THING: Movie
GENRE: Children's
SYNOPSIS: Buzz, Woody, and the rest of the toys accidentally get donated to a daycare. They have to escape and return home before their master, Andy, goes to college.
WHO WOULD LIKE THIS: Well, kids, obviously. This movie was made for kids, from the extremely colorful palette to the thinly-veiled jokes about litter boxes. But, like every Disney/Pixar movie, there is an added layer for adults.
IT'S KINDA LIKE: The first two 'Toy Story' movies. There are also a lot of hints of film noir, which, spoken by a depressed toy clown, is one of the funniest parts of the movie.
YAY, NAY, OR MEH: Yay.
WHY: 'Toy Story 3' is everything a movie should be, let alone a children's movie: it has a compelling story, a great cast, and is visually arresting. It is 100% as sharp as the first 'Toy Story,' but was surprisingly dark, so infants might gets scared in a big theater. I saw the movie in 3D, but it really didn't add anything to the movie (but it didn't take anything away, either). It's astounding that wholesome movies that are actually funny are as rare as 'Toy Story 3' and begs the question why more people don't make movies like this.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Boy Eats Girl (2005)
THING: Movie
GENRE: Horror/comedy
WHO WOULD LIKE THIS: Gross-out-comedy fans, or anyone who likes a lot of blowjob jokes. Probably not zombie fans, though, because there are too many liberties taken with the formula.
IT'S KINDA LIKE: 'American Pie' meets 'Shaun of the Dead.' Of course, both of these movies are 20x funnier than 'Boy Eats Girl,' but the ingredients are there: sex-crazed teenagers and slackers who don't notice their neighborhood has already become zombie-central. There were quite a few jokes lifted directly off of 'Shaun of the Dead,' which was released a year earlier.
YAY, NAY, OR MEH: Meh, almost a nay.
WHY: There were a few laughs to be had, but none of the characters stand out. The only reason I remembered some of the names was because they were repeated so often. The zombie enthusiast in me wanted to hate this movie for everything it did wrong with the zombies (except for one particularly gruesome slaughter, which disturbed and delighted me at the same time), especially with the main character, but the over-all campiness of it almost held it afloat. There were a lot of jump-scare moments, but they felt cheap, without any actual tension behind them. Unfortunately, the story is thin and the plot resolution is incredibly stupid, without resolving much of anything. The most creative thing about this movie is the title.
The Graduate (1967)
THING: Movie
GENRE: Drama/comedy
WHO WOULD LIKE THIS: Fans of movies with protagonists who aren't exactly sure that they want. Also, college graduates (see previous sentence).
IT'S KINDA LIKE: 'Californication.' While 'The Graduate' isn't as laugh-out-loud funny as Showtime's hit show, it shares the same awkwardness of a guy who regrets an affair completely out of his age-range and how it affects his other relationships. Both Ben ('Graduate') and Hank ('Californication') don't exactly know what they want, making their life choices unpredictable. 'The Graduate' falls on the more dramatic/romantic side, and Ben can often show hints of a 1960s Michael Cera.
YAY, NAY, OR MEH: Yay.
WHY? One word: Plastics.
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