This last weekend when my cousin was in town we decided to watch a movie after eating dinner. Since I have been choosing a lot of the movies lately, and there is not much in theaters, we decided to all go see "Little Fockers". Now I do not really remember the first movie very well, as in I did not even remember Owen Wilson was in it until he showed up in this film. "Meet the Fockers" on the other hand is a movie I watch on occasion for some cheap laughs that do not put me into a stupor or a coma.
Now this franchise is something that I have always at least somewhat enjoyed, and this movie follows suit, but, is way overplayed. Obviously Stiller is not removing himself from the pity/bad luck stereotype he has made for himself, nor is the movie particularly clever on the whole. It is painfully predictable, and seeing Jessica Alba in her underwear does not really make me like the movie any more. Her character is just painful every time she talks, and although she is not a great actress by any stretch, it is a really poor performance. Overall, it is a renter, and I would be hard pressed to give it more than a 2.3 out of 5.
Bringing back the good ol' days of high school, we noticed "Season of the Witch" was starting as we got out of "Fockers" and decided to theater hop into that movie. Very few times have I ever regretted watching a movie for free more than this time. Now we all have a favorite Nicholas Cage movie. Whether it is "Face Off", "Con Air", "The Rock", or "Gone In 60 Seconds". Guess what? The newest of those movies came out in 2000, and the only good one to come after that, "National Treasure", which I cannot argue is a fun movie to watch. You want to hear some of his other "work" since then? "The Weather Man", "The Wicker Man", "Ghost Rider", "Grindhouse", "Next", "National Treasure: Book of Secrets", "Bangkok Dangerous", "Knowing", "G-Force", "The Bad Lieutenant", and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". If you have seen all of those, I am sorry for your soul, and may the gods be easy on you. "Kick-ass" was a good movie, but I will argue that Cage added nothing to it, and anyone could have played that role successfully. Not to mention two of his next films are "Drive Angry 3D", and a sequel to Ghost Rider, things are not getting better for Cage fans anytime soon.
What do you mean I have not talked about the movie yet? Here ya go, Ron Perlman is enjoyable to watch, for what that is worth. Cage does not play a knight of the crusades to any degree of convincing, although I guess the long hair and the scruffiness fit the part. The storyline? Terrible. They try and convince you that the twist at the end was something you should have seen all along, even though there was no mention that it was a possibility within the fantasy environment. Some of the other actors do an ok job of playing their dark ages roles, but of course all the face time goes to Cage. Special effects? EddieW on youtube could have done a better job, and there was not any real redeeming quality to any of the sound, music, or cinematography done either.
Overall, save yourself, do not even watch it when it comes on cable, for free.
Score: .6 I will never watch it again. I would rather watch all 3 twilight films than watch this again, and that is saying a lot.
The list.
So I have had the discussion a couple times on the validity of the List I have chosen. Biggest beef has been from the womenfolk who complain that it is a very gender biased list, and they are all guy movies. I hear you to a point. While many of these movies are more action oriented, or thrillers, those type of movies seem to be enjoyed by a wider audience than any other genre. I want to see all the guys who would put "The Notebook" in their top 20 movies of all time. Or even their favorite 100 movies, or better yet, make a list of 200 movies of the top of your head that you would watch if you were just bored and wanted to watch a movie by yourself. Do all of those lists, and I am pretty sure that almost no guy will put "Notebook" on those lists. I am not saying that "chick" flicks are bad, or not enjoyable at times, but on a wide scale, they are not well received by male audiences. so while this list does seem to have more "action" movies, these movies appeal to both genders, and most of the movies on the list tend to transcend generations as well. Lastly I chose to use the IMDB.com because it is user ranked, voted by all who chose to on the internet. And as skewed as user voted thing can get, the lowest vote count in the top 10 is "12 Angry Men" with 127,000 votes. I may compare IMDB's list with the top 100 on Empire
to see how different they are and where I might disagree.
I will get another real review done this weekend, but until next time,
I'm just sayin...
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