Remember this thing? No? Well, that's ok, nobody but me really does anyway. You know what else people don't care for? Modern day John Cusack. But I'm dodging the point of the whole list thing here. For the next however-long-until-I-get-tired-bored-or-both I will be documenting my film-going or movie-watching experiences and presenting said experiences onto this whole dribble of words. If that sounds boring to you, don't worry, there's pictures! With color too! The future!
There are some things to know. Like, how this list is structured. The first movie to show up is the latest movie I have seen. And so on and so on. I probably could have condensed this paragraph to save time but I don't roll that way.
Also, I may or may not have seen these movies previously before. So fuck ya'll!
STARTING DATE OF COMPILATION: May 2nd 2012
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1. Face/Off
John Woo. Fantastic. This movie, a first time viewing for me, is a treat. John Travolta, ehhhhh take him or leave him, but the reason you see this film is for Nicolas Cage's manic performance. John Travolta does a decent imitation of Cage during the whole life swapping stuff, but it's not the same. Fantastic. |
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2. The Muppets Take Manhattan
A major Muppets hankering took me here... to a movie made before I was even born? WTH, are the muppets really that old? I guess so! Well, this isn't my favorite, but there were at least a couple of funny spots. Kermit gets married. That was weird and somewhat unexpected. |
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3. Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
A couple of weeks prior, I went to the Sasquatch Music Festival, a massive four day event filled with shows on quite possibly the most beautiful venue I will ever encounter, The Gorge in central Washington state. Tenacious D was one of the headliners there, and alongside Beck, helped close out the festivities. It was pretty epic and a lot of fun. Anyway, I was feeling a bit nostalgic, so I figured, HEY, why not? It's on Netflix after all! |
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4. RoboCop
Well, I'll be damned. I finally watched this movie. It's brilliant. |
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5. Wedding Crashers
Interesting fact. I watched this via Netflix. This is one of my favorite comedies, I've watched it more than a few times... I own the extended, unrated cut of the film. I was lazy this time around, and the allure of watching the movie with a click of the mouse was tantalizing. It turns out that the regular, non-extended film... it kind of sucks, just a film filled with bad cuts and terrible transition scenes. Who knew? |
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6. Wanderlust
Hilarious. My love affair with Paul Rudd continues. |
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7. Wimbledon
As a tennis story, this is a wonderful film. As a love story, this is terrible. Kirsten Dunst shouldn't have been the IT girl of the early to mid 2000's. |
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8. Slackers
Ughhhhh. It was partly funny, mostly Jason Schwartzman was, in an odd role for him to take. I did like some of it, particularly the scenes with the guys scheming, but the wretched love story was....just........BAD! |
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9. She's Out of My League
This is ridiculous. For starters, no, a girl like that will never fall for Jay Baruchel. Nasally voiced Jay Baruchel, of 112 lbs fame. Not happening, especially a girl as hot as Alice FUCKING EVE. |
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10. Piranha 3DD
Worse than the first! Terrible, terrible, terrible yet wonderful at the same time. |
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11. Definitely, Maybe
AWWWWWWWWW it's adorable. I have a soft spot for these type of movies, apparently. |
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12. Kick-Ass
It's a movie I liked... when I first saw it. |
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13. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Soooo yeaaaaah, I've never seen this one before. It was one of those proud and (I guess) fleeting moments I held close and dear to my heart. Well, that moment ends as I finally checked the epic conclusion (?) to the series out. Now that I thoroughly chewed, swallowed, brushed my teeth, and digested this train wreck of a movie, I can confidently tell you that... this is a train wreck of a movie! I honestly don't know what's happening on screen, nor do I really care as this may as well just be eye candy to be discarded and forgot of shortly after viewing pleasure. Honestly, I mostly watched this to check out the Victoria's Secret model out. |
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14. 21 Jump Street
Over-rated! |
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15. X-Men: First Class
A Hugh Jackman(lite) romp back to the world of the X-Men, Cold War era! Fassbender. He's so hot right now. Him and McAvoy (whom I'm also a fan of) are both terrific in this. |
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16. The A-Team
Guilty pleasure movie of mine. It's a shame we'll never see a sequel as this one was hardly a commercial success. |
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17. Captain America: The First Avenger
This was added to Canadian Netflix just the other day, so obviously I'm going to watch it. Skinny Evans is creepy as fuck, but this movie as a whole is pretty solid. |
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18. WALL-E
This happened. After much debate, this is my favorite Pixar movie. For its lack of dialogue, it sure presents an awful lot of emotion, something I think few films can attest to. I'm really looking forward to Brave this summer. |
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19. Away We Go
Cute film, I love both of the leads. |
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20. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Eh, I saw it on a bumper sticker once. |
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21. Galaxy Quest
A fun flick. That's about the most I can say about this Tim Allen romp back in the hey-day of his career. I wouldn't say it's a great movie, but the concept is fun. Fun. That's a fun word. |
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22. The Avengers
Wow. So, I really didn't think they could pull this off, but they did it with flying colours. This movie was exceptional, about as good a summer blockbuster as you would find. Lots of explosions, lots of scenes where they kick ass, and even more impressively... It didn't feel like any character stole the spotlight. They each were given equal amounts of screen time. It's like how X-Men should have been, and not just Wolverine and the X-Men. |
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23. Wrath of the Titans
I have never seen the the first movie. With that out of the way, Sam Worthington is still a terrible actor capable of either whispering really silently with a faint gruff and tough demeanor or getting beat up really spectacularly. And what was up with that sad sack love scene tacked on at the very end? There was no hint of build-up, it was just a random kiss because I guess love was in the air or something. Also, teleporting. Meh. |