| Movies
reviewed in 2008 |
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Disliked it. |
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Okay. |
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Loved it! |
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QUANTUM OF SOLACE :)
A quantum of trust,
and a quantum of tech...
Hey! A real spy film!
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ROLE MODELS :)
One of life's lessons:
Wielding padded foam weapons
keeps you sane. Sort of.
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TROPIC THUNDER :)
These may be Robert
Downey's greatest roles ever.
An actor's actor.
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PINEAPPLE
EXPRESS
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Take the three Stooges,
then add some reefer madness
and blood. Lots of blood.
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SURFWISE :|
How to raise your kids:
Surf! How not to raise your kids:
Surf— and then beat them.
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LARS AND THE REAL GIRL :)
Boy falls for fake girl.
Boy is lucky enough to
live in a fake town.
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W. :|
Warning: This is not
a comedy. It's an ad
for Jim Beam Whiskey.
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RELIGULOUS :)
Entertains, but with
a disingenuous style.
...just like the Bible!
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HANCOCK :|
Like Hancock, the film
wakes up once in a while, then
forgets where it's been.
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SLAP
SHOT :)
Yep, I still enjoy
watching those Hanson brothers
play with their toy cars.
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THE DARK KNIGHT :)
3 Kinds of Crazy—
Order, Chaos, and Coin Flips—
Collide in Gotham.
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CLOVERFIELD :)
The cameraman
said, "I'm so scared!" so often
that I wasn't scared.
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JUMPER :)
Does teleporting
cause limbs to atrophy? No!
It makes you quite buff.
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GET SMART :)
Maxwell got smarter,
and a bit more violent, too.
He's still funny though.
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X
MEN: THE LAST STAND :|
More of the X same
X stuff; filmed well, but leaving
me thinking X meh.
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BABY
MOMMA :|
A surrogate film
made by an excellent cast,
with standard results.
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IRON
MAN :)
A man who has all
the brains and courage he needs
makes himself a heart.
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WALK
HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY :)
It's as accurate
as any docudrama
of a singer gets.
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FORGETTING
SARAH MARSHALL :)
A silly romp through
that wonderful time in life
when your spouse dumps you.
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THE
FRIGHTENERS :)
An evil ghost sends
lots of people to Heaven.
Wait— what's wrong with that?
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DIVINE
SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD :)
Shhh! Don't tell a soul:
1. We're all alcoholics.
2. Everyone knows.
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ONCE :)
A street musician
makes a friend. They fall in love
—with a piano.
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SOMEWHERE
IN TIME
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Made very little
sense, but at least you find out
why the photo is so cool.
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TAKE
:|
Parenting is tough—
especially when your kid
gets kidnapped and killed.
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SCOTLAND,
PA :|
Someone took Cliff Notes
of Macbeth and smoked a joint,
then made a movie.
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BE
KIND REWIND :)
What with youtube, it's
only a matter of time
till this gets Sweded.
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RAT
RACE :)
Then the contestants
were all incarcerated
for multiple crimes.
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STARDUST
:)
Neil Gaiman knows
that good children's fairy tales
are made for adults.
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SUPERBAD
:|
It's not that Super,
but it's not so Bad either.
Maybe Kindabad.
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THE
PUNISHER :|
Some jerk's family
gets killed. Then he punishes
us with his ego.
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CHARLIE
WILSON'S WAR :)
Somebody had to
painstakingly smudge over
Tom Hank's neck wattle.
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JUNO
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Wow, teen pregnancy
isn't so bad after all.
(At least in movies...)
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RATATOUILLE
:)
An animation
or a marionette show?
Either way, it cooks.
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PS
I LOVE YOU :)
I'm going to make
you cry for an entire year.
PS - I love you.
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SWEENEY
TODD :|
Neat— there's a wormhole
that goes from the barber shop
to the bakery.
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ATONEMENT
:)
A tragedy wrapped
inside a tragedy trapped
inside a world war.
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I
AM LEGEND :|
Super Zombies who
should know how to drive and shoot
scream and bite instead.
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