Thursday, August 14, 2008
All Thumbs
My girlfriend and I recently hit the cinema and caught a couple of the hot summer movies. As a courtesy to all the readers of this website, I've decided to start a movie review feature. I know I can't come close to matching the brevity, simplicity, and fame of Ebert and Roeper (or as my girlfriend, Jessie, calls them: "Eber and Ropert") but I'm going to do my best by keeping each of our reviews to 5 words or less. My hope is that it forces me to be creative while still providing a useful review. I'll provide a quick description of the film and then our review.
The first movie we saw was "The Dark Knight." This movie is the sequel to "Batman Begins" and features Heath Ledger's final fully-completed role.
Our review of "The Dark Knight"
Jessie: "I fell asleep."
JFunk: "I didn't."
Just recently we watched the stoner comedy "Pineapple Express." This movie is another Judd Apatow production and stars Seth Rogen, who also co-wrote the script. It also features Gary Cole. You know he his. He played Mike Brady in the "Brady Bunch" movies. You know, the boss from "Office Space"? Yeah, him.
Our Review of "Pineapple Express"
Jessie: "Didn't fall asleep this time!"
JFunk: "Me neither."
The DVD Pick of the Week is "Zodiac" which recently came out with a special collectors editions DVD and is now playing on Showtime. It is the true story of a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco for over a decade. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, who played the boyfriend of Heath Ledger's character in "Brokeback Mountain." That movie featured Ledger's last fully-completed role as a homosexual.
Our Review of "Zodiac"
Jessie: "I think I fell asleep."
JFunk: "You did. I didn't though."
**UPDATE** After finishing this entry, I was pretty happy with our reviews and thought they came off as pretty professional and succinct. I figured they would be perfect for any marketing teams to use in their advertisements for these films. That is until I saw a quote that was pulled from In Touch Magazine's review and featured in the following ad for "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2."
Let's be serious. "Sex and the City" came out two months ago. It's not like there have been a ton of movies released since then that have featured fierce female foursomes. At least not ones that don't have Pee-wee Herman in the audience.
After seeing this, I've decided to add a few well-qualified quotes of my own to the movies that Jessie and I just reviewed, to better our chances of this site being featured in future advertising.
"'The Dark Knight' features the darkest knight since Martin Lawrence! It's funnier too!"
"'Pineapple Express' is the funniest movie with fruit in it's title since 'Fried Green Tomatoes'! And tomatoes are considered a fruit! Look it up!"
"'Zodiac' will have you seeing stars! Stars you haven't seen since 'Bubble Boy,' '13 Going On 30,' and 'Less Than Zero'!"
God, I hope these work.
The first movie we saw was "The Dark Knight." This movie is the sequel to "Batman Begins" and features Heath Ledger's final fully-completed role.
Our review of "The Dark Knight"Jessie: "I fell asleep."
JFunk: "I didn't."
Just recently we watched the stoner comedy "Pineapple Express." This movie is another Judd Apatow production and stars Seth Rogen, who also co-wrote the script. It also features Gary Cole. You know he his. He played Mike Brady in the "Brady Bunch" movies. You know, the boss from "Office Space"? Yeah, him.
Our Review of "Pineapple Express"
Jessie: "Didn't fall asleep this time!"
JFunk: "Me neither."
The DVD Pick of the Week is "Zodiac" which recently came out with a special collectors editions DVD and is now playing on Showtime. It is the true story of a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco for over a decade. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, who played the boyfriend of Heath Ledger's character in "Brokeback Mountain." That movie featured Ledger's last fully-completed role as a homosexual.
Our Review of "Zodiac"Jessie: "I think I fell asleep."
JFunk: "You did. I didn't though."
**UPDATE** After finishing this entry, I was pretty happy with our reviews and thought they came off as pretty professional and succinct. I figured they would be perfect for any marketing teams to use in their advertisements for these films. That is until I saw a quote that was pulled from In Touch Magazine's review and featured in the following ad for "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2."
Let's be serious. "Sex and the City" came out two months ago. It's not like there have been a ton of movies released since then that have featured fierce female foursomes. At least not ones that don't have Pee-wee Herman in the audience. After seeing this, I've decided to add a few well-qualified quotes of my own to the movies that Jessie and I just reviewed, to better our chances of this site being featured in future advertising.
"'The Dark Knight' features the darkest knight since Martin Lawrence! It's funnier too!"
"'Pineapple Express' is the funniest movie with fruit in it's title since 'Fried Green Tomatoes'! And tomatoes are considered a fruit! Look it up!"
"'Zodiac' will have you seeing stars! Stars you haven't seen since 'Bubble Boy,' '13 Going On 30,' and 'Less Than Zero'!"
God, I hope these work.
