August 14, 2005

  • Going into Wedding Crashers,
    I was constantly told that this was a very funny and absolutely
    hilarious movie.  Being the skeptic that I am, I thought that's
    too high a compliment to live up to.  I was right. It's a funny
    movie sure, but it's a funny movie in the romantic comedy
    vein. It's not hilarious all the way through, because the mushy
    romantic stuff gets in the way at times. In fact the whole fourth act
    was all about the romance part with the laughter not being as common as
    the first three acts. The Wedding Crashers is in fact a great
    ROMANTIC-comedy
    though, even if there are some common cliches that comes with the
    genre. I like the genre myself, especially when it's done well, and
    this movie meets that standard. So guys, don't hype this movie up too
    much as being completely
    absolutely hilarious, because that's being much much too generous. I
    know some people that went in the movie believing that hype, and came
    out disappointed because of it. Good movie though, I recommend it just
    for Vince Vaugn's great performance, and the rest of the cast. As for Rachel McAdams and Isla
    Fisher    ....hotness! "B-"

    Water's Edge feels
    like one of those made for cable movies, but is produced well enough
    for a film noir flick. But as it usually goes with the film noir genre,
    it's all about the mysterious past, the shady suspicious characters,
    and the climactic conclusions that pits everybody and everything
    together.  Yeah, it's the stubborn hardly changing standard for
    the genre, and sometimes it works real well, while sometimes it
    don't.  This movie works a little bit above average than others,
    and the actors do a splendid job making the film work better than it
    probably should. The characters do questionable "why did you do that?"
    moments, but redeems them somehow by some subtle explanations. The plot
    is interesting enough to keep you watching although the conclusion is
    only moderately satisfying by it's simplicity. "C+"