Back on the wagon, and a few other movies I watched lately

Ive been gone for a while, long enough that some of the movies have even shifted up and down on IMDB since I posted last. I am watching the list movies again, and like before my free time also includes many movies.

I have not caught all the summer films that I have wanted to, but seeing the new Pirates and The Hangover 2 have been worth their time. I wont get into either too much, but Pirates 4 is about a 7.5 Depp was good but not nearly as funny as he was from the trilogy, and Hangover 2 is the same ride with a new paintjob, so 7.7 sounds about right. We all watched the Austin Powers movies and they were the same thing each time and equally funny each time out, so who cares if the Hangover is the same blueprint as the first one. I know that score is equal to what I rated Tron: Legacy to a while back, but every time I watch that film I like it more and more, it is my geek addiction I guess.

I still want to see Kung Fu Panda 2, and X-Men First Class before the new Transformers comes out later this month, and I should be able to get the next few list movies out of the way by then as well.

One thing that will make watching some of the films more enjoyable and perhaps more like they were intended was my recent purchase of surround sound. Now it was not my dream system, but it sounds very good for what it was worth, and it is by no means a all-in one home theater in a box crap.

The last blip before I get of the interwebz for a bit was a small interesting film that kept showing up on netflix called Pandorum. Now it looked very interesting from the box art, that means something right, and me and my wife thought it was worth the time. From the onset it is very dark, and you really do not know anything more than what the main character(Ben Foster) does about what is going on. His lieutenant played by Dennis Quaid also knows nothing as they both emerge from stasis pods around the same time. For those who have seen Event Horizon there are definitely similarities in the dark stuck in a space ship atmospheres. The discovery that the characters go through is engaging and keeps you wondering what the heck is going on. I personally was slightly disappointed at the ending, not for any particular reason, just thought it could have been done better, but it was an interesting watch, and the more and more I see Foster in films the more I see the range of acting he can achieve. When he first appeared as Archangel in the X3 I would have preferred not seeing him in film again, but that was X3 and not really his own fault. Score 7.0

Lets see if I can get in a list review every Wednesday and Saturday and other movie news when things of interest pop up. Next three movies are all on the older side, but lets give them a chance before I write them off.


I'm just sayin...