{"id":4515,"date":"2009-07-30T05:05:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T21:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=4515"},"modified":"2009-07-30T05:05:03","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T21:05:03","slug":"movies-mediocrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2009\/07\/30\/movies-mediocrity\/","title":{"rendered":"Movies Mediocrity"},"content":{"rendered":"

I watch a lot of films, though these days mostly on rental. There isn\u2019t an exact number of course, but I\u2019ll put it roughly to a ballpark of between 150 to 200 new movies \/ TV shows hours a year. Not everything\u2019s on the Plasma TV either \u2013 a lot of stuff I watch off software-driven DVD players on the PC or my notebooks, while I\u2019m working on something else.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t blog about every film too, and it\u2019s because the film didn\u2019t leave an impression on me, or the viewing was too disjointed because of frequent interruptions, these days typically from Hannah.<\/p>\n

Still, just for self-recording purposes, I\u2019ll make a very brief mention here of each film I saw in the last 3 weeks which I haven\u2019t blogged about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Bank Job<\/em> (2008): <\/em>starring Jason Statham. His films are typically hits or misses; this one\u2019s a miss for me though.<\/td>\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Picture This! <\/em>(2008): <\/em>teenage-romance comedy-lite film about a high school girl who wants this hunk and boy of her dreams to notice her. Has this boy\u2019s bitchy girlfriend to contend with. Video handphones is a central theme in the film.<\/td>\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New in Town <\/em>(2009): <\/em>Ren\u00e9e Zellweger looks both old and<\/em> frumpy in this one.<\/td>\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Passengers <\/em>(2008): <\/em>starring the always yummy Anne Hathaway as a grief counselor who deals with survivors of a plane crash, though she discovers things are not what it seems. Very similar to The Sixth Sense<\/em>.<\/td>\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inkheart <\/em>(2008): <\/em>based on the famous children\u2019s book about persons who when reading out stories aloud and literally breathe life to the book\u2019s characters. Film stylistically is like a cross between Ever After <\/em>and Harry Potter. <\/em><\/td>\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The Promotion <\/em>(2008): <\/em>starring Seann William Scott, most famously known as Stifler of the American Pie<\/em> series of movies. Very different role for him in this film though \u2013 he plays a nice, polite and courteous sales manager of a chain store dreaming of bigger things. Very low key film though.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Get Smart’s Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control <\/em><\/em><\/em>(2008): the pick of the bunch, and a spin-off from last year\u2019s remark of the TV series Get Smart, and starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway. The film itself was great, and the spin-off not too bad, centering on the two lovable invention creators of the film.<\/td>\n\n

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I watch a lot of films, though these days mostly on rental. There isn\u2019t an exact number of course, but I\u2019ll put it roughly to a ballpark of between 150 to 200 new movies \/ TV shows hours a year.<\/p>\n

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