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Old 05-17-2011, 05:07 PM   #3985 (permalink)
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I've seen quite a few recently... hard to "rate" them, so I'll just make do.

Insidious -- totally creeped me out but really fun to watch. A little Poltergeist-y, Hitchcock-y and Stephen King-y. We had the giggles at one point and there is definitely the Jig-Saw influence in one of the characters, but thoroughly enjoyable.

Thor 3D in XD... freaking awesome. S kept murmuring, "Meanwhile, in the Hall of Justice...." but overall really well done. It's always nice going to the theater and watching a movie in an easy chair with the audio optimized for every seat. The effects were so good that I was off-kilter for almost an hour since my vestibular-ocular responses were all wonked out from the 3D and audio experience,

Black Death (2010 or '11 version) -- at first we thought it was a bad SeeFee channel movie, but it totally redeemed itself and the religious aspect of the plague was entertainingly investigated.

Fast Five -- Hands down my entertainment favorite. But, I've been looking forward to it for a really long time. Cars, Diesel, and explosions. Hubba hubba.

13 -- Total mindfuck... completely loved it. Even has a little Statham in it but he's by far NOT the main focus. The guy in charge of the event is just sheer insanity.

Julia's Eyes (Spain) -- Again, total mindfuck. But completely and totally brilliant. The director and cinematographer did a superb job of setting the mood and I'll give away too much if I try to go into it, because it was that amazing.

Confessions (Japan) -- More mindfucking. Teacher, kids, intertwined stories of revenge. Amazing. Loved it. Really well done. The teacher gave me goosebumps at one point, she was so chilling.

Kill the Irishman -- Awesome Cleveland mob story from the 1970s. Crazy cameos kept popping up and it was really well done. Every movie we watched for awhile, we kept waiting for cars to blow up. Watch it and you'll know why

Hobo with a Shot Gun -- I made it 20 minutes in before I had to bow out. Worse than Black Devil Doll. Purely cheap, campy, gore... but completely over the top and weird. Did not like.

Not a fan of Let Me In or Takers, both were quite disappointing.
But Hanna and Source Code rocked. As did Ip Man and Ip Man 2, for the Wing Chun experience. Donnie Yen is The Man.

There's my last two weeks of movies
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