Saturday, March 26, 2011

Netfilix Top 100 - 72 - Doubt



I saw the play "Doubt" when it first debuted in Los Angeles and it was good, but I actually think the movie is better. It's the same subject matter and dialogue but the performance are superior to those of the play. Meryl Streep is brilliant as Sister Aloysius and Phillip Seymour Hoffman is just as good playing Father Flynn.

The play has a lot of implied intention in it's dialogue as does the movie but the emotions are better conveyed on screen. The whole point of the movie is Sister Aloysius' doubt regarding Father Flynn's relationship with one of his students. She questions his intentions and in doing so begins to doubt many of the people involved with the church. It is a well written and well acted movie which is worth adding to your queue. Just Queue It!

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Netfilix Top 100 - 73. - The Queen



Helen Mirren in her Academy Award winning performance as Queen Elizabeth. She plays the elder English monarch following the death of Princess Diana and how she dealt with the entire situation before hundreds of cameras and an adoring public. The movie portrays the Queen's difficult in addressing her public and her own emotions, and Mirren is absolutely stunning in her role.

A great cast of supporting actors brings this somewhat real life tale of a monarch trying to deal with her grief while portraying a strong side to both her family and the public to life and in the process won Mirren the Oscar. Just Queue It!

Netfilix Top 100 - 74. - Stranger Than Fiction



A good little and kind of obscure movie despite it's incredible cast. Will Ferrell stars as Harold Crick an IRS auditor who leads a mundane and boring life until he finds out it's part of a novel. The writer is name Kay Eiffel and as she writes or narrates the story, Harold begins hearing this narration in his head.

It makes for a very interesting and a funny movie. Queen Latifah stars as Kay's "babysitter" who works with authors to help them finish books when they have writers block. She assists Kay in developing the final parts of her books and stays on top of her to finish. As a result, the two are trying to finish the book but unaware that Harold Crick is a real person and this makes for an interesting ending.

Dustin Hoffman and Maggie Gyllenhaal star as Harold's spiritual advisor and his love interest. The narrating of the book affects Harold tremendously and allows him to expand out of his dull and boring life. He falls for Gyllenhaal's character who is one of the people he is auditing.

If you have an odd sense of humor you'll enjoy this movie. But if you don't, it's probably not for you. I would queue it, but would you?

Friday, March 4, 2011

Netfilix Top 100 - 75. The Bourne Ultimatum



Why are all these movies so great?! Because of good writing, great direction, and wonderful acting. This is the third in the Bourne series and it's just as good as the other 2 films. Great supporting performances by gain by all involved, especially Joan Allen and David Straithairn.

In this series Jason Bourne is again being tracked by the CIA after they link him to a series of murders in Germany. He finds out he is being framed and he seeks to clear his name and resolve the issue of who he is and where he came from once and for all.

Joan Allen plays the concerned CIA operative trying to help him reconstruct his past, while Straithairn plays a CIA boss trying to bring him in or bring him down. Great action sequences again, and great writing as always. Just Queue It!

Netfilix Top 100 - 76. Transformers 2 - Revenge of the Fallen



Wow! This movie was well below the expectations I had for it as I walked into the theatre. It was so poorly written, that I would have puked on the script, but seeing Megan Fox sweating over a motorcycle made the first few minutes at least bearable. But after that the movie quickly eroded into some weird plot lines.

Again Sam Witwicky, played by Shia LaBeouf, is called upon to save the world, and he has even more help this time. Not only does he have Bumble Bee but he has some odd Twins to help him out and even more AutoBots. However, the Decepticons have more friends than ever as well and provide a formidable enemy for the AutoBots.

They introduce a lot of interesting characters and the special effects are great as usual but there really is no plot to this movie. Wait, let me rephrase that, there is a plot but it is deplorable. Dont't queue it, just wait til it comes out on cable.