Films: C · Reviews: C · Sucky Sequels
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
Full Throttle would have worked if it were a promo video for a Hollywood stunt school. But you can only defy gravity so many times before you go floating off into space.
Tagged: 2003
Chalte Chalte
I was disappointed by the simplistic route Mirza takes…and the lack of unique situations that might have made Chalte Chalte feel more genuine.
The Italian Job
A competent enough feature with cool cars and a bass-heavy soundtrack but with its simplistic characters and mediocre plot, customized wheels and techno riffs just aren’t enough.
Finding Nemo
[Once again Pixar] ensures that the label ‘family film’ isn’t ‘a movie only your tots will enjoy’ but something that actually is for everyone.
The Shape of Things
Thank you Neil LaBute, you bastard. If only there were more like you to challenging us to look a little deeper in the mirror everyday.
A Mighty Wind
A Mighty Wind looks like it wasn’t a big challenge for Guest and his ensemble cast of mockumentary regulars. But if this is what [they] can accomplish on cruise control all the power to them.
The Matrix Reloaded
Reloaded is far from bad. It’s not great either. The visuals alone make it worth seeing but most everything else falls way short of expectations.
X2: X-Men United
X2 is solid, especially when you put it alongside the original and others like it. At the same time, it is completely disposable.
Identity
In the end, it all comes to mood. The story, the setting, the characters, the twists – none would work if it weren’t for the feel of Identity.
Holes
Holes amounts to a look that is hot and leaves you grabbing for the Coke in the cup holder, wiping your brow and pondering a way to check your armpits without the person sitting next to you noticing.
