Matthew Lenz

I’ve been to a few movies over the last couple months and none of them were all that great. The big exception would be Frank Miller’s Sin City. Wow, naked/half naked beautiful women in every other scene and more violence then you can shake a stick at. “The Hard Goodbye,” staring Mickey Rourke was far and above the best story of the three. I’ve only read the first two graphic novels but its amazing how detailed and faithful the adaptations are. All the other Frank Miller comics/graphic novels I’ve read have been great. Hopefully we’ll see more and more of them in the future. Shooting on Sin City 2 and 3 start in February of 2006.

Some of the stinkers I’ve seen include “The Ring 2″ and “Sahara” (worth a rent at best). I was pretty disappointed by “The Ring 2.” The first film was pretty good and very creepy so I was really looking forward to the sequel. Oh well, can’t win them all.

Going to see this today. A buddy from work said he liked it a lot. Jamie Fox(sp?) seems to be getting into better roles lately. The new Ray Charles movie coming out looks pretty decent as well.

First half is slow, picks up a bit towards the end. Its not as good as the first one. Dialog is pretty cheesy through the entire film. I’d say 2 or 2.5 stars out of 5.

I’m headed to see this in a few minutes.  The early previews made the dialog really sound like pure cheese. Lets hope I get more for my $6 than I’m expecting.

• I, Robot – 3/4 stars (for a will smith movie it wasn’t unbearable)
• The Bourne Supremacy – 3/5 stars (not as good as the first one)
• The Village – 3/5 stars (better than the last movie he made. Extra .5 star just for Ron Howard’s daughter. I think she’s gunna really have a good career)
• Alien vs. Predator – 2/5 stars (lemme put it this way. Alien: Resurrection was better. BLEH)
• Exorcist: The Beginning – 1/5 stars (Oh well, bring on the Schraeder version)
• Hero – 4/5 stars (not as good as crouching tiger, but good)