Time to catch up on some entertainment stuff. I’ve seen a bunch of stuff that I feel I must comment on, even though I don’t have time to do full reviews. In no particular order….
– I saw this on DVD a couple weeks ago after missing it in the theater. I enjoyed it more and more as it went along and continued liking it even more the more I thought about. I should really try to use the word “more” more.
I suppose this is Will Ferrell’s Truman Show, but it is a much better movie and Ferrell is still funny. Maggie Gyllenhal (or however you spell that) stole the show though. Just someone who is fun to watch.
I think she’s kind of a punk young Meg Ryan. The movie is weird so if you don’t like weird in your movies I’m sad for you, but you shouldn’t bother with this one. It isn’t “Being John Malkovich” weird or “I Heart Huckabees” weird, but it does play fast and loose with reality and provides you no explanation in a sort of Kafkaish way.
In fact, it is really pretty Kafka like, just not as harsh as something like The Trial. Dustin Hoffman was just a distraction. Man has he gone down hill.
I’d love to write a script for him and Pacino and make them play characters that are totally flat and straight just to remind them it is possible. Anyway, you should see Stranger Than Fiction. It is one of the best movies I have seen this year, though admittedly that isn’t saying all that much.
– Big shock, it was bad. I know you’re reeling from that news, but it had to be said. I really enjoyed the first 4 Rockys.
They were flawed and silly and appealed mostly to those younger than 18, but I was flawed and silly and younger than 18 and so I enjoyed them. There is no such thing as Rocky 5. I don’t know why people keep insisting to the contrary.
Rocky Balboa was actually fairly well received by critics and fans alike. I think they were just cringing so much at the idea that this movie was even made, that they just hoped it wouldn’t be so overwhelmingly embarrassing that it would spoil the whole franchise once and for all. Then when it wasn’t that bad, they all hailed it as worthy of being in the same family as the first movie.
Well, it wasn’t as bad as you might expect, but it was still really, really, really bad. Not since “The Mummy” has there been a movie where I found myself asking this much, “was that supposed to be funny?” Stallone has had so much work done that he looks like a creepy wax replica of himself.
The characters and plot lines dance between outrageously far fetched, boringly predictable and just inane. The worst thing about it though was how bad the boxing scene was. It was the worst choreographed climactic fight scene I’ve seen in a decade.
If it weren’t for the fact that I have seen Stallone at plenty of boxing matches, I would swear he had never even seen one. Shamefully unrealistic in every conceivable way. You should not waste your time with this movie.
Just started watching the most recent season of the that is currently out on DVD. Great show, but I’m 3 episodes in and already very ready for Tony to get out of the hospital. That whole coma dream sequence sucked the life out of the show.
Glad it appears to be coming to an end. By the way, if anyone posts spoilers here about the last season, I’m sending Paulie and his goons to find you. Watched the first episode of the first season of Time to catch up on some entertainment stuff.
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