Post by ZapRowsdower on Feb 24, 2006 18:54:08 GMT -5
Eight Below
The dogs steal the show and our hearts in this enchanting survival story. I don't normally like movies with Paul Walker in them, but I'm always willing to make an exception if on the off-chance the movie is good. Eight Below is a good movie, and serves as further proof that animals can act.
Story: 8/10
Acting: 8/10
Screenwriting: 15/20
Direction: 18/20
81%
Something New
Contrary to what the title suggests, there's really not much that is new about this movie. It might be new to the families involved, but not to the audiences watching. I will give it credit for being a mature movie, and not just a rehash of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner with a racial twist (referring to a movie with Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac, to otherwise remain nameless). It does make a few points about racial clashing, but nothing that hasn't been done before.
But if you got a date, this is a good movie to take your date to.
Story: 6/10
Acting: 7/10
Screenwriting: 17/20
Direction: 16/20
76%
Madea's Family Reunion
Diary of a Mad Black Woman was far from classic and definitely suffered from bad, clichéd writing. But when I saw it, I noticed some potential in Tyler Perry's ability to tell a story, and I must say Tyler Perry has improved. The screenwriting is MUCH more tolerable this time around, and Perry captures the importance of family a lot better, too. Sure, there are a couple of soap-opera plot twists (made more so by soap-opera type music), but they're ultimately kept to a minimum. The acting was much better, as well. And that writer in me -- you know I'm always down to see a movie with Maya Angelou in the cast.
My one major complaint would be the wedding scene at the end. Don't expect the scenery at the wedding to be beautiful, because it's not. It's overdone. With the exception of a wonderful speech given by Maya Angelou, that scene was my least favorite of the movie. Picture this -- a Parisian backdrop, angels dangling from the ceiling. Really, people dressed as angels dangling from the ceiling. What kind of wedding is this, anyhow? And I thought MY job sucked.
But don't let that scene scare you away. The rest of the movie speaks in quite an authentic voice.
Story: 8/10
Acting: 9/10
Screenwriting: 16/20
Direction: 13/20
76%
The dogs steal the show and our hearts in this enchanting survival story. I don't normally like movies with Paul Walker in them, but I'm always willing to make an exception if on the off-chance the movie is good. Eight Below is a good movie, and serves as further proof that animals can act.
Story: 8/10
Acting: 8/10
Screenwriting: 15/20
Direction: 18/20
81%
Something New
Contrary to what the title suggests, there's really not much that is new about this movie. It might be new to the families involved, but not to the audiences watching. I will give it credit for being a mature movie, and not just a rehash of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner with a racial twist (referring to a movie with Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac, to otherwise remain nameless). It does make a few points about racial clashing, but nothing that hasn't been done before.
But if you got a date, this is a good movie to take your date to.
Story: 6/10
Acting: 7/10
Screenwriting: 17/20
Direction: 16/20
76%
Madea's Family Reunion
Diary of a Mad Black Woman was far from classic and definitely suffered from bad, clichéd writing. But when I saw it, I noticed some potential in Tyler Perry's ability to tell a story, and I must say Tyler Perry has improved. The screenwriting is MUCH more tolerable this time around, and Perry captures the importance of family a lot better, too. Sure, there are a couple of soap-opera plot twists (made more so by soap-opera type music), but they're ultimately kept to a minimum. The acting was much better, as well. And that writer in me -- you know I'm always down to see a movie with Maya Angelou in the cast.
My one major complaint would be the wedding scene at the end. Don't expect the scenery at the wedding to be beautiful, because it's not. It's overdone. With the exception of a wonderful speech given by Maya Angelou, that scene was my least favorite of the movie. Picture this -- a Parisian backdrop, angels dangling from the ceiling. Really, people dressed as angels dangling from the ceiling. What kind of wedding is this, anyhow? And I thought MY job sucked.
But don't let that scene scare you away. The rest of the movie speaks in quite an authentic voice.
Story: 8/10
Acting: 9/10
Screenwriting: 16/20
Direction: 13/20
76%