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Had my 15 year old cousin out from Chicago the past 10 days so I had the opportunity to see a few movies. You've probably heard all the hype so here's the lowdown411:
War of the Worlds
Well, my parents saw this film before I did and they said it was just, 'okay'. I had read the book with my son about a year ago so I was still curious. Basically I have to go back and ask you to think about all the suck-ass movies you've seen in the past year. All the times you shelled out $10.00 to see crap. Okay, now imagine a movie that has great special effects, keeps a good tense pace and has a reasonably good script. There you have it - easily worth $10.00.
There were a few problems - How did that dude's video camera work in the first attack? How did that little girl get out of her shoe so fast and without moving it? Why were the aliens spraying blood all over again? Why did the ships lose power because the aliens caught a virus? Whatever - still a kick ass movie. 9 out of 10 for me.
Stealth
So my cousin is playing around with my TiVo because he has never seen one before - and there is an item that says, "Watch the first 4 minutes of 'Stealth'". So he watches it with my son and the two of them get all excited. Needless to say, we ended up going to see it that night. I really thought it was going to suck-ass, but it just sucked. There were some great action sequences that made it worthwhile. Some chick who might be the one from that television program "Seventh Heaven" is in it. There are a bunch of lame flirting scenes with the other main character. Oh, and Jamie Foxx is in this for about 30 minuties bofore he dies. Plot started out pretty lame but picked up in the 2nd half. Assassins, N. Korea, blowing stuff up saved the film. There are a bunch of unnecessary race elements that added nothing to the story - why do they do this? Fun movie nonetheless. 7.5 out of 10 for me.
War of the Worlds
Well, my parents saw this film before I did and they said it was just, 'okay'. I had read the book with my son about a year ago so I was still curious. Basically I have to go back and ask you to think about all the suck-ass movies you've seen in the past year. All the times you shelled out $10.00 to see crap. Okay, now imagine a movie that has great special effects, keeps a good tense pace and has a reasonably good script. There you have it - easily worth $10.00.
There were a few problems - How did that dude's video camera work in the first attack? How did that little girl get out of her shoe so fast and without moving it? Why were the aliens spraying blood all over again? Why did the ships lose power because the aliens caught a virus? Whatever - still a kick ass movie. 9 out of 10 for me.
Stealth
So my cousin is playing around with my TiVo because he has never seen one before - and there is an item that says, "Watch the first 4 minutes of 'Stealth'". So he watches it with my son and the two of them get all excited. Needless to say, we ended up going to see it that night. I really thought it was going to suck-ass, but it just sucked. There were some great action sequences that made it worthwhile. Some chick who might be the one from that television program "Seventh Heaven" is in it. There are a bunch of lame flirting scenes with the other main character. Oh, and Jamie Foxx is in this for about 30 minuties bofore he dies. Plot started out pretty lame but picked up in the 2nd half. Assassins, N. Korea, blowing stuff up saved the film. There are a bunch of unnecessary race elements that added nothing to the story - why do they do this? Fun movie nonetheless. 7.5 out of 10 for me.
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