not earth-shakingly hilarious, but funny and cute enough to be worth it (much like Pineapple Express). did i miss the memo, or is Paul Rudd totally hot all of a sudden? the little boy in this is a major scene-stealer and provides the best laughs. i’m normally not a fan of Stifler, but he manages to make his eyes focus once or twice here, so kudos on that. McLovin is surprisingly affecting, like in a “real” acting kind of way, too.
SO RAD. seriously, rent this shit! right away! i was on the edge of my seat the whole time. the editing is phenomenal, and the mix of media they use is so well done. fascinating and actually pretty funny, too.
a helluva thing, this is. realistic and low-key, and yet somehow totally fascinating, trying to figure out who these people are and how they got that way. i’m not sure how it avoids being heavy and overwrought (which is what i thought it would be like), but it does. literally my only complaint is the guy playing Rachel’s fiance. he was totally blank and dull and i couldn’t figure out what Rosemarie DeWitt was supposed to see in him.
great concept, stellar actors, and just a neat, different take on vampires. not at all “scary”, unless you count an EXTREMELY unfortunate bit of CGI that is just criminal.
that said, it IS a Scandinavian movie; it’s gonna be heavy, uneven, everyone will be dressed like they’re homeless, and it’ll feel 20% longer than it actually is.
really pretty excellent! positively crammed with witty little parodic nods for adults, and the voice acting is really great (Miley is merely okay). a little hokey and predictable, but the movie makes it worth your while.
i don’t quite know how i came to be so delighted by a movie with LITERALLY no plot whatsoever. seriously, there is no plot, no dynamic characters, just a day in the life of a complete stranger – and i fucking LOVED it!
i’ve seen intentionally plotless films before, but i’ve never actually liked it before.
pretty goddamn good – a standard music biopic (although perhaps a tad more fictional than most). Adrien Brody turns out to be the weak spot, but everyone else is terrific, most especially Jeffrey Wright (and when is he _not_ terrific?). they let everyone do their own singing, and it’s good. even Beyonce did a a helluva job. Columbus Short and Eamonn Walker both stole every scene they were in.
THE VERY DEFINITION OF “MEDIOCRE”, AND EXTREMELY BORING. how can a movie with shit blowing up and aliens and destruction be boring, you ask? with flat, unrealistic special effects; terrible dialog like something out of a school play; bizarre plot devices that make very little sense; and wooden actors.
and let me remind you: i _loved_ Waterworld. clearly i am not a sci-fi snob. i like and respect the original movie, but i went into this with extremely low expectations after reading reviews and still this movie managed not to meet them.
visually very well-done; i wasn’t too sure how they were going to animate Marjane Satrapi’s art, but what they arrived at was perfect. that said, it’s a bit…French. definitely a much different feel to it than the graphic novels. less hopeful and raw, more…French. but again, i suffer when i read the source material first.
HOLY SHIT. THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW AWESOME THIS IS.