I'd like to refer to this week of movie releases as a "crap
shoot." There's some great shit striking the silver
screens, but floating about is a fair deal of messy
schlock. If you were to put a blindfold on and throw a dart
at your movie selection this week, you might be in for some
serious pain.
As always, thanks for reading.
Hitting Theaters This Weekend:
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Director:
Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Cast:
Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Bruce Campbell (Voices)
Summary:
Somehow based on a beloved childhood book, this film finds a
geeky scientist accidentally causing the sky above his town
to rain food. Chaos ensues.
Thoughts:
Sigh. I loved this book when I was kid. It was strange,
and eerie and the final colonial moments of it always made
me a little sad. This, this is crap. A low-balling cash
grab aimed at snotty kids and their helpless parents. It
looks nothing like the original book and the plot seems to
be only loosely based on the idea that somewhere in some
town strange foods fall from the sky. I seethe with anger
that this, a stepping stone of my younger days, is just
another pile of poorly earned cash for some Porsche driving
Hollywood type.
Rotten Tomatoes Score:
86%
LOVE HAPPENS
Director:
Brandon Camp
Cast:
Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston
Summary:
In Seattle, a popular self-help guru, blah blah blah,
falls in love with someone, blah blah blah, or something.
Thoughts:
Jennifer Aniston is a curse. She needs to take her
attractive hair and stop working in the movies. Aaron
Eckhart, I say shame on you. Remember when you made The
Dark Knight and Thank You For Smoking? Yeah well
everyone else does too, but not if you keep making shit like
this. C'mon, get your game face on.
Rotten Tomatoes Score:
13%
JENNIFER'S BODY
Director:
Karyn Kusama
Cast:
Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody
Summary:Cheerleader
possession. That's all you need to know.
Thoughts:
I think this movie looks amazing. I sort of hate Megan Fox,
mainly for Transformers, partly because she can't
stop looking sexy, but for some reason her role as an evil
cheerleader that devours men and women looks absolutely
awesome. It looks sexy and gory and quippy, and I'm one
hundred percent in. Hopefully Megan Fox dies horribly in it
as well.
Rotten Tomatoes Score:
40%
THE INFORMANT
Director:
Steven Soderbergh
Cast:
Matt Damon, Scott Bakula
Summary:
A high level employee decides to help the FBI bust his own
company. Hilarity ensues.
Thoughts:
Matt Damon always seems to worm his way into good movies,
and considering that this is pairing him up with his old
Ocean's Threequel director, I'm all the way in.
Plus, you have to just appreciate Scott Bakula popping up
out of nowhere.
Rotten Tomatoes Score:
77%
Final Thoughts:
Of course, I'm going to say that all you need is The Informant,
but if you get curious everything coming out this weekend
that doesn't rhyme with Love Happens could be at
least worth a matinee.
Noah Sanders is the blog/news editor at Light In The
Attic and a contributor at Sound On The Sound and
the KEXP blog. He also has his own
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