July 21, 2005

  • I finally watched Ocean's Twelve, and although I heard that it simply isn't that good, I kinda enjoyed it. I didn't enjoy it as much as Ocean's Eleven,
    but this one isn't too bad. The characters and the plot is entertaining
    enough to keep your attention and you can tell that the cast are having
    fun with the material. Ironically enough, the real flaws in the movie
    though is that it seems the cast are having too much fun with the
    material. There are segments in the film where it looks like they are
    just ad-libbing the whole scene and came off disjointed from the
    previous scene that transpired. Ofcourse since this is a sequel, the
    caper has to be a lot more elaborate and bigger than the previous film,
    and in ways the execution worked well, but there is a bigger suspension
    of disbelief needed to follow through it. " C+ "

    With a lot of high quality serious dramatic style comic book films released this year, Fantastic Four
    is kinda a throwback to when they were much more simplier in execution.
    Just watching the trailers, you have to know that this film is not to
    be taken seriously, and if you go in the movie with that attitude, you
    just might enjoy it as much as I did.  The plot is the standard
    super hero story, the characters are your standard heroes and villians,
    and the logic is just as made up as their source material is suppose to
    be. The movie is simply based on the fantasy of super heroes and what
    they might go through when they just get their powers. The special
    effects are pretty good in depicting the powers, and the human torch
    came out a lot better than I expected. So remember, GREAT suspension of
    disbelief here. It's a simple movie, but it succeeds in it's
    simplicity. " C+ "