This is the last four-release weekend for a while, which is undoubtedly a Good Thing, at least for Alex and I. We'll have reviews of Act Of Valor, which is every bit the Call Of Duty movie you might've imagined, and Wanderlust today, with Gone and perhaps Coriolanus coming up sometime this weekend. It's a decent weekend for kinda-crappy films, if you're into that sort of thing
 | 1. Act of Valor Is this the next Top Gun? Probably not, but the latest military-approved propaganda film certainly looks to both make some money and also inspire young men to enlist in the military. It'll be funny to see the Call of Duty players try to get through Hell Week, but more power to them, I guess. |
 | 2. Gone I find Amanda Seyfried attractive, by which I mean I'd like to see her without her clothes on, but I don't know if I'd like to see her in a lame James Patterson-esque pseudo-mystery. I kind of doubt anyone else would, either. Look for this one to land softly at the box office, by my guess. |
 | 3. Wanderlust This R-rated comedy from the director of Wet Hot American Summer holds the promise (or threat) of Jennifer Aniston nudity, but really, I'm a bit surprised that she didn't put her foot down when they cast Malin Akerman as the second female lead. That'd be like the bridesmaid being eight times hotter than the bride. |
 | 4. Tyler Perry's Good Deeds Tyler Perry always does well at the ticket window, so I'm sure this'll do a-ok. Too bad for Thandie Newton, though; I think she has a kind of talent that would lend itself well to some indie pictures, but she seems intent on making increasingly crappy major releases instead. Not that I'm saying this is bad, but it wasn't screened for critics, so... |
 | 5. Around June I saw the trailer for this low-budget, shot-in-San Francisco film, and never wanted to see it again. This is on two screens, both of which I imagine are here in SF. |
 | 6. The Forgiveness of Blood An apparently effective Albanian film about blood debts between families, this is only going to appear on a few screens here in the states. |
 | 7. Tomorrow When the War Began This Australian film came out in 2010, but looks to score with a limited release here in America two years later in ten theaters. It looks like a mildly limited Red Dawn remix, but I know it's based on a young adult novel, so I'll give it some points for that. We'll see if the other two books in the series get similar adaptations; theoretically its reception here in the U.S. will help gauge that possibility. Because WOLVERINES! |
 | 8. Neon Flesh I don't know much about this movie, except that its title is basically a Europorn movie come to life. That's all I have to say about that. |
I am a David Wain fan so I will be seeing Wanderlust. Early buzz is pretty positive, so I am sold.
I very much disagree with you about Jennifer Aniston and Malin Akerman. I think Aniston is amazingly beautiful but don't find Akerman all that attractive.
I like Paul Rudd and the aforementioned Jennifer Aniston so I'll probably see Wanderlust. Everything else looks like a pass this week.
Already saw Act of Valor through an early screening, and it was very good. Don't miss it. Sadly, I don't know if any of the others besides Good Deeds would do well either.
I'm interested in Act of Valor. I want to know if it's a war movie or an action movie. I'd probably want to see it either way, but the distinction is definitely gonna color my expectations.
I am a true patriot, and would mainline shit like Act of Valor if I could. I'd shoot that shit between my toes, screaming "AMERICA!" at the top of my lungs, waving the flag, punching a Muslim, and eating a god damn real American hot dog.
But I got too much shit going on this weekend to go see it. Costco, Lenscrafters, you know how it is.
Yea Act of Valor just makes me want a Call of Duty movie. Hey I remember that Yesterday when the War Began movie it looked like the Aussie Red Dawn.
It seems to me a realistic war movie would look more like Restrepo (only not a documentary)
I'm glad Act Of Valor is finally coming out so I can stop seeing trailers for it, and we can stop fucking talking about this abhorrent piece of shit. Everything about it screams super generic military crap with no spark of creativity behind it. Maybe if they did away with the ultra-generic film title and avoided using shitty, emotionally abusive hip hop in the trailers I might be more into this.
Give me the original Navy SEALs with Charlie Sheen, please.
Jennifer Aniston doesn't show anything in Wanderlust. The scene was cut out of the film.
As for Amanda Seyfried, she's had no clothes on in movies before, like that one where she bangs Julianne Moore. Can't remember the name of the movie off-hand, but it was a bad movie anyways.
@Napalm said:
But the spectacularly generic title is how gamers will know it's pretty much Call of Duty/Medal of Honor: The Movie! And just as derivative, creatively bankrupt and forgettable/disposable a piece of entertainment as the games in those stupid series!
Fucking thing will probably be no.1 this weekend. The whole "Filmed with actual active duty Navy Seals" seems to actually excite Joe America. *sigh*
This is for you buddy!
@TopSteer said:
This. Aniston has been hot for 20 years and has not diminished with age IMO. Akerman just doesn't do anything for me at all. That said, I have no plans to see this movie, which I expect to be quite terrible. If Aniston finally takes it off (fingers crossed), there will be plenty of it on the Internets. No need to sit through drivel to see it.