Possible upcoming reviews

Two weeks from now I should finally be able to afford to go see a movie in a theatre again. At this point there is a long list of movies I want to see while still having somewhat of a hard time decieding, so here I am asking for reader input. Below is a list of movies that I would really like to see over the next month, there is no way I will be able to see all of them in the theatre though. I would love to hear what movies you would be going to see of this list, or what movies you would like to hear about. Also if you don't see a film on the list that you think I should see please let me know. I'll list the title of the movie and put a link to it's website or at least IMDB. I hope to hear from you.

Milk
http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/milk/

Blindness
http://www.blindness-themovie.com/

The Time Travelers wife
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452694/

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/nickandnorah/

Religulous
http://lionsgate.com/religulous/

Sex Drive
http://www.sexdrivethemovie.com/

W.
http://www.wthefilm.com/

What Just Happend?
http://www.whatjusthappenedfilm.com/

Changeling
http://www.changelingmovie.net/

Pride and Glory
http://www.prideandglorymovie.com/

Zack and Miri Make a Porno
http://zackandmiri.com/

The Duchess
http://www.theduchessmovie.com/

The Lucky Ones
http://www.theluckyonesmovie.com/

Role Models (comes out 11/7)
http://www.rolemodelsmovie.com/

Quantum of Solace (comes out 11/14)
http://www.007.com/

Bolt (comes out 11/21)
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/bolt/

In the end I'm hoping to cut this list down to 5 I will see on the big screen.

Tropic Thunder

I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard at some things that are so gross. This film starts at what you think is going to be the extreme and then takes it another 10 steps. So when I saw this I was with a friend who hated this film, not seeing the humour in the decapitation, or the obvious fake body parts flying in the background. Personally I loved it because it all looked like it was suppose to be fake because that is what so much of Hollywood is. If you want to take the political road this film is all about how studios will do anything to make them selves look good while screwing over the next guy. However if you just want to go for face value of what the film is about, it's about 5 actors getting dropped in the middle of the jungle for the purpose of making a realistic war movie. Still all in all I laughed continuously, often thought things were disgusting, and loved every second of the dialog and story. I give this film an A. I highly recommend this film for a good laugh.

http://www.tropicthunder.com/
U.S. site

http://www.tropicthunder.com/intl/fr/
French site

http://www.shijosaitei.jp/
Japanese site

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942385/
IMDB

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

DISAPPOINTED!!!
I wont say I've been looking forward to this film since Last Crusade came out but I will say that it was a few years ago that I heard the official word that there was going to be another Indian Jones and so yes I did start to look forward to this film. In the end I found it should have stopped with 3. For this film it was almost like they had lost any original thought. The whole chase in the jungle was the speeder chase from Return of the Jedi, the ship at the end looked exactly the same as close in counters of the 3rd kind, and most of the storyline seemed like a bad combination of the first 3 Indiana Jones movies. If these were the only things wrong with this film I might have been able to give it a slightly better grade, however to top it all off during the chase on the jeeps in the jungle there are several times you see what looks like concrete flooring with branches thrown over it. This film had one redeeming quality to it, the acting. Most of the actors in this were par for their careers Cate Blanchett on the other hand was amazing. In the end this film gets a D+ from me. I can only hope that if this is the kind of road they were planning on taking with the Indiana Jones films that they have decided to stop here.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/
IMDB
(the official site doesn't seem to be working at the moment)

Get Smart

The cast list of this film is a mix of all different kinds of actors, being the some of the best in their genre. Base storyline is good, and definitely reflects the show it came from. With all this going for it I was expecting something that would have me laughing all the time, mixed with good action. So what happened? Honestly while there was the funny moment, an the occasional ah-ha moment I was not impressed. Bill Murray's cameo in this film is the best moment and that lasts only about 30 seconds. The over all acting wasn't bad but the writing just wasn't there to pull it all off. In the end when I left the theatre I felt that I should have put my money towards a different movie. I give this film a C+. The only reason it is getting that high of a grade is because of the acting.

http://getsmartmovie.warnerbros.com/
U.S. site

http://wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/getsmart/
U.K. site

http://wwws.warnerbros.fr/getsmart/
France's site

http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/getsmart/
Japan's site

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425061/
IMDB

Mamma Mia!

Having seen the play it is hard to keep them separate, however for the purpose of this review that is when I'm going to attempt to do. This is a film that has all the great music of ABBA (yes I'm an ABBA fan), with the picturesque backdrop of Greece, and the fun of a musical. While this is an overall fun film it is also a film that really only had a few people that could sing, dance, and act. The women of Mamma Mia! really seem to have that down great, the men however were really good in one maybe 2 areas but would just not be able to do everything. I would have to say that the whole films looks like the cast and crew had a great time making this movie and that does help to make it fun for the people watching. Still because enough of the cast didn't really have the ability to pull off everything that needed to be done I give this film a B.

http://www.mammamiamovie.com/
U.S. site

http://www.mamma-mia-themovie.co.uk/
U.K. site

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795421/
imdb