Reviews - Movies
Mar. 11th, 2008 02:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
akaihyoAs usual, well after our viewing of them:
Ginger Snaps, a movie that makes a good attempt to reinvent the werewolf for modern times but never quite manages to overcome its low budget. I wanted to like it more that I do and I certainly appreciate what it was trying to achieve but it was ultimately a failure. May be some ideas that could be mined for a modern horror game however. My Grade: C-
But at least it was better than Cry-Baby, an early starring vehicle for Johnny Depp but far, far worse than that would imply . . . A real dog's breakfast of a movie that starts out as a romantic comedy, veers briefly into shallow social commentary and then into being a full blown musical! Has a ton of cameos but nothing can save this badly written and directed (both by John Waters) train wreck of a film. My Grade: D/D+
How to Steal a Million delightful mid-60s romantic comedy with Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole. While it is a bit slow at times, Hepburn is delightful while O'Toole is as his best as a charming rogue and throw in a caper to steal (the forgery of) a million dollar statue . . . Just a lovely movie. My Grade: B+
Ginger Snaps, a movie that makes a good attempt to reinvent the werewolf for modern times but never quite manages to overcome its low budget. I wanted to like it more that I do and I certainly appreciate what it was trying to achieve but it was ultimately a failure. May be some ideas that could be mined for a modern horror game however. My Grade: C-
But at least it was better than Cry-Baby, an early starring vehicle for Johnny Depp but far, far worse than that would imply . . . A real dog's breakfast of a movie that starts out as a romantic comedy, veers briefly into shallow social commentary and then into being a full blown musical! Has a ton of cameos but nothing can save this badly written and directed (both by John Waters) train wreck of a film. My Grade: D/D+
How to Steal a Million delightful mid-60s romantic comedy with Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole. While it is a bit slow at times, Hepburn is delightful while O'Toole is as his best as a charming rogue and throw in a caper to steal (the forgery of) a million dollar statue . . . Just a lovely movie. My Grade: B+