Review: My Week with Marilyn
29 Wednesday Feb 2012
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in29 Wednesday Feb 2012
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in26 Sunday Feb 2012
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Sleeping Beauty (2011) (Blu-ray release 2012-2-27) shows a university student getting paid for being drugged to sleep while old men do anything they want with her without penetration. This movie shows a fair share of frontal nudity including women and old men, but no sex. So you know this is an artsy movie. According to other reviewers who actually understand this movie, this movie explores the meanings of life and death, and sexual violence. Although I sort of understand what those reviewers say, this movie is still beyond me and makes me wonder whether I’d stay away from artsy films.
26 Sunday Feb 2012
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Post-Oscars 2012 update: I was right with my assessment – Best cinematography, art direction, sound editing, sound mixing, and visual effects.
25 Saturday Feb 2012
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in24 Friday Feb 2012
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in21 Tuesday Feb 2012
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inDeep in the Valley (2009) is a sex comedy without sex. There are topless scenes, but not from any of the major characters in the storyline. The concept is interesting: two guys are transported to an alternate porn world – something like a porn version of Pleasantville (1998). The first half of the movie is mildly interesting. The second half is a letdown, with the characters doing things or going to places with no reason (or I failed to understand it). Since Pleasantville is an excellent movie, I think the great potential in this concept is wasted.
20 Monday Feb 2012
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inMost critics consider The Three Musketeers (2011) (Blu-ray release 2012-3-12) to be bad. I think I can understand that. Two of the three musketeers have little screen time, let alone character development. All three are supporting actors only. Even though I have no idea what the original Three Musketeers story should be, I’m sure this 2011 version does not resemble the classics. So people feel offended.
However, character and screenplay issues aside, this movie has plenty of action scenes, and good enough pacing. The action scenes may not be original, but I think they are done well enough. Most importantly, there are airships. There aren’t enough movies with airships. So I consider this movie to be quite entertaining, despite the numerous flaws. I like it much more than Resident Evil from the same director.
16 Thursday Feb 2012
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inI love time travel movies, especially those with time paradox. Therefore I watched O Homem do Futuro (Blu-ray release 2012-1-19), a Brazilian movie. Wikipedia states that it is a romantic comedy, but I don’t find it romantic or funny. This is not necessarily bad as long as it has a good story. Half way through the movie I felt upset as it seemed to be turning into yet another Butterfly Effect (2004), which is not a bad movie but too tragic for me. However, during the climax I’m pleased to see something unusual for a time travel plot. It ends in a smart way, although it is not strictly consistent with itself.