Friday, March 04, 2011

February movies

I finally finished the Stieg Larsson trilogy with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest and I'd been led to believe that the last was the weakest of the three. I beg to differ. I actually preferred part three over part two. In order here's how I'd rank the three films: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest and The Girl Who Played With Fire. I also saw a really good German film from 2001 called The Tunnel that I'm going to do a short review of in the next few days. That movie was nearly three hours of awesome!

Quantum of Solace---2008---usa   **1/2
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control---1997---usa   ***
The Illusionist---2010---france   ***1/2
Blue Valentine---2010---usa   ***
Hannah and Her Sisters---1986---usa   ****
The Roommate---2011---usa   *1/2
The Last Metro---1980---france   ****
Smile---1975---usa   ***1/2
Pressure Cooker---2008---usa   ***
Just Go With It---2011---usa   **1/2
Extract---2009---usa   ***
The African Queen---1951---usa   ****
Super---2011---usa   **1/2
I Am Number Four---2011---usa   **
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest---2009---sweden   ***1/2
Amores Perros---2000---mexico   ****
Hall Pass---2011---usa   **
The Tunnel---2001---germany   ****1/2
Death Race 2000---1975---usa   ***

2 comments:

Joshua Blevins Peck said...

If it makes you feel better, I'm usually that kind of "douche" right there with you, ha.

This one was movie before book though...which means I won't read the books now.

Anonymous said...

I really enjoyed all of the Dragon movies, mostly b/c I couldn't take my eyes off of Noomi Rapace. She is one bad ass chick! Such a breathe of fresh air. I already feel bad for Rooney Mara, she simply won't hold a candle to Noomi. I saw a photo shoot of her in character and her skinny little arms give her away as a prissy ingenue. Noomi's got guns, a six pack and a tough as nails edge that you just can't fake.