Hated It

Well look what time it is? Movie review time boys and girls. I'll eventually make a running list of movie ratings as a sidebar or something but for the time, I thought I'd throw together a few thoughts for some of the movies I've watched recently. Nothing as long as my Hard Candy review, don't worry.

Art School Confidential - 3.75 out of 5 - See If You're Feeling Squirrely
*An indie crimeDramedy with solid acting and an awesome performance by John Malkovich
*Interesting and semi-predictable twist ending. What made it good though for me was the predictability of it. The characters were developed in such a way that you could see what was going to happen based on the characters' personalities and how they unfolded.
*Hilarious artist "stereotypes" with a few nice nude shots but unfortunately, you see a full monty donger before you see any womanly vistas.

Bloody Reunion - 4 out of 5 - Must Be In A Certain Mood to Watch But If You Are, DO IT
*Ridiculous horror/revenge/suspense Asian movie. The first time for a Korean flick for me.
*Very strong plot line and a top notch ending that I did not see coming at all. Definitely one of those, "okay, the movie's over, now what the hell just happened" endings. Really good.
*Suffered somewhat from typically awkward Asian acting but still managed pretty good character development.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - 4.75 out of 5 - WATCH IT!!!
*Quite possibly one of the most unique and original story lines I've ever seen
*Follows the heavily but well narrated story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a young Frenchman that is born with the most acute sense of smell ever known to man.
*Incredible performances by Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman with Ben Whishaw, a relative newcomer to me, doing an all around good job as the lead character.
*Stunning camera work with unbelievably vivid audio and visual. In my opinion, to help offset the inability of the viewer to experience in Jean-Baptiste's incredible olfactory sense.
*Quite the jaw dropping ending as well that topped off an already top notch film experience.

Night Watch - 3.5 out of 5 - Watch It So You're Ready for the Next Two in the Trilogy
*First movie in a Russian Horror/Fantasy/Action trilogy
*Really good story and background but it suffered from some sketchy foreign film techniques and from what I understand, a very vague and inaccurate translation of the original novel.
*Some very cool action scenes but also some scenes that really just didn't make sense.
*Shows a lot of potential and promise for the hopefully American made sequels, Day Watch and Dusk Watch.