haha, I have watched like all of those films. Sometimes I hit up the China Way real late at night because those movies make me want Chinese food so much.
Those movies? 3 of those 5 movies aren't even chinese...
*takes off his politically correct kimono and gets back on topic*
Watched a bunch of movies lately, so I'll keep it short:
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon **
Well, it's better than the previous Rise Of The Fallen but that doesn't say much. It starts out strong with a cool link with contemporary US history, but the second half is Bay at his worst again. A climax that goes on and on and the sad thing is: the Transformers (and especially the Autobots) are reduced to extra's in their own movie. It simply isn't about
them, which is a unforgivable misstep. A possibly awesome franchise ruined by a hack director with too much money.
Get Low ****
Touching little period drama set in 1930's USA, with two of my favorite actors: Robert Duvall and Bill Murray. An old broken down hermit (Duvall) wants to better his life before he dies and decides to hold a funeral party. He's been the outcast of the village he lives in for over 40 years and wants to hear all the stories people have been telling about him. The local undertaker, played by Murray, decides to help him out with the arrangements. But there's a catch.
This really is an actors movie with seemingly not much going on, plotwise. But the charm is in the detail, and it's cool to see Duvall shine so bright this late in his career.
After The Sunrise **1/2
For some reason I've been looking up older Woody Harrelson movies and this was one of 'm. A cool crime caper about a couple of classy thieves (Pierce Brosnan and Selma Hayek, in all her 90's glory
) who, after pulling off one last heist, retire to some banana republic. They are tracked there by the FBI agent (Harrelson) who was responsible for the loot they stole. What follows is a somewhat predictable, but still twisty and enjoyable cat-n-mouse game. Shame the script/plot wasn't any tighter and that the direction could've done with some more flair, because now it falls half way between trying to hard and being an actual cool movie. The three leads make the most of it and there's a lot to enjoy if you don't mind some plotholes and inconsistencies.
District 9 ****
Rewatched it last week. Really liked it the first time around, but sometimes a movie overwhelms you in the cinema and when watched a second time at home it douses you with disappointment.
But thankfully not this one. Still a really well made sci-fi comedy-drama-adventure that doesn't miss a beat. Michael Bay take note: this is effect-heavy sci-fi done
right.