(2005) dir. Peter Jackson
viewed: 12/22/05 at Loews Metreon Theatres, SF, CA
I was actually looking pretty forward to seeing this, the latest blockbuster from Peter Jackson, a major remake and homage to the classic 1933 horror film. I guess it’s my childhood affection for the old horror films or something and Jackson has had a [...]
Archive of entries posted on December 2005
King Kong
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
(2005) dir. Doug Liman
viewed: 12/13/2005
Not as bad as everyone said. Certainly not a success, however. Doug Liman is a weird director with a decent if not robust resume. I actually think that he’s maybe just making the wrong kinds of movies.
I am not sure how cynical Mr. & Mrs. Smith is or [...]
Kontroll
(2003) dir. Nimród Antal
viewed: 12/24/2005
A dark little Hungarian film shot in the Budapest subway system. It interested me since I had travelled in that subway system years ago and remembered how interesting it looked. It makes for great location shots and there is a compelling world created there within.
The film is sort of [...]
Undead
(2003) dir. Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
viewed: 12/13/2005
Australian zombie/alien invasion film, with the low-budget hi-jinks and comedy that seems very particularly Australian. Reminds me of some other stuff, from Peter Jackson’s early stuff to some movie that I am remembering vaguely, but can’t quite pull to mind. One with asteroids in the Australian outback [...]
High Tension
(2003) dir. Alexandre Aja
viewed: 12/13/2005
Gory, gritty French psycho killer movie. It’s visceral qualities (the oldest pun in the book, I guess, not intended) certainly take it some distance. Cécile De France, the short-haired blonde lead, is a compelling presence in the film. I get a sense that there is some feminist bent to the narrative, [...]
Chicken Little
(2005) dir. Mark Dindal
viewed: 12/03/05 at Loews Metreon Theatres, SF, CA
This was not a case of actually wanting to see this film, but rather that it was the only G-rated movie out at the theater and an opportunity to take my son to the movies. I, quite frankly, thought this looked pretty lame, up and [...]
Robots
(2005) dir. Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
viewed: 12/09/2005
I wasn’t so interested in seeing this film when it came out. I didn’t like the style of design of the characters or the cities. They seem so ornate as to be confusing. All of the robots and like cobbled-together contraptions, which is all part of [...]
Monsters, Inc.
(2001) dir. Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich
viewed: 12/07/2005
If you can’t tell, I’ve been watching a lot of movies with my son lately. Monsters, Inc. is my favorite Pixar animation film, cemented, I think after a second viewing. I’d seen it in the theaters when it first came out, when my son was a tiny [...]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(2005) dir. Tim Burton
viewed: 12/02/2005
I can’t think of a film that I saw in the theater and then ended up seeing again on video within the same year. I don’t usually have the time to re-watch stuff, so I usually just watch stuff that is new to me. But this was an occasion for watching [...]
