Archive for May, 2006

The DaVinci Code

The DaVinci Code was… long. Not entirely without merit, just… long.
As one of the two or three people on the planet who hasn’t read the book, I was able to go in without any preconceived notions or expectations and see it just as a movie, and not as the behemoth it has become.
For a thriller […]

Steve Uncategorized on May 30th, 2006

X-Men: The Last Stand

There are going to be two different camps when it comes to this movie, I believe. Those who know the X-Men from the comics and those who know the X-Men from the movies.
Now, I feel I’m kind of in the middle here. I read the X-Men for years, but not during the time of the […]

Steve Uncategorized on May 30th, 2006

An American Haunting

Now, I have to say initially that this is not a bad movie. It has good performances and it’s sufficiently creepy, and my problem with the movie is not really with the movie itself.
But I don’t want to give too much away here, so I will warn you if I say anything plot revealing.
An American […]

Steve Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2006

Poseidon

Poseidon, Poseidon, where did you go wrong. A weak remake of a campy, but very fun, 70’s disaster movie, Poseidon seems to be missing some back story and character development that might have made this a good movie.
Of course the special effects are good. When you put out that much money to make a film […]

Steve Uncategorized on May 18th, 2006

Mission Impossible 3

When I look at Michael Jackson over the past several years, I always think the same thing… God damn that guy is talented, why the hell does he have to be such a freak?
It really seems to me that Tom Cruise is going in that direction. He isn’t there yet, but everytime I talk about […]

Steve Uncategorized on May 18th, 2006