Inglourious Basterds

This film as one would expect. Typical of Tarantino's style and general taste for 'shocking' moments. The movie is bloody, overly violent, but still enjoyable. Tarantino continues his taste for episodic material with this film, breaking the story up into several 'chapters'. However, I did find this movie to be somewhat predictable (assuming you've seen his previous works). I wouldn't mind actually being surprised by something in one of Tarantino's films every once in a while. The storyline is mildly intersting, littered with scenes that simply feel like reworked Kill Bill content - but I suppose that is what most are going to see.

My general feeling was... meh - although Brad Pitt delivers an excellent performance

I attempted to embed the trailer, their site sucks apparently, I'll try again tomorrow

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District 9 - see it

This movie was not at all what I was expecting. The trailer (below) is misleading, it even includes a scene that distills one of the major thematic elements, however it is not present in the movie to my recollection. I went in expecting a humans vs aliens typical movie a la Independence Day or the like. While content along these lines is certainly present (don't worry there are plenty of things exploding) - District 9 takes an interesting twist on things. I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone interested in seeing it, but the aliens are essentially refugees on Earth and this movie covers a time when humankind has decided that the aliens must move to a new refugee camp.

Since their time on Earth the aliens have gained some rights and this movie seems to be an abstraction of early rights movements / political struggles similar to what we see today or from recent history... except with Aliens.

In the end, I like the movie quite a lot - however I don't believe that the trailers really do justice to the major thematic elements that are at play in this movie.

Be forewarned: This movie is violently bloody and gruesome at many points.

No Joe!

Can I start off by saying that I went to GI Joe expecting things to explode. I'm not expecting intellectual stimulation, acting prowess, or a scintillating story line. Unlike many others I thought that Transformers 2 was a decent movie. It gave me what I was looking for (plus a little extra a la Megan Fox). The acting there wasn't superb, or even good, however it entertained me, which is why I go to movies.

That being said, GI Joe sucked. Royally.

Each and every member of the cast delivers a stunningly bad performance in this movie. The poor line readings combined with the even poorer lines resulted in a production that made me uncomfotable in the theater. Have you ever been in conversation with a group of people and had someone say something that just makes you feel bad for them? If not, I recommend the movie, you'll get plenty of it.

<goodstuffaboutthemovie>Sienna Miller is hot</goodstuffaboutthemovie>

The action sequences are exciting and do capture the attention, however I kept finding myself wondering why the guys in the bionic suits that can leap over cars and through moving trains while dodging 6 rockets fired from the vehicle the are in pursuit of could not manage to CATCH said vehicle. It does finally become clear that all of the augmented reality computer mumbo jumbo blocking Channing Tatum's boyish good looks is what turns out to be the problem.

Don't see this movie, just don't.

P.S. I won't ruin the 'plot twist' at the end of the movie, it was about as painful as watching HER BROTHER IS THE BAD GUY HE DIDN'T REALLY DIE LIKE THEY SHOW IN THE FLASHBACK