Archive for June, 2004

The Stepford Wives

Saturday, June 19th, 2004

It’s a decent movie. There are some key funny parts that are great. The overall idea and story are pretty good and interesting, but the movie seemed a little “light”. It touches on different story points and characters, but never really gets around to fully developing them. And before you know it, the movie is […]

The Terminal

Tuesday, June 15th, 2004

Go see this movie. Very easily one of the better movies Spielberg has done in recent times. Acting and writing are both incredibly strong with a good mix of drama and comedy. To prevent ruinage, I’ll refrain from saying anything else until others have seen it.

The Chronicles of Riddick

Monday, June 14th, 2004

Standard fast-paced sci-fi action/adventure, but still quite good. Actually, I take part of that back. It’s not quite standard since there (to my memory) haven’t been very many movies in this genre for quite some time… and those that did come out, weren’t that good. So this one is above standard. I kinda like Pitch […]

The Day After Tomorrow

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004

Combine Independence Day with Deep Impact and toss in much better acting (but the same flat end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it plot) and you get this movie. The effects are astounding (especially if you’re into effects) and the acting is quite solid (I found myself impressed with Dennis Quaid in particular). There are a number of nice political […]