I know the scenarios are laughable, the plots contrived, the dialog drippy. But I love the casting of the 2002-2007 trilogy. Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire, James Franco, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, J.K. Simmons - they all work for me in these roles. I'm not sure if I'll watch the reboot. It may leave me with too much regret for what might have been.
Spider-Man 2
2004, 127 minutes, directed by Sam Raimi
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
I like Burn Notice as a show it just works for me. Sure it's all contrived and improbable, and bullets miss too much, but I enjoy the "how to be a spy" narration. And I like Bruce Campbell. So, when a made-for-TV movie pops up outside the normal season, and (at first glance) it looks like they're going to kill off his character, I have to take notice.
It turns out that was a false fear, as a few seconds with any preview bumper would show. This is the story of how Sam Axe left the service, a short while before the TV show started. And again, it's all contrived and improbable, but then again, Bruce Campbell thrives like that. I enjoyed the adventure and look forward to more next season.
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011, 120 minutes, directed by Jeffrey Donovan
Oh, hey, look at that. Jeffrey Donovan directed this.
It turns out that was a false fear, as a few seconds with any preview bumper would show. This is the story of how Sam Axe left the service, a short while before the TV show started. And again, it's all contrived and improbable, but then again, Bruce Campbell thrives like that. I enjoyed the adventure and look forward to more next season.
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011, 120 minutes, directed by Jeffrey Donovan
Oh, hey, look at that. Jeffrey Donovan directed this.
Monday, February 4, 2008
TimeQuest
Reviewing films is definitely helping my memory of them. With the time to work out and set my thoughts, I'm able to recall more and discuss more about the movies I've seen. At the same time, knowing that I have to write a review has made me far more critical of the quality of the film itself. Today's DVD special, TimeQuest, seems like the kind of film I would have loved - or at least tolerated - not that long ago. But today I couldn't stomach it.
Where is the plot? It just starts out as a discordant series of events with no sense at all. Finally after 30 minutes some sense of story appears out of the murky depths of cheese and sap. It's not just that the plot is overly-fascinated by the Kennedy mystique; it's that the plot is barely recognizable, the pacing is atrocious, and the acting downright awful. Only the Traveler, played by Ralph Waite, seemed to be interested in his job.
Of course I did make it to the end, and the plot seems more focused as the awful way the story was told fades away. Maybe there's hope for this one, yet.
TimeQuest
2002, 95 minutes, directed by Robert Dyke
Where is the plot? It just starts out as a discordant series of events with no sense at all. Finally after 30 minutes some sense of story appears out of the murky depths of cheese and sap. It's not just that the plot is overly-fascinated by the Kennedy mystique; it's that the plot is barely recognizable, the pacing is atrocious, and the acting downright awful. Only the Traveler, played by Ralph Waite, seemed to be interested in his job.
Of course I did make it to the end, and the plot seems more focused as the awful way the story was told fades away. Maybe there's hope for this one, yet.
TimeQuest
2002, 95 minutes, directed by Robert Dyke
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