First Impression: I heard about how good this is, but never knew what it was about before watching the movie.
Afterthoughts: The movie goes fairly slow, but the many twist in the story keeps it from being boring. All the actors did a great job in this film, Tilda Swinton really deserved her Oscar win (though in recent news, it seems she doesn’t care for it much and has since given it away to her American agent). One of the few George Clooney movies I liked.
First Impression: This is the classic of the classics, the single most funniest movie ever produced according to everyone alive, and because I’m a sucker for good movies, I decided to watch it.
Afterthoughts: Sometimes I just don’t understand how really crappy movies turn out to be so highly lauded. I can’t think of a really good example right now but V for Vendetta and Napoleon Dynamite comes to mind. This movie was so ridiculously boring that I’m afraid everyone I know will start yelling about how I just “don’t get it” for dissing their most beloved movie. I thank gods I don’t know many film geeks. I just couldn’t even bring myself to laugh once during the movie…I didn’t even crack a smile. It seems like everyone’s saying they love it because everyone else does and then has the tenacity to quote every single line from the film just to annoy me even more.
First Impression: I’d watched this when I was very little, but my dad, for some odd reason, thought I have never seen this before, so we watched it again.
Afterthoughts: This is one of the most classic animation films by Miyazaki (who wrote Spirited Away). I even have a Totoro alarm clock that plays the theme song, which is actually quite annoying in the morning so I don’t use it anymore. (It also takes 4 frakking AA batteries) If you liked Spirited Away, this is another movie you can’t miss. Disney should learn from Miyazaki on how to write a kid movie that don’t suck.
First Impression: Had to watch this for Swedish 300.
Afterthoughts: Wow. There’s a reason some people refuse to watch Hollywood films, and I’m starting to understand why. If you are thinking about renting a movie, get this one now. I’m not kidding on how good this is. The way foreign movies do comedies and drama, you just can’t compare them to your usual box office hits. You will laugh, cry, and cheer for Ingemar. I’m so glad I took Swedish.
First Impression: I didn’t want to watch it…but nothing good was on when we went to the theatre.
Afterthoughts: I enjoyed it. I didn’t expect it to be so much fun. The story may have been a rehash, and the plot line a bit predictable and impossible, but the chemistry between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is what made this movie possible. Just mindless fun about two assassins living together without knowing each other’s true identity.
First Impression: I didn’t even know what this one is about, except that it had five Oscar nominations but won nothing.
Afterthoughts: Well, it’s not a great movie per se, but it does get its point across. Running at a little more than two and a half hour, we follow this ordinary guy who was hired along with four others to assassinate Arab terrorists that were said to be tied to the unfortunate massacre of Team Israel in Munich during the Olympic Games. The five guys go through blunders and mistakes as they navigate through Europe assassinating people.
First Impression: I actually had no real intention of watching this, but there were no more copies left on the Rogers Video shelves and being the smart person that I thought I was, I asked one of the clerks for a copy hoping I can get a free rental next time…but noooo, someone had to return their copy and so I was stuck with it.
Afterthoughts: This wasn’t that bad at all. There were some slow scenes but overall, I laughed my ass off. Pierce Brosnan, without the (annoying) suave James Bond act, was actually quite a funny bastard and surprised the hell out of me with his hilarious pubescent girl chasing assasin character. If you don’t mind crude humour, definitely rent this.
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