Horror, 79 Minutes, 2010
[Wife and kids are away on their last weekend jaunt before school starts so while I catch up on some mind-numbingly tedious work I’m distracting myself with bad movies. This is the fifth.]
Tag: Science Fiction
Movie Review: The Hunger Games
Adventure, 142 Minutes, 2012
I have to begin this by admitting that I’ve not read these books. My wife has, however, and wanted to see the movie and I want to continue to see my wife so we watched it. So I can only speak to the film and not how well it honors its source material.
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Movie Review: Iron Sky
Sci-fi/Satire, 93 Minutes, 2012
Nazis on the moon! That’s pretty much the premise and, surprising nobody more than me, it actually (kinda) works. Where the movie (a Finnish/German/Australian production in English and sub-titled German) tries and fails hardest is its often ham-fisted political satire. This movie has nothing nice to say about anybody (except maybe Finland, who still comes off as slightly pathetic) but the United States definitely gets the brunt of things.
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Movie Review: Arctic Blast
Sci-fi, 92 Minutes, 2010
[This is the sixth review for this edition of my semi-regular “my-wife-is-visiting-relatives-so-I’m-watching-loads-of-crappy-movies” film festival. Yes, we’re back to the schlock.]
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Movie Review: Mongolian Death Worm
“Mongolian Death Worm” on IMDB
Horror, 89 Minutes, 2010
[This is the third review for this edition of my semi-regular “my-wife-is-visiting-relatives-so-I’m-watching-loads-of-crappy-movies” film festival.]
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Movie Review: Metal Tornado
Horror, 101 Minutes, 2011
[This is the second review for this edition of my semi-regular “my-wife-is-visiting-relatives-so-I’m-watching-loads-of-crappy-movies” film festival.]
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Movie Review: Prometheus
Sci-fi, 124 Minutes, 2012
This is difficult to review. It has to be considered a stand-alone film (because that’s what Ridley Scott’s been screaming at anybody who’ll listen) but dammit, it isn’t a stand-alone film. It’s a prequel to Alien [IMDB]. Telling people to forget it doesn’t change it. So, as a stand-alone film? Not a bad popcorn flick, but tremendously flawed intellectually. As a prequel to “Alien”? Well… then it sucks and blows.
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Movie Review: John Carter
Sci-fi/Adventure, 132 Minutes, 2012
I’ve always been a big fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter stories ever since I first read them as a teenager. Pulp fiction (the genre, not the film) has always been a favorite and Burroughs is one of the best. I also truly adore turn-of-the-(last)-century science-fiction. Reading about the advances that authors from the pre-transister-age invented has always been a joy. So when I found out that Disney was going to celebrate the centenary of the character (yes, John Carter is 100 years-old this year) with a big-budget blow-out written and directed by Andrew Stanton (“Wall-E” [IMDB], “Finding Nemo” [IMDB]) I was more than a little interested.
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Towel Day 2012: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” on IMDB
Sci-Fi/Comedy, 109 Minutes, 2005
Today is the 12th annual Towel Day, a celebration of all things Douglas Adams. In celebration (and since the kids happen to be home from school) we decided to grab our towels and cuddle up on the couch and watch this.
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Movie Review: Outlander
Sci-fi, 114 Minutes, 2008
A friend of mine suggested this one and I have no idea how I missed it. Apparently it was in theaters and everything! Good actors and a significant budget carry it a long way. Some interesting ideas carry it further but a few unfortunate missteps keep it from real greatness.
