Movie Reviews

April 16, 2009 by jameslucas.

Observe and Report

What in the world is Observe and Report trying to be? Erratic in its comic timing, awkwardly serious and mean in its drama, totally unconvincing in its basic premise, wildly improbable in its lead character, starkly unappealing in the man’s obnoxious personality, stumbling and bumbling in its plot progress; this is, well, incomprehensible. Comic scenes never get a chance to develop into a joke, the gaps between moments of failed gags being filled in by f-words.

Hannah Montana

After long anticipation and periods of excitement from the fans, the Hannah Montana movie was finally released today in all theatres across USA and Canada! UK, Europe and the rest of the world releases are to come either later this month or next month at the latest.

Fast and Furious

The latest movie in The Fast and The Furious movie series is a fun ride and a great way to be entertained. The original cast is back! And fast car lovers will get a kick watching this movie.

Adventureland

What? What? A film about early-20 youth that does not make the boys look and sound like air-headed balls of libidinous ego, preoccupied with fashioning obscenities into a monument to the generation? And guys actually have, what do you call them, feelings? This, my friends, is a daring movie. Oh, this is rare and what a breath of fresh air. Greg Mottola, the director who made the admirably funny and decent quality Superbad, now gives us the continuously amusing romance comedy Adventureland in which things happen because, in the ingenious way in which the situations unfold, they have to happen. They just grow naturally out of a virtual garden of fertile small conflicts.

Monsters Vs Aliens

Dazzling action for the kids, easy plot to follow, and appealing monsters. Frankly, though, except for the sexy 50-foot tall heroine of Barbie-like proportions and the longest legs in the known universe, nothing really much for adults. The film’s action motif is high-ratcheted stuff, with every motive apparently directed to very short attention spans. The scale is kept grand, the goals simple. The general concept imagination level is not impressive. Dialogue is primarily for the tots, with just a few gratuitous references at adult level. One gets the distinct sense that at the scripting level, nobody really tried very hard at this.

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