The dumbest part were the bad guys. What were they even doing exactly? I guess they were trying to grow a drug crop or something but they never really did. Eric Roberts makes an awesome rich bastard bad guy though so I guess he did a good job of carrying that roll despite the lack of any script.
yeah there was a chick in that... Well I just saw Rum Diaries. Pretty blah movie, but I guess it was a true story, they couldn't spice it up much with random explosions and such. I wanted the mafia dude to pop some caps though. Overall I thought it was pretty boring. Johnny Depp played the sex cymbal that sorta looks drunk all throughout (not as drunk as the other guy, so I guess he decided to lay off a bit in this one...) like he always does, so it kinda' degrades into a chick flick. And quick since the plot is such a one trick pony. Before that I saw the Descendants, as a Hawaiian I just had a trip with the OST. I can't translate too well but the plot looks believable and with so many songs I could believe that they were put there for a reason, like an opera. If so it doesn't just deserve an Oscar, it deserves a Nobel Peace Prize!!
My Week With Marilyn It felt more like a TV movie in all honesty. The acting was alright I guess but nothing really stood out about it. I still don't understand why Marilyn Monroe is so idolized. She was hot, but I don't think she was much of an actress, and she was kind of a pill pounding airhead.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Hollywood Remake) It was dreary, slow, and boring with only a few violent rapes to hold your attention. The fake accents were really bad. Daniel Craig did his usual Zoolander posing, which I guess is supposed to pass for acting. Maybe you have to read the novel or see the Swedish movie, because I just didn't get why this movie was such a big fucking deal.
Speaking of Daniel Craig, I just watched Tower Heist and his character was nothing of the sort! While I'm at it, Johnny English reborn. Very British. I hardly understood it.
I actually really liked the US remake of Dragon Tattoo. Although I admit I had a hard time keeping up with some points of the story since it's really fucking hard to remember who's who with swedish names.
Daniel Craig can be quite a chameleon when he wants to be. There was a really good movie I watched with him a little while back called The Jacket with Keira Knightley and Adrien Brody. If you didn't look at the credits, you wouldn't even realize it was him. He was kind of a Brad Pitt style character from 12 Monkeys.
I found it pretty decent as well and found Daniel Craig okay all things considered. I had the same problem with the names though.
I watched it for the first time a few months back. It seems like it's really having a resurgence, being more popular now than it has ever been. I think it's so great because of how different it is while still being an instant classic.
The Grey Echo cmdrmonkeys sentiments on this one; One of the best movies I've seen in ages. If you're expecting Liam Neeson doing another Taken style movie where he's punching wolves for an hour and half you'll be disappointed. If you want a great story about people in the shittiest possible scenario imaginable this is the flick for you.
Spoilers The ending was like a huge kick in the nuts, but it did explain perfectly why the wolf attacks kept getting worse. They were getting closer to the den, not further away, and wolves are fiercely protective of their young. And even if Neeson did kill the Alpha, there were probably 30 wolves waiting around to rip him to shreds when the fight was over. The situation was hopeless. I visited a wolf compound once for school, and I don't think most people have any conception of just how huge and nasty wolves can be. I wouldn't want one of them hunting me, let alone a pack. We brought a deer carcass for them to feed on and it was amazing how quickly that thing was reduced to just bones. In any event, I thought the movie had a good message about living in the moment, and I liked the poem.