07.13) [61] Hancock (2008, Peter Berg) [film; marcus cinemas crosswoods, theater 6]
(08.07.13) [58] The Brothers Solomon (2007, Bob Odenkirk) [dvr; home]
(08.07.12) [60] The Ten (2007, David Wain) [dvr; home]
(08.07.03) [73] /Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull/ (2008, Steven Spielberg) [film; maumee 18, theater 18] ~
(08.07.03) [74] /Horse Feathers/ (1932, Norman Z. McLeod) [dvd; friend]
(08.06.29) [67] Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006, Erik Canuel) [dvr; home] ~ A very nice change of pace in the "buddy cop" genre.
(08.06.28) [58] The Love Guru (2008, Marco Schnabel) [film; landmark's gateway theater, theater 7] ~ Good god, it's not that freaking bad!
(08.06.26) [75] The World's Fastest Indian (2005, Roger Donaldson) [dvr; home]
(08.06.25) [68] The Valet (2006, Francis Veber) [dvr; home]
(08.06.23) [80] Once (2006, John Carney) [dvr; home]
(08.06.22) [??] When Stand Up Stood Out (2003, Fran Solomita) [dvr; home]
(08.06.21) [75] My Man Godfrey (1936, Gregory La Cava) [dvr; home]
(08.06.15) [63] The Happening (2008, M. Night Shyamalan) [film; amc lennox 24, theater 18]
(08.06.15) [73] Hairspray (2007, Adam Shankman) [dvr; home]
(08.06.13) [78] The Lives of Others (2006, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck) [dvr; home]
_(08.06.09) [??] Spielberg on Spielberg (2007, Richard Schickel) [dvr; home]
(08.06.08) [73] Targets (1968, Peter Bogdanovich) [dvr; home]
(08.06.07) [??] Shrek the Third (2007, Chris Miller) [dvr; home]
(08.06.04) [71] Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006, Scott Glosserman) [dvr; home] ~ For the discriminating horror fan in your life.
(08.05.30) [81] Stranger Than Fiction (2006, Marc Forster) [dvr; home]
(08.05.25) [71] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008, Steven Spielberg) [film; ?] ~ Sorry haters, it was a blast. Not perfect but very fun.
(08.05.23) [67] Fallen (1998, Gregory Hoblit) [dvr; home] ~
(08.05.20) [??] Employee of the Month (2006, Greg Coolidge) [dvr; home]
(08.05.18) [62] Speed Racer (2008, The Wachowski Brothers) [film; ] ~
(08.05.11) [62] Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007, Jake Kasdan) [dvd; home] ~
_(08.05.11) [??] The Screwfly Solution (2006, Joe Dante) [dvr; home] ~
(08.05.04) [67] Planet Terror (2007, Robert Rodriguez) [dvr; home] ~
(08.05.03) [75] Iron Man (2008, Jon Favreau) [film; ]~
(08.04.24) [56] P2 (2007, Franck Khalfoun) [dvd; home] ~
(08.04.19) [70] Deja Vu (2006, Tony Scott) [dvr; home] ~ Hold on a second. Hollywood made a decent time travel flick and someone forgot to tell me?!
(08.04.11) [72] 300 (2006, Zack Snyder) [dvr; home] ~ Never felt like 300 men standing up to the Persian hordes. More like 50.
(08.04.01) [68] The Hunting Party (2007, Richard Shepard) [dvd; home] ~ I'm pretty sure I could watch these 3 run around and get into trouble in a few more movies. (→)
(08.03.25) [63] Ocean's Thirteen (2007, Steven Soderbergh) [dvd; home] ~ I'm pretty sure I don't want to watch these 11+ run around and get into trouble any more. (→)
(08.03.18) [77] No Country for Old Men (2007, Joel & Ethan Coen) [dvd; home] ~ I liked it but best of 2007? I have my doubts. (→)
(08.03.16) [76] Sunshine (2007, Danny Boyle) [dvd; home] ~ To Garland & Boyle, good SF doesn't need
(08.03.12) [53] 30 Days of Night (2007, David Slade) [dvd; home] ~ Vampire Danny Huston? Yay! No plotting, pacing or tension? Boo! Raw material was all there. (→)
(08.03.08) [60] Fracture (2007, Gregory Hoblit) [dvr; home] ~ Gosling has chops. Hopkins needs a 2nd note. Hoblit needs a decent script. Davidtz needs more roles.
(08.02.24) [57] The Invasion (2007, Alan Smithee) [dvd; home] ~ I'm sure Hirschbiegel would've Smithee'd this if he knew more about Hollywood. Roger Rees rocks! (→)
(08.02.16) [66] 3:10 to Yuma (2007, James Mangold) [dvd; home] ~ Luke Wilson, your cameo distracteth me too much. So let me get this straight. Dan
_(08.02.08) [??] Family Guy: Blue Harvest (2007, Dominic Polcino) [dvd; home] ~
(08.02.03) [74] Cloverfield (2008, Matt Reeves) [film; rave motion pictures polaris 18, theater 11] ~ Hands down the most well-made movie of 20081.
_(08.01.31) [??] Your Friend the Rat (2007, Jim Capobianco) [dvd; home]
_(08.01.31) [??] Lifted (2006, Gary Rydstrom) [dvd; home]
(08.01.31) [79] Ratatouille (2007, Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava) [dvd; home] ~ This movie is mentally vying for classification and consideration as my favorite and/or the best Pixar movie to date.
(08.01.22) [56] Shoot 'Em Up (2007, Michael Davis) [dvd; home] ~ Ugh, did I not care for this movie at all. And yes, I know that's what it was supposed to be but it just wasn't it. Unbelievably the best part of the movie was the most ridiculous part of the movie
(08.01.16) [79] Apocalypto (2006, Mel Gibson) [dvd; home] ~ Yes, I know Mel's a waack-job Neo-nazi but it was still a good movie.
(08.01.09) [66] Easy (2003, Jane Weinstock) [on demand; home]
(08.01.09) [63] I Am Legend (2007, Francis Lawrence) [dvd; home]
(08.01.06) [68] Rescue Dawn (2006, Werner Herzog) [dvd; home]
(08.01.01) [75] Eastern Promises (2007, David Cronenberg) [dvd; home]