Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Rating: C

I thought this movie was pretty lame as far as acting and writing but somehow I sat through the entire thing and wasn't completely pissed off about the time spent watching.  I can see how people would come out of the theater thinking it was great.  I wouldn't be one of those people, but I could see it.  Basically the invisible woman and stretchy guy are trying to get married but an alien on a silver surfboard starts wreaking havoc.  The fun really begins when Dr. Doom comes back and doublecrosses the Fantastic 4.

 

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Species

Rating: C-

Decent movie with a bad ending.  Focuses on a girl that has been made using human and alien DNA.  She escapes when the scientists try to kill her and focuses on finding a mate in Los Angeles.  Seriously.

Worth watching if you are incredibly bored.

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Ghost Rider

Rating: C-

Film version of the comic book character "Ghost Rider".  Nicolas Cage stars as a guy that sold his soul to the devil and ends up turning into a flaming skeleton every night as a result.  He loves Eva Mendes who loves him back, in spite of the fire and bones.

This movie was really terrible.  I gave it a C- because it was so terrible it was entertaining.  Cheesy effects, bad story line, I could go on... 

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The Break Up

Grade: C-

Premise: Guy and a girl move in together and then break up. But they fight over the apartment they share.

Recommend?: No. There wasn't many laugh out loud moments. Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston have zero chemistry. Don't ever need to see it again. It's not the worst movie of the year - definitely not the best.

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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Grade: C-

Premise: Tells the tale of Ricky Bobby, a race car driver that gets into an accident and has to get back in the race.

Recommend?: Only for those that want to watch a really dumb movie. Will Ferrell comedies aren't cerebral to begin with but this is the dumbest. There are a few good scenes but overall - pretty lame.

Broken Flowers

Grade: C-

Premise: Older Bachelor finds out that he may have a son and goes to visit his former girlfriends to see if one of them is the mother.

Recommend?:Not really. I didn't hate it enough to turn it off but I was not at all impressed by the movie. Bill Murray gave a good performance - that's about it.


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Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Grade: C-

Premise: Married hit people have to take out each other.

Recommend?:Well, the first hour leading up to the action was painful. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have about zero chemistry onscreen. I'm not huge fans of either one but the movie trailer looked cute. Not so. The scenes where things are blowing up and they are shooting at each other were cool but that's about it. A guy I know saw it and thought it was good...so maybe it's a guy movie. So it's a tentative recommend.

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