Friday, December 12, 2008

RocknRolla

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Theater
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032755/

So I watched this movie in a theater in Manilla, Philippines. Yes, don't get me started on how much I hated the Philippines enough to where I decided to go watch a movie during a vacation. That's one of my 2 biggest pet peeves when people go on vacation to another country - watch a movie and eat Mc'Donalds. You can do that at home. Don't fly to another country to do it. And you know what? I ate Mc'Donalds, KFC, and Bubba Gump Shrimp in the Philippines. Yup. And no regrets whatsoever.

Anyway, back to the movie. I'm not a fan of Guy Ritchie. Never liked "Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels" nor did I like "Snatch." I think it's mainly due to the heavy British accents in his movies. But this movie was AWESOME! Did I just say the word "awesome" like I'm a high school kid? Yes I did. And you know what... I'll say it again. AWESOME! One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. The movie is about a heist that goes wrong. Any movie that involves a heist, guns, sex, drugs, and rock and roll is always a winner in my book. Go see this movie. I may even try to re-watch "Snatch" again after this.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Point I Zoned Out: 0:15 out of 1:33 (16%)
Location: Plane
Time I Started Movie: No Idea
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373051/

Oh my god, this movie was HORRIBLE. Not quite sure what Brendan Frasier was thinking here. Did he not make enough "Mummy" movies yet? I started to watch this movie while on the plane. It was an on-demand movie with a nice 7" screen, so I was fully prepared to watch a good movie. However, it got to be so bad that I zoned out after 15 minutes. It's the type of movie where you have it playing in the background, but don't really pay attention to it, and when something exciting happens, you look up and go, "Oh what the hell? That's bullshit!" Then you go back to whatever you were doing before (in my case, playing Nintendo DS).