doubleofive said:
Tyrphanax said:
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Councilor (2013)
This film is why Tyler Perry shouldn't make movies. Terrible acting (Kim Kardashian can't even play herself); terrible one-name (one-name characters and the title? Sounds like Cinemax porn to me), one-dimension, stupidly-motivated, incredibly braindead characters (especially the lead); a predictable and obvious plot twist with a shoehorned reveal in a character's monologue; a tedious, drawn-out, sluggish plot; all stuffed to the gills with incredibly ham-fisted religious parables and metaphors in a wannabe-intelligent and clever, "hey do you get it yet?" fashion. If you decide to watch this, watch the first ten minutes or so and then skip to the last fifteen minutes or so.
I listed to the Flophouse Podcast on it the other day. Hard to believe this movie exists.
Hahaha, I love how they open it with the exact same Cinemax correlation.
Seriously, though, that podcast is exactly how the movie was. All the dialogue they riffed on was so much worse than what they said. The movie could EASILY have been half an hour long.
So awful.
So! As I said before, the girlfriend and I have been watching the James Bond films since she hasn't seen them before. Finally slogged through Roger Moore. I've never really realized how tiring it was to sit through all of that; yeesh. I can't believe he was James Bond from the early seventies to the mid-eighties. I would probably go insane if I was locked into a role that long.
Quick recap of my thoughts on the films up to now: Connery was golden until he got tired near the end. I enjoy Never Say Never Again, but it's no Thunderball. The actors are great, though.
Moore's reign went on way too long. Early stuff was good, but he's just so old by the end; however, the later films are definitely more complex and interesting, Octopussy has some great characters, as does A View To A Kill.
I'm excited to see what she thinks of Dalton.
Besides that, we've been on a court movie kick lately, except for:
Captain America: The Winter Solider (2014)
Finally got around to watching this. Loved it. My girlfriend and I were just discussing upon leaving Guardians of the Galaxy that it's great how different the MCU films are. Going from Iron Man to Guardians to Winter Soldier will give you a totally different experience from Hulk to Thor to Avengers, and I love that.
As for Winter Soldier, it was great. Definitely more of an intrigue spy thriller than all-out action. Cap really grew, Winter Soldier was great and appropriately handled, and Maria Hill and Nick Fury were also fantastic and grew a lot. What annoyed me was Black Widow, who I felt was castrated and lost a lot of character. They always have to develop female characters into vulnerable piles of goop and it's just meh. Other than that, she had good moments and I loved the film.
Four out of five Troublemun.
Runaway Jury (2003)
I've seen this before. It's a great movie, I think. I love the tension at the end and the twist. I like that it creeps up on you and you're allowed to realize it as the characters do and it's not obvious halfway in. It's got a great cast, too, but I would like it a lot more without the wanky anti-gun message it drools all over itself.
6.5 out of 12 jurors.
A Few Good Men (1992)
For me, at least, this is one of those movies that you know about, but have never seen.
It was great, though. I love courtroom movies that are quick and snappy like that, and there were lots of moments where I couldn't help but shout "OOO BURN" when Tom Cruise nailed a particularly revealing line of questioning. Lots of then big-names and now big-names as well. Definitely deserving of its place as a classic.
4.5 out of 5 unhandled truths.