Special Screenings
170- Madagascar- Island of Lemurs- An IMAX film shown mainly at scientific
centers, I loved the actual footage of Lemurs. Was not a fan of the scientists
interviewed in this film who literally had nothing interesting to say. But the
lemurs made up for it.
169- Saw- 10th Anniversary re-release- It was interesting to see this since I hadn’t
seen it since it first hit video 10 years ago. I still have issues with it, but
it is a film that rolls along and does not let up. It was fun to see Michael
Emerson from Person of Interest pop up. I had forgotten he was in it.
168- Anchorman 2- R-Rated Version- This was given a 1 week release. It was
longer, cruder, and had a ton of extra footage mixed in. Again, just like the
regular Anchorman 2, some of it works, some of it is extremely superfluous.
167- Ghostbusters- 30th Anniversary re-release- I saw this at a Saturday night showing. There
were probably about 100 of us in the theater. While watching it this time, I
tried to view it without looking ahead to upcoming jokes and to watch the film
as I must have in 1984. I was surprised just how scary certain scenes are. The
audience loved it. It had a lot of younger people in the theater so I could not
figure out if they had seen it before or not, but they were enjoying it a lot!
Glad to see that it still works and is one of the great comedies.
While I honestly
didn’t absolutely hate any films that I saw in 2013, 2014 had 2 films that I
thought were absolute crap and pointless and that I would actively keep people
from seeing.
Bottom of the Barrel
166- Winter’s Tale- Where do I even begin? A horse that is actually a dog? Will Smith playing
Satan in the early 1900’s wearing a Jimi Hendrix T-shirt? A timeline that makes
no sense if you actually think about it.A large section of film dedicated to a
story that ends up having no influence on the outcome of a film. A model boat
that luckily works and is sea-worthy to float a baby back to Manhattan. Colin
Farrel having an Irish accent evenm though he grew up in New York on the
streets and never set foot in Ireland? These are just a few of the problems
with this film. I had seen the preview and thought it looked bad and hoped that
the whole film would work, but boy was I wrong. This is bad moviemaking at its
worst. Everyone gives it their all but, wow! Nothing works. Stay away from this
stinker!
165- Legend of Hercules- This is the first of 2014’s dueling Hercules epics, neither of which
was very good, but this one was actually boring and laughable! This is the one
directed by Renny Harlin (a long way from Cutthroat Island, which, in
retrospect, is Oscar winning) and starring Kellan Lutz. Hercules’ mother having
sex with Zeus (who is apparently made up of wind and sheets) made me laugh in
the theater along with the scene with Hercules wielding pillars made of styrofoam
on the end of his chains and shackles… and those are the 2 good scenes! I
actually dozed off a couple of times during this one for a moment or two and I
can guarantee that I didn’t miss much. Again, stay away!
