Near the end of the year, a lot of magazines, newspapers, websites, and what-have-you do best of lists. I thought I’d wait until the beginning of the next year, in case there was a late movie I needed to add. So which movie was the best of the year? Evan would say Inception. I would say … I have no idea. I figured I’d just list the Theatre movies, Blu-ray movies (Rent them right away), DVD movies (rent them when they’re cheap), TV movies (only watch them for free … if you’re bored), and avoid (At all costs … seriously).
Theatre movies:
Ironman 2: Not as much action as I wanted, but funny throughout
Prince of Persia: I liked it more than other people. Funny, action throughout, characters acted believably.
The A-team: Ridiculous. Funny. Awesome.
Knight and Day: I liked it better than most people. If it copied from other movies, at least it copied from other good movies.
Inception: I never bought the hype that it was so awesome and confusing. Great, but not a lot of fun.
Salt: This could probably be downgraded, but there is some good action, and it could go anywhere after half the movie is over.
Clash of the Titans: We missed it in theatres, but saw it on Blu-ray. Maybe it was better for the lack of 3D. I enjoyed it, even if it was pure pulp.
The Expendables: Took a while to get going, but once the action started, it never stopped.
Avatar: We caught the re-release (with 8 extra minutes!) and it was fantastic, even if the story was mediocre. The technical wizardry made up for it.
RED: The action was as good as I expected. The humour was unexpected and awesome. John Malkovitch is worth the admission price alone.
TRON Legacy: Like Avatar, only better. The story is standard, some lines are clunky, but the experience is awesome! If there’s one movie that will be severly hurt by not seeing it in 3D, it’s this one.
Blu-ray movies:
Predators: Action, a bit of humour. But the trailers lied, and it seems like the Predators are getting a little less awesome with each movie.
The Other Guys: Not as much action as I wanted, and some of the humour missed my personal preference. Good for people who like 30 Rock or The Office.
From Paris with Love: The action trailed off as the movie progressed, until the climax was purely emotional. Still, lots of good action, and some humour.
Resident Evil Afterlife: Gory, with a lot of action. Still, the slow-motion was way overused, and there wasn’t a lot of humour. In 3D.
DVD movie:
Jonah Hex: Has enough interesting things you could probably spend one or two bucks on it without feeling like you’re wasting movie. Plus, Megan Fox! But it’s very short, and there’s not a lot of action.
On TV:
Faster: There’s almost no action, but if you’re interested in a revenge drama, with some forgiveness thrown in, you can watch it on TV … if nothing else is on.
Avoid:
Robin Hood: Totally and completely generic. Watch Prince of Thieves instead. Or better yet, Men in Tights. You’ve seen this movie a thousand times in different movie.
Avoid at all costs:
The Last Airbender: M. Night Shyamalan, what have you done? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!? How he could screw up such a great TV show into such a travesty of a movie, I’ll never know. But it starts with him, and it ends with him. DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE!
Evan also reviewed some of the movies we saw, although his schedule was busy enough that he could really write about them all.
Also, sometimes I would sit down and write about particular things in movies that interested me, and occasionally touched on parts of other media (TV, internet, music, books) as well.
Summer of Mindless Movies: Our idea to see a lot of movies
The Preview Game: What to do right before the movie starts
Site News: An update about the blog
Ratings: How I decided to rate movies
3D: It’s the future of movies, like sound and colour before it
Music: What I like, and who I like writing it
The Losers: A missed mindless movie
Sequels: Why are there so many
Casshern: Under-the-radar movie from
International Initials: How bureaucracy translates from one country to another
Heist Movies: when thieves set their sights too low
Martial Arts: I like them. A lot
Multiple Mediums: adapting movies into other things, and vice versa
End of Summer: Why blockbusters stop
Movies and Video Games: adapting movies and video games into each other
Sports Movies: movies about sports
Movies and TV: adapting movies and TV shows into each other
Pet Peeves: what I hate in movies, and sometimes why
Movies and Books: adapting movies and books into each other
Centurion: a missed (under-the-radar) mindless movie
Movember: a celebration of facial hair in movies
Movies and Comic Books: adapting movies and comic books into each other
Christmas Movies: there aren’t that many good ones
Spies vs Military: who would win in a fight
So that’s pretty much all of everything on this blog. Next week will probably be a look ahead to what movies we’ll be seeing next year.
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