Thursday, July 8, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
CYRUS
Plot:
When the sexually depressed John (Reilly) is told by his ex-wife that she plans to remarry he can’t believe it because he was still in love with her. Insisting that he comes to their engagement party so that he can possibly mingle with some new women, the mission turns out to be a mistake until he meets Molly (Tomei), a women who is turned on by his quirky and silly demeanor. The two hit it off cool until John realizes that she has a teen son, named Cyrus (Hill) who is completely reliant upon his mother and eventually tries to do whatever he can to sabotage their relationship because he feels that John is taking his mom away from him.
Reel Talk:
Considering that this movie stars two of the movie business’ funny guys in Reilly and Hill, and from the producers that brought you the hilarious The Step Brothers, I can truly say this movie was not funny. I couldn’t figure out if they wanted it to be funny or was it to have been a dramatic movie? It had some scenes that will make you chuckle but that is about it. There were more stupid glares and stares among the characters than anything else. You can definitely catch this one DVD or better yet wait and catch it on cable.
Starring: John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei and Catherine Keener
Directed by: Jay and Mark Duplass
Rated: R
I give it 1 and a half eaten corn dogs
By: Corndog – The Reel Hustler
THE LAST AIRBENDER
Plot:
When siblings Sokka (Rathbone) and Katara (Peltz) stumble across an ice sphere containing Aang (Ringer) and his hovering furry pet, they soon find out that the young boy is the last Avatar or Airbender and is being hunted by the exiled Prince Zuko (Patel) of the Fire Nation so that he can turn him over to his father, regaining his honor. In order to help Aang to complete his destiny, Sokka and Katara accompany him to the Northern Kingdom of the Waterbenders so that he can be trained to compete against the powerful and ruthless Fire Nation.
Reel Talk:
This movie was made from a popular animated series which I had never seen, so honestly I didn’t know what the heck was going on. Listening to the responses of fellow screeners who had followed the cartoon series, I believe it would have helped me a long, not saying it would have made this a better movie, just more understanding. I felt like this movie should have been called Mind Bender, especially with the 3D effects that weren’t even that effective outside of the opening credits. I guess they just needed an excuse to slap a 3D tag on a movie. Very disappointing movie that will possibly have a sequel which I hope they will fine tune for a better film.
Starring: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone and Dev Patel
Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan
Rated: PG
I give it 2 corn dogs
By: Corndog – The Reel Hustler
THE TWILIGHT SAGE: ECLIPSE
Plot:
In this third installment to the Twilight series, Bella (Stewart) and Edward (Pattinson), still very much an item, with Bella eager to be turned into one of the undead despite Edwards plea for her to remain human. So the two compromise and make a pact, but it is soon put to the test as Jacob (Lautner) steps up the intensity of his feelings for Bella, causing her to face the reality that she is in love with both the guys. Even though the two young men hate each other they must put aside their differences and team up so that they can protect Bella from a group of new breed vampires whose sole mission is to exterminate her at all cost.
Reel Talk:
This is by far the best one of the Twilight trilogy! Whereas the first one introduce the characters, it’s primary focus was on Bella and Edward, the second one was the lead up to this one, but was extremely slow, this one has a better story with the whole monster love triangle and a touch more action which makes for a good movie. This movie is definitely worth seeing and I’m hoping that they can follow up with something even better with the next installation.
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Bryce Dallas Howard and Billy Burke
Directed by: David Slade
Rated: PG-13
I give it 4 corn dogs
By: Corndog – The Reel Hustler
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