Indeed, while for the most part people will be glued to their televisions today watching Barack Obama become the 44th President of the United States, there are also a large bunch of films out for home viewing today. None are real wonderful, but there's something for everyone. Since there was no standout, I chose as my PICK OF THE WEEK the most interesting of the bunch. It's:
Repo! The Genetic Opera
A horror rock opera from the director of 3/5ths of the SAW franchise, it's kind of a mess, but it's a wild mess that is never boring, and it could in fact become the new midnight movie, ala The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It already has a cult following, so pick it up and see if it's for you or not.
-Also out this week we have, for starters, the animated flick Igor, which has John Cusack lending his voice as an "Igor" wanting to be a mad scientist all his own. It's average, but it's harmless and contains a chuckle or two. There's the sci fi tale City of Ember, which was ok, but a little disappointing, despite a nice performance from Bill Murray as a corrupt mayor of an underground city. We have Max Payne, perhaps the best adaptation of a video game yet, but that's damning with faint praise, to say the least. There's also The Express, which is a standard issue sports movie, the spiritual film Henry Pool is Here, which I honestly wish wasn't here, the average William H. Macy film about making a film called The Deal, and finally SAW V. Easily the weakest in the franchise, it still serves its purpose, and if you're a fan of the series it'll do the trick, if not, you obviously have no interest in it, so there.
-My Vintage pick is perhaps the most underappreciated of all Woody Allen's movies. It's Anything Else, which essentially is a mish mash of better films like Annie Hall and Manhattan with a younger cast and the Wood man in a supporting role. It's not perfect, but I laugh a lot everytime I see it, so it gets a thumbs up from me.
-What films will you be watching on dvd once the Inauguration is over?
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I actually found the latest SAW to be better than the last few, but that's just me
ReplyDeleteRepo! was awesome...better than Rocky Horror to me
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is it weird that aside from The Deal (which i didn't see) i liked all the flicks this week?
ReplyDeleteit is an odd week, nothing amazing, but nothing completely terrible
ReplyDeletei honestly disliked SAW V intensely, but i'll be in line for #6 just as tradition
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