House of Wax (2005)

1) Smh, I knew this would be bad but I didn't realize how bad it would be. The beginning was kind of spooky/had a good set up but besides that I'm not sure there was even anything kind of remotely good about the rest of the movie.

2) It was kind of a unique storyline, but in a horrible way. There's not too many movies about brothers who like to kidnap people and keep them sitting around the house with wax on them, but there's a good reason for that.

3) It was even dumber that they discovered a 3rd brother at the end of the movie. #smh

4) They included an alternate opening on the bluray that was literally just some girl getting her head smashed into a window. Why on god's green earth did they think that was interesting enough to film, let alone include as an extra?

I don't pay heed to a lot of movie awards (obvi), but this was nominated for 3 Razzie's for a reason,

F

Lars and the Real Girl

1) I've been hanging out with a new lf who is into the generally well reviewed movies and I've sat through a few of them now. Most of these 'good' movies have been pretty ho hum and this one was no exception.

2) It mostly doesn't make that much sense to me. I get that it's a really good 'feel good' story about how a town can make the guy feel better and stuff, but what an odd storyline to get to that ending.

3) It's kind of odd b/c besides for the unusual storyline, theres nothing really wrong with the movie. I don't even think the oddness of it makes me not like it. I think the bigger problem is that for some reason unbeknownst to me, I'm not really a fan of inspirational/feel good movies generally. Except for 8 Mile, that movie rules and will inspire the shit out of you.

I heard @jkasten liked this #smh,

D+

Definitely, Maybe

1) It was pretty good but not great. Maybe it's just because I'm generally pretty politically apathetic and a whole bunch of the movie takes place in his campaign office lol.

2) Dude's just getting a wreck of shut downs this whole movie. I mean, it's tight there was a happy ending, but man did Ryan Reynolds just get stomped on by these 3 girls.

3) The scene on the rooftop was super tight. For as much as I complain about movies being redundant with the endings or twists and what not, I don't think I'll ever get bored of the speech where he tells some chick why he wants to court her. The whole 'last person I want to talk to before I sleep and the first person I see in the morning' was tight in When Harry Met Sally, and is tight here too.

4) It had some long drawn out kind of parts in it, but it's few really good parts kept it in the mix.

B-

Wrong Turn

1) I still don't really get what was going on with the people out in the woods. They look just kinda deformed and get scared easily but want to study human bodies? I dunno, doesn't make much sense to me. And they could all be in the olympics for these fucking archery skills that they got going on. I mean it's crazy how far and accurate these dudes can shoot these fucking things.

2) Probably overdoing the creepy mechanic who knows about all the shenanigans that are about to go down. It was good in Children of the Corn and the new Friday the 13th, but it just seems too predictable here.

3) That mom's boyfriend from the hit movie Thirteen is in this lol.

4) Really the whole movie was just kinda predictable. Alan wanted to give it an A, but thankfully I've got better movie taste then he does.

C+

The Ward

1) Pretty big letdown. I was expecting a really tight movie but maybe had my hopes too high.

2) The biggest kicker was the ending :( I thought The Uninvited and Identity were pretty good, but (*spoiler alert*) the same ending here was pretty disappointing. I get she's in a mental institution, but I don't understand how she got this out of her mind. I mean, she imagines someone chasing her and killing everyone when she's the one that's doing it? But then she's not actually killing anyone since they are all make believe? It especially doesn't make any sense because at the end the ghost chick jumps out at her.

3) I think it could have been okay if the ghost girl at least looked scary. I mean, I get scared of dolls, masks, all kinds of stuff, but she wasn't even a little creepy.

4) The chick is the dude's girlfriend in the Stepfather. She's a looker.

Kind of a letdown for a Carpenter comeback,

C-

The King's Speech

1) It was okay. BW, I started this thing where I wait a day or two before I blog about a movie so I don't jump to any conclusions lol. This one was a pretty big stinker out of the get go but now it's actually okay.

2) I get that the plot was historically important or whatever, but it's kind of hard to make a whole movie about a guy having to give a speech. I mean it was good and kinda funny at points but don't make a sequel about this one.

3) It wasn't terribly long either which was tight. Except for the beginning I never really found myself sitting around telling the movie to wrap it up. Even after he gave the final speech they made the movie end pretty quickly which was tight.

4) They really should have had Emily from Friends make an appearance in the movie. Not that this movie would've particularly been her style but everytime I see a British movie I wonder why she's not in it. I guess she got tired of all the fame that Friends Season 4 gave her.

Surprisingly okay after a day or two of reflection,

B

Something Borrowed

1) It was pretty solid. It had enough good girly parts and was pretty funny for the most part.

2) Kate Hudson was a little over the top. I mean, I get that it was the point of the movie and all, but it was a little annoying.

3) The ending was pretty crappy. It reminded me a lot of The Break-Up where they just pass each other on the street and then it ends without any closure. I mean, I don't really care if Kate Hudson and that chick makeup but it at least would have made the movie end on a better note.

4) Despite the above, it was still really good. Sometimes you don't know why you like a movie but you just do. This was one of those <3

A-

Hostel

1) Almost too gruesome. I've got a few things that just give me the willies and one of them is when people touch the back of my ankles. That scene where the dude gets them split up is pretty messed up. So was the girl getting her eyeball lit up.

2) The first half of the movie was pretty tight. Had a pretty spooky set up, and you never really knew when those dudes were gonna get taken away.

3) For some unexplained reason this movie is just lightyears behind Hostel 2. Maybe it's just that there was no really upbeat part at all during the last part of this movie. It's just straight up depressing all the screwed up stuff and people getting TKO'd.

4) Those little kids certainly had a lot of firepower for a bunch of 11 year olds. Maybe they could do Children of the Corn v. Hostel as some straight to DVD movie. That'd be pretty tight.

C-

True Grit

1) I tried to sit on this for a day so I wouldn't rush to any snap judgments (not that I ever usually do that). That being said my initial thoughts are about the same lol.

2) Overall it was okay. It had a pretty okay (but predictable) storyline. It was even kind of funny at times. The part where the one eyed dude's drunk and keeps trying to show off his shooting skills is pretty tight. Maybe I'm just not enough of a fan of the Westerns/remakes/action movies to begin with for this to get too wild.

3) It probably could've obtained B range if the thing just would've ended soon enough. The drag along ending is just always a good way to drop a movie down a few notches. I mean, I get that it's dramatic when a movie's about to end and some big dramatic twist happens. I get Matt Damon getting his head clocked. But the girl getting bit by the snake? The horse dying half way? The dude dying at the end? Them having to then FFWD 25 years to just have her talk about how she'd like to catch up with him? I mean just get it over with already.

Don't judge a book by it's cover lol,

C-

August 2011

Whats good BW? Few announcements tonight.

First, I've been working on this sick long blog post about how Michael Myers pops up in a who's who of horror (and nonhorror) movies. It's really tight but I've been having trouble putting the pictures in all the appropriate places on the blog so I just need to work out a few kinks there.

Second, just thought I should give you all a heads up (2 years late) about this sick song I've had on repeat all day. Give it a listen, it's no TSwift but it's still pretty quality stuff. It's by Ashley Gearing, it's called What Do You Think About Us and it's tight. Check it out here.

Finally, to my friend @jonathanwesley, I've also got a surprise blog post for you soon. #staytuned

313,

Buff

Up in the Air

1) This was pretty bad. I'm not really for the depressing movies and this one was super depressing. I mean, the guy just goes and fires people and hates his life too.

2) The worst part is there was no solid ending to the movie. So his assistant quits and is sad and has to move to California, he gets shut down by the married woman, and then has to continue living his life that he didn't like so much? Was that really how it ended? #smh

3) I guess it was kind of tight that Kenny Powers was in it, that at least saved this from joining the Halloween Jitsu F Club.

4) I don't know if I can reiterate enough how bad the whole movie was besides that. Just sadness, and no resolution of anything, and not even a whiff of romcom.

How this was up for an oscar is beyond me,

D-

Session 9

1) Had a pretty legit story line. The guy found all these old tapes of someone with multiple personalities and started listening to them. Turns out he actually has multiple personalities and was making it rain on everyone the whole time. Hell of a good set up for that.

2) FWIW the guy shouldn't have been dicking around with the tapes and stuff. If I was cleaning up asbestos in an old haunted mental institution I would stay clear of any spooky stuff laying around, that's for sure.

3) They should do more movies in old asylums and stuff. I'm still pretty pumped to see The Ward, which should be quite a bit scarier than this one.

4) The one guy off of Sweet Home Alabama is on here. He was a lot better in that lol.

It had a sound story line and all, but not enough scares,

C