Desk Set

IMDB: Desk Set

Source: Home DVD collection

Date viewed: Friday, December 26th, 2008

Great movie! A personal favorite, but with librarians as central figures, is it any wonder? - A

Tracy and Hepburn rule. - T

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

IMDB: The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

Source: Cinema

Date viewed: Friday, December 26th, 2008

I didn't mind this movie. Don't get me wrong, the original is much better. Sure, it has some lame dialogue and is pree-hee-hee-chy, but, it didn't seem to have as many internal consistency flaws as many others of the genre. And, I must say, if there was ever a role for Keanu Reeves, this is it. Not really a great re-make of the original, if that's what you're looking for, but I didn't feel the need to call out Klaatu bararda nicto to make it stop. - A

It was sappy, but I didn't hate it. How could I hate a movie in which the alien is first won over by the beauty of Bach's Goldberg Variations (and in particular, the first variation)? Also, it was nice to see Giants Stadium reduced to dust. The young Smith boy is irritating, but Keanu Reeves was born to play this part. I felt no sense of urgency, however, and the whole "earth standing still" part didn't make as much sense as it did in the original. - T

For Your Consideration

IMDB: IMDB: For Your Consideration

Source: Netflix

Date viewed: December 19th, 2008

While this film had a few good lines here and there, and some good performances, overall it was unfunny. It put me in mind of a term I learned in one of my writing classes in college: imitative fallacy. In the end it seemed like a bad movie about the making of a bad movie. - A

Christopher Guest & Co. walk a fine line, and sometimes they end up on the wrong side. Ever since her SCTV days, Catherine O'Hara has scared me a little bit, and Eugene Levy has played way more terrible parts than good ones. Parker Posey is always great, but even Christopher Guest plays more irritating than entertaining in this one. I'd rather have watched "Best in Show" again. - T

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

IMDB: Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Source: Netflix

Date viewed: December 9th, 2008

Unimaginably bad in every imaginable way. One of the worst movies I've ever seen. Maybe the worst. - T

Ectoplasmic ridiculum! A mishmash of action movie cliches, a mistake of inconsistencies, and a tank full of mediocre acting. - A