Friday, March 25, 2011

MOVIES FOR THE WEEKEND

Sucker Punch on Saturday.  It's getting trashed by the critics but I could give two shits.  I loved Dawn of the Dead and consider it to be one of the best modern horror movies, I saw 300 five times in the theaters, and Watchmen is a bold and beautiful masterpiece.  So...yeah...I'm a fan of director Zack Snyder and his brand/style of action-movie mayhem.  I still haven't seen that owl movie, though...

From Netflix is the Oscar nominated documentary Waste Land.

HD On Demand options include: The Tourist, Stone, Cracks, and a few others I think...

4 comments:

Joel said...

"Sucker Punch" features one of the most shocking final ten minutes I've seen in a while. Reminds of "The Departed" and "Burn After Reading" in that respect.

The critics are loony and completely unfair to this film. It's (for me) every bit as provocative, thought-provoking, existentially complex and thematically dynamic as "Inception," only much darker. Seriously, Snyder's in as much Nolan mode as he is in, well, Snyder mode. He's working on a much higher level than people realize.

I dare you to look underneath all the insane visuals, Nick. It's Snyder's best film.

Joel said...

Meanwhile, I watched "Man on Fire" and "Domino" in the last couple days.

"Man on Fire" is pretty fantastic. Denzel's great (as per usual), Scott's direction is top-of-the-line, the cinematography work might be the best I've seen in his films (those I've seen). Will be a repeat-viewing movie.

"Domino" is the same way, actually, but it's because I'm not ENTIRELY sure what to think about it. I know it's absolutely insane, and that Kelly's script is basically flawless. But I'm not sure if it was too much stylization or I just need to let it wash over me. But as the saying goes, it's better to try and not always succeed than to not try at all. It's a success, but I'm not sure what kind yet.

Actionman said...

Man I fucking wish I was in the position to watch Domino and Man on Fire for the 1st time all over again.

Sucker Punch IMAX tomorrow am. Will let u know...

Actionman said...

Wow. Just...wow. Snyder is a fucking ANIMAL. Had a blast.