Man On Wire A+ Wall-E A A Christmas Tale A Milk A Let the Right One In A The Dark Knight A Love Songs A Water Lilies A The Visitor A Slumdog Millionaire A- Vicky Cristina Barcelona A- Mongol A- The Band's Visit A- I've Loved You So Long A- Kid A A- Forgetting Sarah Marshall A- Iron Man A- Young @ Heart B+ The Wackness B+ Teeth B+ Gran Torino B+ The Bank Job B+ Happy-Go-Lucky B+ The Edge of Heaven B+ Role Models B+ Tropic Thunder B+ Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day B+ Frozen River B+ Tell No One B+ Sex and the City B+ In Search of a Midnight Kiss B+ Changeling B In Bruges B Frost/Nixon B Mister Foe B Australia B The Curious Case of Benjamin Button B Quantum of Solace B Ghost Town B W. B Transsiberian B The Foot Fist Way B Hamlet 2 B Wanted B Kung Fu Panda B Maybe, Definitely B The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 B Pineapple Express B The Last Mistress B Get Smart B The Hammer B Hellboy II: The Golden Army B The Strangers B Cloverfield B Marley & Me B- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl B- The Duchess B- Brideshead Revisited B- Rachel Getting Married B- The Ruins B- Semi-Pro B- The Fall B- The Spiderwick Chronicles B- Charlie Bartlett B- The Other Boleyn Girl B- Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3-D B- Be Kind Rewind B- Doubt C+ Sex Drive C+ Step Brothers C+ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull C+ 21 C+ Elite Squad C The Reader C Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist C Stop-Loss C Mamma Mia! C Zack and Miri Make a Porno C What Happens in Vegas C Hanc0ck C Baby Mama C Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay C Savage Grace C- The House Bunny C- Redbelt C- Run Fatboy Run D+ Burn After Reading D+ Rambo D+ Leatherheads D Drillbit Taylor D The Happening D 10,000 BC D- One Missed Call D- Deception D- The Spirit F
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Posts: 17839 | Location: Phoenix, AZ | Registered: February 02, 2003
"Cloverfield" B+ "Iron Man" B+ "27 Dresses" D- "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" C "Sex and the City: The Movie" A "Jumper" C- "WALL-E" A- "The Dark Knight" A "Stop-Loss" B- "Vantage Point" D+ "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" D "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" B+ "Tyler Perry's: The Family That Preys" B "Quarantine" B+ "Baby Mama" D "W." C- "Burn After Reading" B- "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" A- "Definitely, Maybe" B "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" D+ "The Secret Life of Bees" B- "Leatherheads" D+ "Quantum of Solace" C- "Changeling" A- "The Vistor" B+ "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" C+ "Eagle Eye" C- "The Day the Earth Stood Still" C "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" B+ "Doubt" B- "Seven Pounds" D+ "Frost/Nixon" A- "The Reader" C- "Tropic Thunder" D-
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Posts: 5495 | Location: Illinois | Registered: June 30, 2006
I thought I'd change my rating method. If I don't like doing it this way, I'll go back to letter grades later. I saw a bunch of films at festivals in 2007 that are getting released this year, so I'll start with those.
Star ratings out of four.
* * * * The Dark Knight The Edge of Heaven The Fall Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Recount Take WALL-E The Wrestler Young @ Heart
* * * ½ The Bank Job Bomb It Definitely, Maybe Doubt Encounters at the End of the World Forgetting Sarah Marshall Frost/Nixon Gran Torino Hamlet 2 In Search of a Midnight Kiss Kung Fu Panda Married Life Milk Mongol Revolutionary Road Transsiberian Tropic Thunder Vicky Cristina Barcelona The Visitor
* * * Alexandra Bigger, Stronger, Faster Changeling Chop Shop Ghost Town Happy-Go-Lucky In Bruges Iron Man The Last Mistress The Other Boleyn Girl Paranoid Park Slumdog Millionaire The X-Files: I Want to Believe Year of the Fish
* * ½ The Air I Breathe Brick Lane Charlie Bartlett A Girl Cut in Two Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Pride and Glory The Spiderwick Chronicles Teeth W.
* * Baby Mama Cloverfield Flight of the Red Balloon Hanc0ck The Incredible Hulk Mister Foe The Reader Repo! The Genetic Opera Sex and the City: The Movie Smart People Stellet Licht (Silent Light) Suburban Girl 21
* ½ The Dukes Fool's Gold Step Brothers Synecdoche, New York
* Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed Funny Games The Love Guru 10,000 BC Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
½ * Drillbit Taylor Speed Racer
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"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
A- Quiet Chaos Romance Feliz Natal Twilight Kung Fu Panda
B+ Blindness Vicky Cristina Barcelona The Dark Knight Iron Man Marley & Me The Incredible Hulk Estômago Falsa Loura Get Smart The Bank Job Speed Racer The Spiderwick Chronicles The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian Cloverfield The X-Files - I Want to Believe
B- Body of Lies Nome Próprio Wanted Baby Mama Eagle Eye Last Stop 174 Tropic Thunder High School Musical 3 - Senior Year Han**** Horton Hears a Who! Vantage Point Era Uma Vez... The Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Flawless Star Wars - The Clone Wars Sex and the City
C+ Quantum of Solace 15 ans et demi Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Mamma Mia! What Happens in Vegas... Taken Hellboy II - The Golden Army Nim's Island Nights in Rodanthe Penelope The House Bunny Leatherheads Out of Tune Space Chimps Meu Nome Não é Johnny Made of Honor
C- Seven Pounds Untraceable 27 Dresses Fool's Gold The Forbidden Kingdom Righteous Kill O Signo da Cidade Babylon A.D. The Strangers Meet Dave
D+ The Women My Mom's New Boyfriend John Rambo Journey to the Center of the Earth The Happening Jumper Bangkok Dangerous 10.000 B.C.
D- Sexo com Amor? Mad Money Madagascar - Escape 2 Africa The Eye
F Superhero Movie You Don't Mess With the Zohan Meet the Spartans
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"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
742 - what did you think about Boleyn? Ain't It Cool had a couple reviews on the rough cuts and they said Portman and Sturgess keep the show afloat. I'm not sure whether or not I'm going to see it yet; I was waiting for someone here to report back on it.
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I liked the rough cut. I did think Natalie Portman was the strongest thing in it. I don't remember much of Jim Sturgess's work, but I remember that he was good. Scarlet Johansson is decent, but her sketchy British accent is distracting. It would be interesting to see how the final cut compares, if it's a notably different experience, but I would recommend the film.
"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
Originally posted by 742: I liked the rough cut. I did think Natalie Portman was the strongest thing in it. I don't remember much of Jim Sturgess's work, but I remember that he was good. Scarlet Johansson is decent, but her sketchy British accent is distracting. It would be interesting to see how the final cut compares, if it's a notably different experience, but I would recommend the film.
This reminds me of last year, when I was waiting anxiously for the release of The Golden Age. It's great that you've seen it. This is one I'm definitely going to watch, and as soon as it's released around here. Happy to hear Portman was good, becuz the clips I've seen make her look to me, like she's over-acting. It also doesnt look very concerned with historical accuracy; but that doesnt matter to me in this instance. Thanks for reporting back about it! Your final review will be interesting.
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Originally posted by 742: I liked the rough cut. I did think Natalie Portman was the strongest thing in it. I don't remember much of Jim Sturgess's work, but I remember that he was good. Scarlet Johansson is decent, but her sketchy British accent is distracting. It would be interesting to see how the final cut compares, if it's a notably different experience, but I would recommend the film.
This reminds me of last year, when I was waiting anxiously for the release of The Golden Age. It's great that you've seen it. This is one I'm definitely going to watch, and as soon as it's released around here. Happy to hear Portman was good, becuz the clips I've seen make her look to me, like she's over-acting. It also doesnt look very concerned with historical accuracy; but that doesnt matter to me in this instance. Thanks for reporting back about it! Your final review will be interesting.
My reaction to the trailer was: "Oh no, another miss for Portman." I'm glad to hear she and the film aren't as mediocre as the trailer would suggest.
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Originally posted by 742: I liked the rough cut. I did think Natalie Portman was the strongest thing in it. I don't remember much of Jim Sturgess's work, but I remember that he was good. Scarlet Johansson is decent, but her sketchy British accent is distracting. It would be interesting to see how the final cut compares, if it's a notably different experience, but I would recommend the film.
This reminds me of last year, when I was waiting anxiously for the release of The Golden Age. It's great that you've seen it. This is one I'm definitely going to watch, and as soon as it's released around here. Happy to hear Portman was good, becuz the clips I've seen make her look to me, like she's over-acting. It also doesnt look very concerned with historical accuracy; but that doesnt matter to me in this instance. Thanks for reporting back about it! Your final review will be interesting.
My reaction to the trailer was: "Oh no, another miss for Portman." I'm glad to hear she and the film aren't as mediocre as the trailer would suggest.
I saw her last film "Goya's Ghosts" at a film society screening at sort of a cinema club/coffee bar and Lord was it godawful. Hammy acting and ridiculously plotted. Natalie Portman was very unconvincing in double roles. I actually have rarely thought highly of her as an actress as I prefer acting to be effortless and she always seems to be working very, very hard... even in her Oscar nominated role in "Closer".
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Originally posted by 742: I liked the rough cut. I did think Natalie Portman was the strongest thing in it. I don't remember much of Jim Sturgess's work, but I remember that he was good. Scarlet Johansson is decent, but her sketchy British accent is distracting. It would be interesting to see how the final cut compares, if it's a notably different experience, but I would recommend the film.
This reminds me of last year, when I was waiting anxiously for the release of The Golden Age. It's great that you've seen it. This is one I'm definitely going to watch, and as soon as it's released around here. Happy to hear Portman was good, becuz the clips I've seen make her look to me, like she's over-acting. It also doesnt look very concerned with historical accuracy; but that doesnt matter to me in this instance. Thanks for reporting back about it! Your final review will be interesting.
My reaction to the trailer was: "Oh no, another miss for Portman." I'm glad to hear she and the film aren't as mediocre as the trailer would suggest.
I saw her last film "Goya's Ghosts" at a film society screening at sort of a cinema club/coffee bar and Lord was it godawful. Hammy acting and ridiculously plotted. Natalie Portman was very unconvincing in double roles. I actually have rarely thought highly of her as an actress as I prefer acting to be effortless and she always seems to be working very, very hard... even in her Oscar nominated role in "Closer".
I like her as an actress but she struggles to find good film roles. And, to top it off, she's mostly famous for the horrible Star Wars prequels, where she and every other actor in the films were awful.
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Cloverfield: D+ The Bucket List: B- 27 Dresses: B Definitely, Maybe: B Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day: B Leatherheads: C Shelter: A Forgetting Sarah Marshall: B+ Baby Mama: A- Kiss the Bride: A- Iron Man: A Made of Honor: C Chronicles of Narnia~ Prince Caspian: C- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: B- Sex and the City: A The Incredible Hulk: B- Wanted: B Kung Fu Panda: A- WALL-E: A- Holding Trevor: C Mamma Mia: A (almost an A- cuz of Pierce Brosnan) The Dark Knight: A The X Files~ I Want to Believe: C Pineapple Express: C+ Hamlet 2: A- Disaster Movie: C The Women: B- Save Me: A- Burn After Reading: B- Rachel Getting Married: A Body of Lies: C- The Secret Life of Bees: A- Noah's Arc~ Jumping the Broom: A- Changeling: B- Zack and Miri Make a Porno: C+ Happy Go Lucky: D+ Quantum of Solace: B Austrailia: A Milk: A+ (hello best picture!) Frost/Nixon: A- Doubt: A- Slumdog Millionaire: A Were the World Mine: B+
Festivals: Out in India: A- The Houseboy: D- Boystown: A Another Gay Sequel~ Gays Gone Wild: D+
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"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
Just came back from seeing The Other Boleyn Girl ... again. Imagine my luck when my editor sent me to a screening of the finished version. My rating still stands, though I may decide to bump it up half a star. The finished version is a little shorter, a little tighter, a little better, not drastically so. Most significantly, the Scarlet Johansson role has been reduced some. Before, she and Natalie Portman were more or less equal, but now the story focuses more on Anne Boleyn, and Mary is the secondary character.
I'm guessing Johansson's performance didn't go over well. Her accent's still pretty wobbly, and, as I overheard from someone after the screening was over, "She's mastered the blank stare." I don't think she's that bad -- I see emotion behind those eyes -- but this is still Portman's show.
My complete review won't come out until the release of the film. I'll post a link to it then, since I know there's interest in the movie.
"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
