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This is essentially what the Hangover would be if it hit the road. Put Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis in a car and hope that hilarity ensues. And it does. The two play off each other very well, and embrace the mean spirited, but ultimately heartwarming relationship that forms between them.
The movie is very much about Downey and Galifianakis. It's not like the Hangover where there were tons of cameos and side characters to sustain the laughs; it almost all comes from the two guys. Galifianakis gets to be a bit much. He's better in a trio than as one half of a duo. But when he gets to be too much, Robert Downey Jr. effectively responds, acting out the audience's frustration with very gratifying results.
It's not the Hangover, but nothing ever will be. Due Date is funny in it's own way. The humor is a little darker thanks to a hilarious Robert Downey Jr., but director Todd Phillips still has fun sucker punching the audience with his signature brand of situational humor. Ultimately, this movie is very, very funny. It's been a few years since we've had a really good road trip movie. Sitting shotgun with these two guys is a fun way to spend an hour and a half.
The movie is very much about Downey and Galifianakis. It's not like the Hangover where there were tons of cameos and side characters to sustain the laughs; it almost all comes from the two guys. Galifianakis gets to be a bit much. He's better in a trio than as one half of a duo. But when he gets to be too much, Robert Downey Jr. effectively responds, acting out the audience's frustration with very gratifying results.
It's not the Hangover, but nothing ever will be. Due Date is funny in it's own way. The humor is a little darker thanks to a hilarious Robert Downey Jr., but director Todd Phillips still has fun sucker punching the audience with his signature brand of situational humor. Ultimately, this movie is very, very funny. It's been a few years since we've had a really good road trip movie. Sitting shotgun with these two guys is a fun way to spend an hour and a half.
Science fiction is often perceived as a genre dominated by explosions and spacecraft chases strung together by mere whispers of plot. However, there are some science fiction films that transcend this stereotype and use the genre as a forum to discuss a larger issue. District 9 belongs to this upper echelon of science fiction movies.
Written and directed by Neill Blomkamp, District 9 transports us to world where aliens referred to as Prawns have landed on earth some twenty years ago and after the tension between the two races escalates to violence, the slum District 9 is created to house the Prawns. This is the backdrop of this incredibly well crafted story. The actual plot I will not discuss, as it is better to walk into District 9 knowing as little as possible. District 9 achieves an incredible balancing act that few blockbusters even attempt. It is blends science fiction and political drama flawlessly, fusing them together with a healthy does of in your face action and violence.
Blomkamp's script does not shy away from the complex and deep themes that drive the film. Running just under two hours, the film has a brisk pace but is by no means in a hurry. Blomkamp takes the time to set up a believable political and social backdrop for the mayhem to ensue. And even as the bullets fly and spectacular action sequences unfold, it still never loses sight of it's original intentions. That being said, District 9 is no pensive drama, it's a solid action film. It just so happens to have something to say as well.
Filmed for an amazingly cheap 30 million dollars, District 9 is a sight to behold. The film looks and sounds amazing. The films star, first time actor Sharlto Copley does an outstanding job as the film's hero Wikus. The performances are strong and fill out this completely convincing reality.
District 9 is both exciting and thought provoking. Something few blockbusters can manage. It is without a doubt, a must see film.
Written and directed by Neill Blomkamp, District 9 transports us to world where aliens referred to as Prawns have landed on earth some twenty years ago and after the tension between the two races escalates to violence, the slum District 9 is created to house the Prawns. This is the backdrop of this incredibly well crafted story. The actual plot I will not discuss, as it is better to walk into District 9 knowing as little as possible. District 9 achieves an incredible balancing act that few blockbusters even attempt. It is blends science fiction and political drama flawlessly, fusing them together with a healthy does of in your face action and violence.
Blomkamp's script does not shy away from the complex and deep themes that drive the film. Running just under two hours, the film has a brisk pace but is by no means in a hurry. Blomkamp takes the time to set up a believable political and social backdrop for the mayhem to ensue. And even as the bullets fly and spectacular action sequences unfold, it still never loses sight of it's original intentions. That being said, District 9 is no pensive drama, it's a solid action film. It just so happens to have something to say as well.
Filmed for an amazingly cheap 30 million dollars, District 9 is a sight to behold. The film looks and sounds amazing. The films star, first time actor Sharlto Copley does an outstanding job as the film's hero Wikus. The performances are strong and fill out this completely convincing reality.
District 9 is both exciting and thought provoking. Something few blockbusters can manage. It is without a doubt, a must see film.
If I got completely hammered one night, drank a little more, then sat down in front of a computer and wrote a script, it might come out something like The Mummy 3. Except it would probably make sense and not suck so horribly. For those of you who remember, the Mummy used to be a legitimate franchise that combined horror, action, and comedy into fairly tight packages. The first movie is rather good. This apple fell far from the tree and then was left out to rot in the hot sun.
The movie picks up roughly ten years after the Mummy Returns, although no one has aged but Alex who has dropped out of college and is now running a high profile dig in China. Rick and Evelyn, replaced by the insufferable Maria Bello, are chilling out pretending to be happy. After a plot device or two, Jet Li, an emperor who's curse is either to live forever or to talk like a woman, is raised from the dead. The previous mummy effects were pretty damn good, This claymation Jet Li is laughable, especially when he's taking off layers of his face and throwing them as weapons.
But I was along for the ride. I was. I was struggling to deal with Isabella Leong's inability to act in her role as Lin, Alex's love interest. Then, they decided to stroll up to the Himalayas, find an oasis city like they did in Returns, fight off a bunch of bad guys, and get rescued by, wait for it...
Yetis.
What in the name of god possessed Alfred Gough to put yetis in his script? But good old Al decided yetis weren't gay enough, so at the beginning of the films third act, Jet Li suddenly gains the power to turn into a three headed dragon. Take a moment to soak that up. A three freakin headed dragon.
I'm all for going to the movies and having a good time, turn your head off entertainment can be good fun. But Rob Cohen cannot expect us to eat up this crap and not vomit in our popcorn bowls.
The Mummy 3 has not one, not two, but zero redeeming qualities about it. It's a four year olds dream movie dressed up with PG-13 gore. This means that it can't really appeal to anyone. At least anyone with half a brain. So, in the end, this movie sucks and if you see it you are as dumb as the people who made it and that is pretty damn dumb.
The movie picks up roughly ten years after the Mummy Returns, although no one has aged but Alex who has dropped out of college and is now running a high profile dig in China. Rick and Evelyn, replaced by the insufferable Maria Bello, are chilling out pretending to be happy. After a plot device or two, Jet Li, an emperor who's curse is either to live forever or to talk like a woman, is raised from the dead. The previous mummy effects were pretty damn good, This claymation Jet Li is laughable, especially when he's taking off layers of his face and throwing them as weapons.
But I was along for the ride. I was. I was struggling to deal with Isabella Leong's inability to act in her role as Lin, Alex's love interest. Then, they decided to stroll up to the Himalayas, find an oasis city like they did in Returns, fight off a bunch of bad guys, and get rescued by, wait for it...
Yetis.
What in the name of god possessed Alfred Gough to put yetis in his script? But good old Al decided yetis weren't gay enough, so at the beginning of the films third act, Jet Li suddenly gains the power to turn into a three headed dragon. Take a moment to soak that up. A three freakin headed dragon.
I'm all for going to the movies and having a good time, turn your head off entertainment can be good fun. But Rob Cohen cannot expect us to eat up this crap and not vomit in our popcorn bowls.
The Mummy 3 has not one, not two, but zero redeeming qualities about it. It's a four year olds dream movie dressed up with PG-13 gore. This means that it can't really appeal to anyone. At least anyone with half a brain. So, in the end, this movie sucks and if you see it you are as dumb as the people who made it and that is pretty damn dumb.