38 posts tagged “two thumbs”
I remember seeing the initial commercials for the X-Files television show back in the day. It sounded pretty cool and I was looking forward to it. When I found out that it was an ongoing series and not a mini=series I was a bit disappointed because I was hoping that the whole “aliens and supernatural stuff are real” would have a beginning middle and end. Of course it went on for 10 seasons or something.
I liked the series for the first few seasons. I eventually quit watching it though because, something I perhaps feared way back in the beginning, nothing ever seemed to happen. I remember watching an episode, getting pissed that nothing related to the core mythology actually got resolved only to see the teaser for next week which, the voiceover promised, would answer everything! Then I’d watch next week, get pissed that nothing related to the core mythology actually got resolved only to see the teaser for next week which promised to answer everything. After so many of those I got fed up and quit watching. It was also around that time that the film came out which promised to solve everything and then didn’t. Since then I pretty much avoided watching X-Files on reruns or on the Sci-Fi channel. Over the years the creator of X-Files has gone on to do… umm…. pretty much nothing? So when I heard that there was another X-Files movie I was less than excited and pretty much saw it as Chris Carter’s last gasp for money and a career.
With this in mind I was pretty happily surprised by X-Files: I Want to Believe. Now, don’t take that to mean that I liked it or thought it was great or anything. I think that part of me was happy that it had nothing to do with the series mythology (well there was some random, unnecessary mention of his sister which seemed included only to remind viewers that after a movie and ten series nothing had been resolved yet) because then I wouldn’t be irritated by that. However, because it has nothing to do with the core mythology it really begs the question, “Why does this exist?” and nothing in the film does anything to change that nagging suspicion in the back of my head that “Ol’ Chris needs the money!”
As I see it there are really 3 storylines going on here. 1)Mulder and Scully. 2)the murders. 3)the sick kid. I'm not sure that they work together all that well or that they are needed.
For me the Mulder Scully relationship stuff was the most interesting. It was nice seeing them deal with their relationship. However, Mulder is clearly a dick. He’s deep in his problem and seems totally oblivious to Scully’s problem.
The murders didn't need really need Mulder all that much. Once they found the body parts, or even the first arm it seems like they could have got some fingerprints and the lack of communication between people with cell phones and gps and such is a bit much. (I mean when they bust into the body part business and Mulder and Amanda Peet's character go running after the Russian guy they show that Xzibit's character is wearing an earpiece so why didn't Peet's character radio them for backup?) Oh and do female FBI agents commonly forget to button their shirts as much as Peet’s character did?
The sick kid was by far the weakest. Scully is doing stem cell surgery at a Catholic hospital? I don't know about that... And she reads some stuff online and the next day she is able to do the surgery??? I'm really not sure about that...
two thumbs up
Two heads are better?
Better go ask Rosey Grier
Why this film exists?
I liked the series for the first few seasons. I eventually quit watching it though because, something I perhaps feared way back in the beginning, nothing ever seemed to happen. I remember watching an episode, getting pissed that nothing related to the core mythology actually got resolved only to see the teaser for next week which, the voiceover promised, would answer everything! Then I’d watch next week, get pissed that nothing related to the core mythology actually got resolved only to see the teaser for next week which promised to answer everything. After so many of those I got fed up and quit watching. It was also around that time that the film came out which promised to solve everything and then didn’t. Since then I pretty much avoided watching X-Files on reruns or on the Sci-Fi channel. Over the years the creator of X-Files has gone on to do… umm…. pretty much nothing? So when I heard that there was another X-Files movie I was less than excited and pretty much saw it as Chris Carter’s last gasp for money and a career.
With this in mind I was pretty happily surprised by X-Files: I Want to Believe. Now, don’t take that to mean that I liked it or thought it was great or anything. I think that part of me was happy that it had nothing to do with the series mythology (well there was some random, unnecessary mention of his sister which seemed included only to remind viewers that after a movie and ten series nothing had been resolved yet) because then I wouldn’t be irritated by that. However, because it has nothing to do with the core mythology it really begs the question, “Why does this exist?” and nothing in the film does anything to change that nagging suspicion in the back of my head that “Ol’ Chris needs the money!”
As I see it there are really 3 storylines going on here. 1)Mulder and Scully. 2)the murders. 3)the sick kid. I'm not sure that they work together all that well or that they are needed.
For me the Mulder Scully relationship stuff was the most interesting. It was nice seeing them deal with their relationship. However, Mulder is clearly a dick. He’s deep in his problem and seems totally oblivious to Scully’s problem.
The murders didn't need really need Mulder all that much. Once they found the body parts, or even the first arm it seems like they could have got some fingerprints and the lack of communication between people with cell phones and gps and such is a bit much. (I mean when they bust into the body part business and Mulder and Amanda Peet's character go running after the Russian guy they show that Xzibit's character is wearing an earpiece so why didn't Peet's character radio them for backup?) Oh and do female FBI agents commonly forget to button their shirts as much as Peet’s character did?
The sick kid was by far the weakest. Scully is doing stem cell surgery at a Catholic hospital? I don't know about that... And she reads some stuff online and the next day she is able to do the surgery??? I'm really not sure about that...
two thumbs up
Two heads are better?
Better go ask Rosey Grier
Why this film exists?
I've had this movie on my harddrive for a long time but never got around to watch it because it was encoded in some weird format that my modded X-Box wouldn't play. So I finally got around to watching it and it is really an odd little movie.
Basically, the movie is about this future war between the normal humans and these other humans who want to basically become Borgs. Honestly, I'm not sure what the big schism between the two is because our heroine has all these cybernetic powers just like the main bad guy. So what is it that makes her a regular human and him a wanna-be Borg?
Regardless, our heroine is trying to stop the bad guys from launching a super-weapon but crash lands in the middle of a desert and the bad guy is trying to find her. Now, the super-weapon is in the middle of their city so I'm not sure why they just don't put a lot more guards on the weapon. They try to say that the bad guy is in love with her but it doesn't really make a lot of sense.
The heroine treks through the desert in a Tomb Raider-ish outfit that consists of short shorts and a midriff showing shirt with lots of guns and other stuff. While the woman is attractive the outfit doesn't really do much for her. She isn't really hot and the camera work doesn't objectify her overly much. There's no ass shots or cleavage so I'm kind of wondering why they bothered making her wear that outfit.
The most irritating thing about the movie is that there is a near-constant voice-over. Every thing is narrated. Every thing is explained for us. Apparently the creators have never heard the saying, "Show don't tell" or perhaps they misheard it and thought it was "You can show if you want but make sure you tell every little thing." The film spends a lot of time going on and on about the background of the conflict (except for the whole cyber thing) that isn't really needed. There's this whole deal about Watchers that once came and made mankind behave and gave them warp drives but then disappeared and that the Earth was destroyed and that our heroine used to be addicted to a virtual reality videogame and that she sometimes hallucinates and the Gaia hypothesis is correct and a lot of other stuff.
Now, it turns out that there is a reason why some of this crap is in the movie. After the heroine's story is over, there is another 25 minutes with her daughter. Then we learn that it is the end of the universe and the Big Crunch is about to happen and that another universe will be born. Possibly, the new universe will be just like the old one and the history of the universe will repeat itself. So the daughter of the heroine will make some kind of attempt to pass on the knowledge of what happened in the attempt to prevent it from happening all over again.
Whew. That's a lot for one movie. And it really is. Way too much. It really felt like the guy who made the film was trying to create a universe to tell multiple stories in or something. It isn't all that effective. It is pretty weird. Had it just been the Heroine in the desert trying to stop the super-weapon it would have been pretty good.
two thumbs up
What a weird movie
It needs more pumps and the bumps
As Hammer would say...
Basically, the movie is about this future war between the normal humans and these other humans who want to basically become Borgs. Honestly, I'm not sure what the big schism between the two is because our heroine has all these cybernetic powers just like the main bad guy. So what is it that makes her a regular human and him a wanna-be Borg?
Regardless, our heroine is trying to stop the bad guys from launching a super-weapon but crash lands in the middle of a desert and the bad guy is trying to find her. Now, the super-weapon is in the middle of their city so I'm not sure why they just don't put a lot more guards on the weapon. They try to say that the bad guy is in love with her but it doesn't really make a lot of sense.
The heroine treks through the desert in a Tomb Raider-ish outfit that consists of short shorts and a midriff showing shirt with lots of guns and other stuff. While the woman is attractive the outfit doesn't really do much for her. She isn't really hot and the camera work doesn't objectify her overly much. There's no ass shots or cleavage so I'm kind of wondering why they bothered making her wear that outfit.
The most irritating thing about the movie is that there is a near-constant voice-over. Every thing is narrated. Every thing is explained for us. Apparently the creators have never heard the saying, "Show don't tell" or perhaps they misheard it and thought it was "You can show if you want but make sure you tell every little thing." The film spends a lot of time going on and on about the background of the conflict (except for the whole cyber thing) that isn't really needed. There's this whole deal about Watchers that once came and made mankind behave and gave them warp drives but then disappeared and that the Earth was destroyed and that our heroine used to be addicted to a virtual reality videogame and that she sometimes hallucinates and the Gaia hypothesis is correct and a lot of other stuff.
Now, it turns out that there is a reason why some of this crap is in the movie. After the heroine's story is over, there is another 25 minutes with her daughter. Then we learn that it is the end of the universe and the Big Crunch is about to happen and that another universe will be born. Possibly, the new universe will be just like the old one and the history of the universe will repeat itself. So the daughter of the heroine will make some kind of attempt to pass on the knowledge of what happened in the attempt to prevent it from happening all over again.
Whew. That's a lot for one movie. And it really is. Way too much. It really felt like the guy who made the film was trying to create a universe to tell multiple stories in or something. It isn't all that effective. It is pretty weird. Had it just been the Heroine in the desert trying to stop the super-weapon it would have been pretty good.
two thumbs up
What a weird movie
It needs more pumps and the bumps
As Hammer would say...
A good old fashioned scifi horror movie. What makes this interesting is that it is about a US military base in Canada and quite a bit of time is spent on how the Canadians and the American soldiers don't get along. I thought it was kind of interesting to see a film with US-Canadian relation as the back drop.
Other than that, it is fairly standard. The military base is using nuclear power to do experiments. Strange deaths start to happen and the locals blame the nuclear power. The military denies it. Turns out there is a reclusive scientist nearby who is known for researching paranormal phenomena. I wonder who is really the cause of the deaths...?
The "fiends" are pretty interesting in that they are brains with spinal columns that slither around and jump on people. I learned that if your nuclear reactor is going wild with no way to turn it off you can just blow it up without any danger radiation fallout or anything and that the best time to hook up with a woman is at her brother's funeral.
two thumbs up
Those Canadians
Why do they hate our freedom?
Let's "liberate" them
Other than that, it is fairly standard. The military base is using nuclear power to do experiments. Strange deaths start to happen and the locals blame the nuclear power. The military denies it. Turns out there is a reclusive scientist nearby who is known for researching paranormal phenomena. I wonder who is really the cause of the deaths...?
The "fiends" are pretty interesting in that they are brains with spinal columns that slither around and jump on people. I learned that if your nuclear reactor is going wild with no way to turn it off you can just blow it up without any danger radiation fallout or anything and that the best time to hook up with a woman is at her brother's funeral.
two thumbs up
Those Canadians
Why do they hate our freedom?
Let's "liberate" them
This is yet another retelling of the James-Younger Gang but the gimmick here is that all the brothers are actually played by brothers. So we have Stacy and James Keach, David, Kieth, and Robert Carradine, Dennis and Randy Quaid, and Christopher and Nicholas Guest. As far as gimmicks go, it is pretty good. Unfortunately, as films go, it isn't very good.
the problem is, I don't really know what the point of it is. I don't get what it is trying to be about, who our central character is, or if there is any kind of message. Basically it just follows them as they fight one another, run from the law, fall in love, have kids, get old, and get killed. I really isn't all that interesting.
One thing I did like, however, is that unlike a lot of westerns this doesn't take place in the Southwest. The James Gang was from Missouri so (whether it actually was filmed in Missouri or not I don't know) in the film there are trees and grass and hills. There is green in a western and not all brown! Crazy!
two thumbs up
The film is pretty
but not pretty good at all.
There is good killing.
the problem is, I don't really know what the point of it is. I don't get what it is trying to be about, who our central character is, or if there is any kind of message. Basically it just follows them as they fight one another, run from the law, fall in love, have kids, get old, and get killed. I really isn't all that interesting.
One thing I did like, however, is that unlike a lot of westerns this doesn't take place in the Southwest. The James Gang was from Missouri so (whether it actually was filmed in Missouri or not I don't know) in the film there are trees and grass and hills. There is green in a western and not all brown! Crazy!
two thumbs up
The film is pretty
but not pretty good at all.
There is good killing.
Another movie I only saw because it was $5. I'm an Office fan and a long time Daily Show viewer so I like Steve Carrell. I've never seen any of Anne Hathaway's films but I looked her up and found out that she did a couple films with a lot of nudity in them to prove she wasn't a kid any more so I've got those in my Netflix cue...
The film was decent enough. I was afraid going into it that the bit of romance between Carrell and Hathaway would be a bit creepy since he is in his mid 40s and she is in her mid 20s. Luckily, however, the filmmakers must have though so too because they added in a line where Hathaway's character has had plastic surgery and says that she is older than she looks. There aren't any make out or sex scenes or anything so it isn't all that bad.
The main problem with the film is that it isn't funny. It has some minor limited humor but for long stretches it is just a straight forward spy movie. It is entertaining enough as that but Get Smart is supposed to be fun. Carrell and Hathaway are both charming enough so they almost carry it off but not quite.
two thumbs up
Next time more jokes please
So it is entertaining
But just not funny
The film was decent enough. I was afraid going into it that the bit of romance between Carrell and Hathaway would be a bit creepy since he is in his mid 40s and she is in her mid 20s. Luckily, however, the filmmakers must have though so too because they added in a line where Hathaway's character has had plastic surgery and says that she is older than she looks. There aren't any make out or sex scenes or anything so it isn't all that bad.
The main problem with the film is that it isn't funny. It has some minor limited humor but for long stretches it is just a straight forward spy movie. It is entertaining enough as that but Get Smart is supposed to be fun. Carrell and Hathaway are both charming enough so they almost carry it off but not quite.
two thumbs up
Next time more jokes please
So it is entertaining
But just not funny
I said I wouldn't pay for another M. Night Shyamalan film but the $5 Club was too much for me to resist. This is better than the Lady in the Water but that doesn't mean it was good.
I think the film can sort of be described as a more leisurely 28 Days Later or perhaps a quieter version of Spielberg's War of the Worlds. In all three the situations are pretty much the same: bad things are happening and everyone needs to get out of the city. The reasons are different but the effect is the same and especially in the case of 28 Days Later there is the feeling that anyone around you could turn and become a victim of this without warning.
The title is pretty bad. I don't know about anyone else but when I hear about a "happening, if think about a happening. If it had been called "the event" or something like that, it would be a lot less awkward.
In the commercials they made a big deal about this being "M. Night Shymalan's first R-rated film!" I have to tell you, this has to be the tamest, least gory or sexy R-rated movie ever. If someone says that they begged the MPAA to give it an R rather than a PG-13 I wouldn't be surprised. Sure there is some blood but that is minimal and frequently at a distance. Like pretty much every other M. Night film the people are all but asexual so there's nothing sexy. I don't even remember if there was any cursing.
The problem with the film is that as I said in my comparison to 28 Days Later and War of the Worlds, it is all rather leisurely and quiet (like M. Night's other films). There's never really any sense that any one we care about is in danger. One secondary character dies but it is pretty much a foregone conclusion that the character will die once separated from the group. That character might as well have said, "I'll be right back" and made the horror movie cliche complete. Never do we really feel like any of the main characters are in danger. Moreover, whenever anyone starts to act weird, no one else tries to do anything to stop the person. They just stand there all scarred. After the news had talked all about this going on wouldn't you at least try to stop them? It isn't as if this is a poison. If you tied them up they wouldn't be able to hurt themselves or anything. I suppose that a lack of control is supposed to be where the fear is with people losing control of their inhibitions, unable to control it, and even unable to control where and how they travel because the train stopped and they have no car.
Another big problem is M. Night Shymalan's dialog. He really should have someone take a quick pass at the script and revise the wordings of some things. For example, John Leguizamo says that his wife is in Princeton but he doesn't just say "Princeton." He says "the town of Princeton." Now, I live in the midwest but even I have heard of Princeton. Another example is Zooey Deschanel's character. At lesat two times she says something about "not liking to show her emotions." But what does she do the whole time? That's right, show emotions. If she had only said it once then it would be ok but no, she says it at lest twice in less than 10 minutes.
two thumbs up
It ain't a bad film
if you happen to see it
then go ahead on
I think the film can sort of be described as a more leisurely 28 Days Later or perhaps a quieter version of Spielberg's War of the Worlds. In all three the situations are pretty much the same: bad things are happening and everyone needs to get out of the city. The reasons are different but the effect is the same and especially in the case of 28 Days Later there is the feeling that anyone around you could turn and become a victim of this without warning.
The title is pretty bad. I don't know about anyone else but when I hear about a "happening, if think about a happening. If it had been called "the event" or something like that, it would be a lot less awkward.
In the commercials they made a big deal about this being "M. Night Shymalan's first R-rated film!" I have to tell you, this has to be the tamest, least gory or sexy R-rated movie ever. If someone says that they begged the MPAA to give it an R rather than a PG-13 I wouldn't be surprised. Sure there is some blood but that is minimal and frequently at a distance. Like pretty much every other M. Night film the people are all but asexual so there's nothing sexy. I don't even remember if there was any cursing.
The problem with the film is that as I said in my comparison to 28 Days Later and War of the Worlds, it is all rather leisurely and quiet (like M. Night's other films). There's never really any sense that any one we care about is in danger. One secondary character dies but it is pretty much a foregone conclusion that the character will die once separated from the group. That character might as well have said, "I'll be right back" and made the horror movie cliche complete. Never do we really feel like any of the main characters are in danger. Moreover, whenever anyone starts to act weird, no one else tries to do anything to stop the person. They just stand there all scarred. After the news had talked all about this going on wouldn't you at least try to stop them? It isn't as if this is a poison. If you tied them up they wouldn't be able to hurt themselves or anything. I suppose that a lack of control is supposed to be where the fear is with people losing control of their inhibitions, unable to control it, and even unable to control where and how they travel because the train stopped and they have no car.
Another big problem is M. Night Shymalan's dialog. He really should have someone take a quick pass at the script and revise the wordings of some things. For example, John Leguizamo says that his wife is in Princeton but he doesn't just say "Princeton." He says "the town of Princeton." Now, I live in the midwest but even I have heard of Princeton. Another example is Zooey Deschanel's character. At lesat two times she says something about "not liking to show her emotions." But what does she do the whole time? That's right, show emotions. If she had only said it once then it would be ok but no, she says it at lest twice in less than 10 minutes.
two thumbs up
It ain't a bad film
if you happen to see it
then go ahead on
I found this movie to be very credible. Much more credible than Ang Lee's film. It was not incredible by any mean. It wasn't great but it wasn't Ang Lee's Hulk bad. Ang Lee's Hulk wasn't horrible but it just wasn't very entertaining. This was more entertaining but it wasn't Iron Man.
There's some entertaining bits here but really there aren't any surprises or anything that you didn't expect to see. The trailer shows us the Abomination. We know that Betty Ross is in it. We know that there will be smashing.
The only real entertaining bits of the film come from the fact that Marvel is trying to create a cohesive movie universe here. That means that for the comic book geeks every time a character gets a couple lines or especially if they get their first and last name mentioned you get to play "who is that?" There are no characters in the Hulk who get any significant screen time that aren't cameos by people like Lou Ferrigno, Stan Lee, and even the dead Bill Bixby gets some screen time when a clip from The Courtship of Eddie's Father is show. There are also, as one of the trailers spoils, appearances by Tony Stark, Samuel Sterns, and Dr. Leonard Samson among others.
Other than that, there isn't all that much to recommend The Incredible Hulk.
two thumbs up
very credible
just not incredibly good
an A for effort.
There's some entertaining bits here but really there aren't any surprises or anything that you didn't expect to see. The trailer shows us the Abomination. We know that Betty Ross is in it. We know that there will be smashing.
The only real entertaining bits of the film come from the fact that Marvel is trying to create a cohesive movie universe here. That means that for the comic book geeks every time a character gets a couple lines or especially if they get their first and last name mentioned you get to play "who is that?" There are no characters in the Hulk who get any significant screen time that aren't cameos by people like Lou Ferrigno, Stan Lee, and even the dead Bill Bixby gets some screen time when a clip from The Courtship of Eddie's Father is show. There are also, as one of the trailers spoils, appearances by Tony Stark, Samuel Sterns, and Dr. Leonard Samson among others.
Other than that, there isn't all that much to recommend The Incredible Hulk.
two thumbs up
very credible
just not incredibly good
an A for effort.
I didn't have much hope for this film. I didn't really want to see it but I needed to run an errand out by the theater and it was already in the Five Buck Club so I figured I would go see it.
Surprisingly, it was a bit better than I thought it would be. There were no stupid songs -- something I despise about animated films. There was no wise-cracking sidekick. And honestly, for a Jack Black film there wasn't all that much wacky stuff. So what was there? There was a surprising amount of fight scenes. Moreover, they were surprisingly good.
That being said, the fight scenes were pretty much the only reason to see the film because the story is not only predicable but also trying to set up a franchise. Po, the panda, is an outcast who loves kung fu. His father, who is a duck, wants him to follow in the family business. There is a big event to announce who will be the "dragon warrior" and although there are 5 great highly trained competitors, Po is chosen. He has set backs. Then he wins.
The reason why I say it is trying to set up a series is that whole "dad is a duck" thing. There aren't any other giant pandas in the film (although the master is a rad panda). There also isn't any evidence that in the world of Kung Fu Panda ducks are capable of giving birth to pandas. There is one part where you think they are going to address the parentage of Po but they don't So from that it seems clear that the inevitable sequel, whether it is at the theater or direct to dvd, will be all about Po's parents.
two thumbs up
Fighting animals
Why don't they eat each other
Vegetarians?
Surprisingly, it was a bit better than I thought it would be. There were no stupid songs -- something I despise about animated films. There was no wise-cracking sidekick. And honestly, for a Jack Black film there wasn't all that much wacky stuff. So what was there? There was a surprising amount of fight scenes. Moreover, they were surprisingly good.
That being said, the fight scenes were pretty much the only reason to see the film because the story is not only predicable but also trying to set up a franchise. Po, the panda, is an outcast who loves kung fu. His father, who is a duck, wants him to follow in the family business. There is a big event to announce who will be the "dragon warrior" and although there are 5 great highly trained competitors, Po is chosen. He has set backs. Then he wins.
The reason why I say it is trying to set up a series is that whole "dad is a duck" thing. There aren't any other giant pandas in the film (although the master is a rad panda). There also isn't any evidence that in the world of Kung Fu Panda ducks are capable of giving birth to pandas. There is one part where you think they are going to address the parentage of Po but they don't So from that it seems clear that the inevitable sequel, whether it is at the theater or direct to dvd, will be all about Po's parents.
two thumbs up
Fighting animals
Why don't they eat each other
Vegetarians?
While I don't believe in supernatural things or that there are large unknown animals in North America, I'm like X-Files' Fox Mulder and I want to believe. It would be a lot more interesting if these kinds of things did exist.
The Mothman Prophecies is loosely based on actual events. I say loosely because when weird things happen in real life that don't always make for good stories. So apparently the filmmakers took the events and twisted them around to make a nice story with a beginning middle and end.
So Richard Gere is the husband of Debra Messing who dies. She leave behind drawings and somehow Gere gets involved in this West Virginia town where people have seen weird things. Then people start to get phone calls from someone called Indrid Cold who makes obtuse comments which turn out to be predictions of tragic events.
The first part of the film before Messing's character dies is very very slow. After that it gets a lot more interesting. For me it didn't ever get creepy or scary. It was more interesting and made me look up the real story on wikipedia.
One thing about the film did creep me out. It was the song that played over the closing credits. I had heard the song "Half-Light" by Low before but the closing credits had a remix that featured some creepy sounds in the background and it was really effective. It creeped me out more than the movie did. I guess that is a bad thing.
The Mothman Prophecies is loosely based on actual events. I say loosely because when weird things happen in real life that don't always make for good stories. So apparently the filmmakers took the events and twisted them around to make a nice story with a beginning middle and end.
So Richard Gere is the husband of Debra Messing who dies. She leave behind drawings and somehow Gere gets involved in this West Virginia town where people have seen weird things. Then people start to get phone calls from someone called Indrid Cold who makes obtuse comments which turn out to be predictions of tragic events.
The first part of the film before Messing's character dies is very very slow. After that it gets a lot more interesting. For me it didn't ever get creepy or scary. It was more interesting and made me look up the real story on wikipedia.
One thing about the film did creep me out. It was the song that played over the closing credits. I had heard the song "Half-Light" by Low before but the closing credits had a remix that featured some creepy sounds in the background and it was really effective. It creeped me out more than the movie did. I guess that is a bad thing.
Anyway, the film is kind of entertaining but not something that is a can't miss or anything.
two thumbs up
Don't mess with the moth
He will totally kill you
And freak you out man.
two thumbs up
Don't mess with the moth
He will totally kill you
And freak you out man.
I totally love Tina Fey. She is awesome. So the only real surprise is that it took me this long to see Baby Mama. As I usually do I went to a matinee and I was the only man in the theater. I did it all for Tina!
So like most films the trailer gives the storyline away. Tina Fey's character is a single business woman who wants to have a baby but is infertile. So she tries to adopt but doesn't want to wait the five years it can take to for a single woman to get a baby so she finds a surrogate mother. Of course, being a comedy the surrogate, Amy Poehler is white trash and clashes with Tina Fey's uptight personality. Hilarity ensues.
Although I'm not the target audience for this I still enjoyed it. I don't want any kids but I can certainly identify with her longing for love. She's smart, pretty, and funny. What's not to love?
The plot is more than a little predictable with misunderstandings and clashes between Fey and Poehler and an unrealistically happy ending but it is still fairly entertaining.
two thumbs up
Predictable film
I would make babies with her.
Maybe the sequel...
So like most films the trailer gives the storyline away. Tina Fey's character is a single business woman who wants to have a baby but is infertile. So she tries to adopt but doesn't want to wait the five years it can take to for a single woman to get a baby so she finds a surrogate mother. Of course, being a comedy the surrogate, Amy Poehler is white trash and clashes with Tina Fey's uptight personality. Hilarity ensues.
Although I'm not the target audience for this I still enjoyed it. I don't want any kids but I can certainly identify with her longing for love. She's smart, pretty, and funny. What's not to love?
The plot is more than a little predictable with misunderstandings and clashes between Fey and Poehler and an unrealistically happy ending but it is still fairly entertaining.
two thumbs up
Predictable film
I would make babies with her.
Maybe the sequel...
