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 psycho killer in 3rd act ala Event Horizon. A beautiful waste. (→)
(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 gives his life to prove to his son that he is a brave and honorable man? Lost me at the end.
_(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 namely the sky-diving gunfight. Monica Belluci looked almost bad and a Paul Giamatti character annoyed me for the first time that I can ever recall. The Man Who Whould be Bond deserved a lot better.
(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]