David Frey's Waste of Tubes

Massive Movie Update

April 18, 2006 - Tagged as: Movies

Before I updated my website, I was tracking movies I had watched in a single post. I think that now I'm going to do seperate posts for each movie I watch. I got fairly lazy about updating the post, so I am going to do a single post to bring myself back up to date. Unfortunately, I forgot to write down when I watched each of these movies, but I think I have them in the right order.

Jarhead

I watched this movie about the gulf war by myself while I was battling a cold. Nothing special.

A History of Violence

This is the best movie out of the bunch in this post. The characters are all very believable and are substantially deeper than in many movies. Yes the movie is violent, but it's not violent like Kill Bill. It's very realistic and brutal. The movie kept me on my toes, but didn't seem artificially contrived.

Thumbsucker

I watched this movie a while ago and it must not have been that good because I don't remember it very well.

Proof

Gwyneth Paltrow is a genius. You don't believe me? I guess the movie was alright, but it wasn't as good as A Beautiful Mind, so if you haven't seen that, don't waste your time with Proof.

Waiting

Lots of gross-out, stupid humor. It was pretty funny, but I doubt it will becomd a cult classic which seems to be the holy grail for this genre.

Walk the Line

A solid movie. Not spectacular, but it moves along well and the acting is good. I would imagine this movie would be better if you were a Johnny Cash fan. Personally, I have very little exposure to his music.

Domino

This movie was based loosely on a true story. Basically there was a real movie star who really did have a daughter who became a bounty hunter and was eventually killed. I would have thought that would be a compelling enough story to work with, but Hollywood decided to add a bullshit reality show spin on things and add washed out 90210 stars. The movie was entertaining, but it could have been really good if the filmmakers had taken a more honest approach.

Serenity

This movie was based on a TV show called Firefly. The show was cancelled and I have never seen an episode, but I know that I fit the target demographic, so I figured I would give Serenity a chance. I thought that some of the acting was pretty weak and the universe in which the movie takes place was filled with holes that the viewer was supposed to ignore. I guess I enjoyed it, but it wasn't great.

Comments

Your review of Domino is frickin awesome.
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