Thursday, March 1, 2012

Movie Micro-Reviews: Edition 82





Daredevil
61
Though on the low end of the comic book movie spectrum, Daredevil has a special place in my heart.  Besides, Jennifer Garner as Elektra is worth the viewing all by herself, IMHO. Broad characters, choppy writing, but fun combat and nice visuals. I put the low quality on the director. We know Colin Farrell and Ben Affleck can give more nuanced performances, even with subpar writing.
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
100
What can I say.  The mood is perfect.  The story hangs together.  The characterizations are charming and thrilling.  The effects enhance and draw you in, rather than amaze or distract.  Fantastic.

[A great movie to have on while preparing an adventure for Dungeons and Dragons.]
Gone with the Wind
85
A classic that is well worth the label. I had forgotten some of it, but then again, there is  a lot of it, so forgetting some over the course of a couple of decades is understandable.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
54
Some really fun action – much of it which looked just like video game action, so they succeeded in that.  The story had some very big logic holes, which would have been fixed with just a few lines of comic-book dialog, though. Hard to recommend, but I’m glad I saw it.
Rounders
78
I knew it was a Texas Hold ‘Em movie, and that’s all.  It was more than that.  Liked it a lot.

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