Saturday, March 13, 2010

LOOK ME IN THE EYES!!...u need a friend?

Just saw Brooklyns Finest,
Great movie, loved it. Cinematography was great, story line was good. Only thing that made me go why? was the ending and how dramatic fuqua made it. One of the things I didnt like was the use of music in this movie, it seemed to play throughout the movie, to create mood and such, it does a great job, dont get me wrong, but it just seems to be too much. Although the Audio is great because its like surround hearing not just: this then that. Ending feels kinda rushed but the outcome was awesome. This movie is like hardcore police life, even though cops are vilified in the movie, there is still a human aspect to the characters, that drives the story forward

Hawke: Got what his family wanted, Cheadle: Becomes his new life, Gere: Refinds his passion
Thats kind of a spoiler but not really.

Grade: A
Bluray: This one is highly likely

Friday, March 12, 2010

work

For some reason today at work has been relatively slow. Now im on a coworkers comp that has internet access and im just working on my yelp reviews. What else to blog about. Saw some movies recently.

Tron:
Great movie, story line is kind of normal not as exhilarating as recent movies, but the graphics and idea of the story is genius. The idea of using the computer as a place of discovery and using its world as the world and then setting inside a video game software company was great. The visual were eyepopping it almost made me believe that this was the Avatar of the 80s. I liked how basically it was a black n white movie just with colors of red and blue. The city scape and world reminded me of those in Metropolis that were constructed by Mr. Fritz. Also Jeff Bridges is in it, and all i can see is the Dude in his younger years lol. Now waiting for the 2nd one, dont know how the story will work but the gorgeous Olivia Wilde is in it, and thats good enough.

B+
Bluray?: Would consider

Inglorious Basterds:
A great QT movie. I think it rivals Pulp Fiction and blows Kill Bill out of the water. I never understood the appeal of Kill Bill, just needless revenge and the characters werent that interesting. Now this movie is character driven, period. The "Jew Hunter", lol, deserved to win his oscar. Even though some characters were ridiculous like Aldo Raine, who was just plain American as American can be. The story of the decorated sniper and Shoshanne, was great. I dont know how to explain but QT does such a good job with the little things in developing characters and thier story that it creates a great finsihed product. He builds up the soldier as a great guy and someone youd feel bad if he died. But then in one fell swoop he takes that connection away and then you wish him dead. Then when hes dead, you feel bad, but then hes not dead and you want him dead again. LOL i thought it was great. Not much interesting shots but dialogue was up to QT standards. His recent films were just his "practice" to get to Carnegie Hall, but this was as Aldo puts it his "masterpiece" I actually think this should have beat Hurt Locker for the Oscar. Given I have only seen 30 minutes of it, ill reserve judgement.

Grade: A-
Bluray: Yes, once I have money and its on sale