Grand Torino 8/10
I love that movie, I want to be a bitter badass guy when I get old.
Ha ha, I agree, thought the same thing when I watched that movie.
Funny thing is, recently met with some of my relatives that I hadn't seen in years, as a gift they brought me a old pic of my Dad from 1979 (he died in 1982) and looking at the pic I had almost forgotten how much of a "tough Guy" my Dad always appeared to be. Don't get me wrong, he was a great father and I never wondered whether he loved us or not. In a way he kind of reminded me of Eastwood, or maybe a combo of him and Paul Newman or Steve McQueen. To be honest, I just dont think people in my generation, or the ones that have followed really have it in them to be like that, we are just too soft and "in touch" with our emotions, no matter how tough we like to think we are. I look at the picture of that man who has been gone for 32 years now and think, I'd hate to have been in a bar fight with him.
Anyway, it was a cool gift, as most of our family pics were lost in flooding.
On a side note, I also got a kick when I noticed, sitting on the table beside my Father was the old remote controlled Star Wars Landspeeder that used to operate by clicks of a plastic R2.
Sorry for rambling.
^ just don't try "Weeks Later", it'll ruin the experience.
28 Weeks Later was totally watchable, even if it didn't live up to the first. I'd still love them to make a sequel. I think the only movies I've ever seen that had a significant detriment on the series were the Matrix sequels - to me it proved that the creators didn't in fact have a very fleshed out vision for what they wanted to do and left a lot of it up to a last minute scramble.
Weeks is okay, but it tried to be an action film more than a zombie/infected film.
Last I heard, the owners of the rights to the franchise aren't talking so a 2nd sequel will most likely not happen.
Matrix Reloaded I thought was pretty good, although the CGI Neo looked BAD. I HATED Revolutions completely, total let down of the conclusion.
Man.. the Matrix series.I think the only movies I've ever seen that had a significant detriment on the series were the Matrix sequels - to me it proved that the creators didn't in fact have a very fleshed out vision for what they wanted to do and left a lot of it up to a last minute scramble.
First act felt like a bad fanfic, second one was just a padding between the first and dumb ass blockbusterized third.Weeks is okay, but it tried to be an action film more than a zombie/infected film.
Man.. the Matrix series.
I liked the first one when it came out - I thought it was intense & clever. Then it just got ****ing stupid - real quick.
That said - I revisited the first one a few months ago for the first time since 1999, & it did nothing for me.
I still don't understand the praise The Matrix gets. Can't stand that movie.