KR Film Report for 1st Half of 2009

[The Butcher]

KR Film Report for 1st Half of 2009
Article by GregMo

With over six months and 100 plus films under our belts, Killerreviews.com sat back and assessed the good, the bad and the ugly of the first half of 2009. Our observations are shared with you, in our Killerreviews Six Month Movie Report. The envelope please….

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[psychobillyjekyll]

Well done, GregMo. I'd have to say I most certainly agree with 90-95% of your picks, the other 5% I either haven't seen or just couldn't rate. I definately agree with the worst movie, I watched it last week and didn't laugh nearly enough to constitute the movie being classified as a comedy.

[GregMO ROberts]

Well done, GregMo. I'd have to say I most certainly agree with 90-95% of your picks, the other 5% I either haven't seen or just couldn't rate. I definately agree with the worst movie, I watched it last week and didn't laugh nearly enough to constitute the movie being classified as a comedy.

I will see 200+ movies a year and damn if Bruno isn't the worst comedy I have seen in maybe 5+ years. Awful awful awful!

[ExKhaos]

Film names that could easily double as a Porn title staring Brain Chomper: The Soloist


That made me laugh pretty damn hard.

Scene that made you wish there was less than meets the eye: John Turturro’s butt/thong scene in Terminator: Revenge of the Fallen

Was Bruno seriously that terrible? I've heard a lot of negative things about it, and the only person I knew to like it is some flaming homo, him and a bunch of his other "friends" really enjoyed the film.

[Moundshroud]

I see about a quarter of the movies you see Greg, and I gotta hand it to you dedicated film critics - I think if I had to sit through nearly every new release I'd end up hanging myself from the theater balcony. It takes talent to write so many reviews and keep it fresh. I tip my hat to thee, sir!

Here's some of my own observations...


Movie that jumped the cyborg shark half way through: Terminator Salvation

Completely agree.

Worst film to gross $100 million: Taken

Was Taken that bad? I didn't see it, but a couple of my friends did, and they recommended it.


Least Laughs: Land of the Lost

Freakin' painful.

Worst sequel of the year: Pink Panther 2

I have a friend who swears the first movie (of the Steve Martin series) is funny as hell, but I still can't bring myself to watch it. I just cringe when I see Martin playing Clouseau. He reminds me of one of those guys who thinks he's doing a hilarious impression, but everybody else knows he sucks.

Most blatant rip off of NBC’s Heroes: Push

I couldn't help but think the same thing while watching it. To damn Push with faint praise, I'll say that it was still better than the last two seasons of Heroes (which I finally gave up on part way through last season).

Movie I wouldn’t have seen had I known it was so bad: Knowing

Ditto. Am I the only one getting sick of End-of-Times movies?


Most unnecessary remake: The Last House on the Left

Were any of this year's remakes necessary? Star Trek comes close, but that's more of a complete reboot than a remake.

Worst film title to be released during a world recession: Confessions of a Shopoholic

That movie was clearly filmed during a period of free-flowing consumer credit. On a related note, in The Taking of Pelham 123, the audience got a good chuckle out of the Dow Jones plummeting to 12,000. You'd think Tony Scott could have done a last-minute edit to get that a bit more in line with the reality of 2009.

Loudest film: Terminator Salvation

Nice to know it wasn't just my theater.

Best use of 3-D: Coraline

Coraline or Up, both were excellent in 3D.

Best Costume Design: Public Enemies, Watchmen

I would actually go with Harry Potter for costumes. After six movies, it's easy to take this series for granted, but the costumes and art direction have always been nothing short of Oscar quality.

Most tired franchise: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

I'm going with the Ice Age franchise. Even 3D couldn't save it. Just keep Scrat around for animated shorts before other features.

Spookiest film: The Haunting in Connecticut

Haven't seen that one yet, so I have to go with Drag Me to Hell of the movies I've seen.

Spookiest Child: (tie) Ethan Cutkowsky (The Unborn), Zac Efron (17 Again)

Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan) will probably win this category before the year's end. Not to mention an appearance in the best cat-fight category too.

Movie that makes you wonder how they navigate through Rome so fast: Angels & Demons

Langdon borrowed Jack Bauer's Tom-Tom?

Best Film: The Hurt Locker
Runner Up: Star Trek

I haven't seen The Hurt Locker yet, though I've seen rave reviews and the previews look good. Of the ones I've seen, I'd go with Up as the top with Coraline and Harry Potter vying for the runner-up position.


Worst Film: Bruno
Runner up: Bruno!

Haven't seen Bruno yet either, so my worst pick is Fast & Furious with Knowing as the runner up. They were both excrutiating to sit through.

[GregMO ROberts]

[QUOTE=Moundshroud;1120]I see about a quarter of the movies you see Greg, and I gotta hand it to you dedicated film critics - I think if I had to sit through nearly every new release I'd end up hanging myself from the theater balcony. It takes talent to write so many reviews and keep it fresh. I tip my hat to thee, sir!

Here's some of my own observations...




Worst film to gross $100 million: Taken

Was Taken that bad? I didn't see it, but a couple of my friends did, and they recommended it.


Taken was THAT bad. But it wasn't good either. It was just a 1980's Arnie or Sly remake of a storyline we have seen so many times its as exhausted as Paris Hilton would be after a Spelling Bee.
It gets worst film to gross $100 million because it there was absoultely nothing fresh about the film and yet it stayed in the top 5 grossing film list for weeks on end.

[GregMO ROberts]

Add Best Documentary: The Cove WOW!

[The Butcher]

It gets worst film to gross $100 million because it there was absoultely nothing fresh about the film and yet it stayed in the top 5 grossing film list for weeks on end.

I didn't think it was nearly as bad as you're saying GregMo but I will admit that there was nothing fresh about it.

[GregMO ROberts]

I didn't think it was nearly as bad as you're saying GregMo but I will admit that there was nothing fresh about it.

Hooper, I meant to type

"Taken was THAT bad. But it wasn't good either."

It still is bad to think that $100 hard earned dollars can go so easily to paying to see what you can catch on TBS every night.

[The Butcher]

Don't make me cut off your beer supply GregMo!