There seems to be a dearth of quality new releases in cinemas these days. Heck, I was even tempted to watch a Spanish movie just for the sake of watching a movie. It's been more than a month since I last saw a movie inside a movie theater. The two movies I've seen last week have been released for weeks. If there was a movie that interested me, I wouldn't have seen those movies. They just didn't interest me at first. Turns out those movies were actually pretty good. Not having quality new releases was a blessing in disguise after all. :)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry: When I first heard about this movie, I thought "*
groan* Not another gay movie?!" Even though i enjoyed watching almost all Adam Sandler movies, I wasn't interested in watching this. I'm not homophobic--- at least when it comes to films... i guess I just didn't want to see straight men kissing again on screen. I've had enough of that since I've seen the extremely overrated and incredibly boring Brokeback Mountain. Turns out there's nothing of that sort. Even the most homophobic individual in the world would find nothing to be afraid of in this film. There's a scene with male nudity, but I doubt even the horniest gay man would find that scene arousing. This is your typical Adam Sandler film. If you like his previous films, you'll most likely like this film too.
4 out of 5 stars. :)
Resident Evil: Extinction: I had no interest in watching this at first because let's face it--- video game to movie adaptations generally suck. This movie is an exception. Yeah, it doesn't follow the plot in the video games. And yeah, the storyline is pretty stupid. So what? What video game to movie production remained faithful to the original material anyway? it's expected that the story would be altered to find a "broader audience". And it's not like this movie is aiming for an Oscar or something. Just take it for what it is: A mindless, effects driven action movie. The action scenes, even though they don't do anything to progress the story, were top notch. That sequence with the crows was mind blowing. Just take the movie for what it is. Just sit back and enjoy all the eye candy. If you want to watch something brainy, then watch something else.
3.5 stars out of 5 :)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry: When I first heard about this movie, I thought "*groan* Not another gay movie?!" Even though i enjoyed watching almost all Adam Sandler movies, I wasn't interested in watching this. I'm not homophobic--- at least when it comes to films... i guess I just didn't want to see straight men kissing again on screen. I've had enough of that since I've seen the extremely overrated and incredibly boring Brokeback Mountain. Turns out there's nothing of that sort. Even the most homophobic individual in the world would find nothing to be afraid of in this film. There's a scene with male nudity, but I doubt even the horniest gay man would find that scene arousing. This is your typical Adam Sandler film. If you like his previous films, you'll most likely like this film too. 4 out of 5 stars. :)
Resident Evil: Extinction: I had no interest in watching this at first because let's face it--- video game to movie adaptations generally suck. This movie is an exception. Yeah, it doesn't follow the plot in the video games. And yeah, the storyline is pretty stupid. So what? What video game to movie production remained faithful to the original material anyway? it's expected that the story would be altered to find a "broader audience". And it's not like this movie is aiming for an Oscar or something. Just take it for what it is: A mindless, effects driven action movie. The action scenes, even though they don't do anything to progress the story, were top notch. That sequence with the crows was mind blowing. Just take the movie for what it is. Just sit back and enjoy all the eye candy. If you want to watch something brainy, then watch something else. 3.5 stars out of 5 :)
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