Saturday, May 30, 2009

Charade

Current IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
My Rating: 8.2/10

I love Audrey Hepburn. She did no wrong and was so elegant and amusing with everything. This movie only further proves that. Her back and forth dialogue with Cary Grant is amazing throughout the movie. I could watch this one many more times and still laugh.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Frenzy

Current IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
My Rating: 7.6/10

I have to say, even though this is a well made and interesting movie, I was a little disappointed. I guess this is representative of the place Hitchcock was in his career: everyone expected so much and yet gave him little to no recognition when his masterpieces would come out. This is another masterpiece, but not one of his greatest.

Wizard of Gore

Current IMDB Rating: 5.4/10
My Rating: 5.8/10

Under any normal circumstances this would have been an absolutely horrible movie that would not have deserved more than a 4 rating. I am, however, one to watch movies and see how they should have and could have turned out. It's one of the reasons why I love Showgirls. The terrible acting, editing, dialogue, and special effects make this movie nearly unbearable, but I still enjoyed myself. It's like watching something you'd make with your friends if your friends had some money. But it's fairly easy to see how this movie could have been made (with a little more money and professional actors) into a decent horror movie.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Terminator Salvation

Current IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
My Rating: 7.9/10

I have to say, if I had seen the first two Terminator movies (I've seen the third) this one may have made more sense. However, the movie did stand on its own in creating a story that needed no knowledge of the other movies, I just wish I knew how it fit in. The special effects were lacking at the beginning, but increased dramatically in quality as the movie went on. I was impressed and it was more than I had expected going in.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Star Trek

Current IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
My Rating: 8.5/10

I have to say I was very impressed by this movie. I thought it might turn out like the X-Files films where they took the TV show and made it into something very stupid, but they did a great job. I was impressed by the acting, the story, and the special effects. One of the best movies I've seen this year.