JANUARY01st
#00001 Unforgiven (DVD/1st time viewing)
Seriously good movie. Oozing of atmosphere and great performances, with a script that lets you never know in which direction it will go. And I just love how it spends the whole runtime on deconstructing old Western myths
, just to go all badass and myth making in the end.8/10------
02nd
#00002 The Great Escape (DVD/1st time viewing)
Nearly three hours of awesomness, with a great cast (who is often a little bit too well known for their bit parts, which is the only real problem I have with that movie) and without one boring minute. It's also in some parts surprisingly funny.
9/10This is only the second time ever that I watched it and the last time was over 10 years ago. Not remembering anything about it really helped. I'm not saying it's a bad movie, but to me it seems like it loses lots of its intensity, when you know what's gonna happen next. Some scary movies can scare you after the Xth viewing but this one is so dependent on spectacle, that I just can't imagine it to hold up that much. It's good spectacle though. Well made, with some good timing. So that semi-first viewing was very enjoyable to me.
8/10-----
03rd
#00004 Enter The Dragon (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Seriously badass mix between James Bond-ish adventure and martial arts, but who am I telling this? I'm sure you all know and love it.
8/10----
04th
#00005 The Fantastic Mr Fox (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Very, very enjoyable without being great. The greatest thing about it is possibly how Wes Anderson found a visual style, that 100% fits his writing style. The rural simplicity of it seriously accompanies his dry humor and quirky dialogue. I don't think the movie would have the same effect if it was CGI or even hand drawn animation.
7,5/10-----
05th
#00006 C.H.U.D. (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Ugh, what a snorefest. And even worse: Everytime I thought it gets interesting, it didn't.
3/10-----
06th
#00007 Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Sue me, but I really enjoyed the first half. It was too goofy to not enjoy it! Come on, a whole town, full of insomniacs, including Roseanne and Tom Arnold! And a pissed off clown, smoking a cigarrette? And the dreams...okay, they pretty much destroyed the last bit of credibility that Freddy had left after his studly Boys collaboration from the last movie, but I really enjoyed Freddy go all silly! Unfortunately as soon as the protagonists leave Springwood, it gets less interesting and more serious, but unfortunately not smarter. If they hadn't left the self-parodistic (deliberate or not) road for the finale, it would have been a way more enjoyable movie.
5/10-----
07th
#00008 Wall-E (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
I'm a little bit torn about this one. It's brillant from a technological point of view and I admire it for its ambition, but something felt weird to me. I think I can't wrap my head around some stylistic choices, like Wall-E himself, who seems to a garbage robot that was designed to look cute. Also he wasn't interesting enough as a character to me. In every other Disney movie, he would be just the comic relief sidekick. Y'know, the horse, monkey or squirrel that falls on its ass all the time and gives the hero a weird look, whenever he talks about how much he loves the princess. And I got no idea why the "old" humans are seriously live action actors (!!!), but the current humans are cartoony looking CGI people. And most of all, the movie was in parts too preachy, which is always a good way to piss me off. But apart from that it was an engaging and very entertaining SciFi adventure.
7,5/10------
08th
The only good BLADE movie and it still holds up very well, with its energetic action scenes and surprisingly scary villains. Okay, the Blood pack is underused, but all in all it's still a very re-watchable fantasy action movie.
7,5/10------
09th
#00010 Crimewave (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Knowing that Sam Raimi and the Coen Brothers both disowned this movie, I didn't expect anything, but it turned out to be very enjoyable, although seriously rough. The biggest surprise is possible how well it fits into everybody's filmographies. It's full of respective trademarks from Raimi and the Coens and even makes me wish that some of their broader dark comedies, like BURN AFTER READING would have been directed by Raimi (even though I really love BURN).
7,5/10------
11th
#00011 The Ladykillers (Coen version) (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
As expected not nearly as bad as its reputation, although it does feel oddly flat and out of place within the Coen's filmography. I wonder if this was their try at a low brow comedy.
7/10-----
12th
#00012 Scooby Doo And the Curse Of the Vampire (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
An okay, extended SCOOBY DOO episode. And yes, that means it doesn't deserve its lengths of more than 3 normal episodes, because although I, as the shameless Scooby fan that I am, was entertained by it, it had seriously no memorable parts, except for the end where Velma sings the theme song and the resolution of the case, which is probably the first time that
the culprits seriously wore masks underneath their masks! Visually it was also nothing more than an episode of WHAT'S NEW, although the characters all had their old designs and I liked that the score consisted of melodies from the classic WHERE ARE YOU show. But yeah, that's it.
5,5/10-----
13th
#00013 Flesh + Blood (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
I think it was awesome. Great characters, great acting and a script that has either something deep to say about religion, guilt, blind faith and the Christian damnation of sex, or is completely fucked up pro-rape shit. But even then it's a still way too engaging movie to just dismiss it. Plus: The medieval tank is awesome!
8,5/10------
16th
#00014 Up (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
No pun intended (which means it's totally intended!), but UP was a real downer.After the lifetime montage I was already so depressed that I couldn't really focus on the more fun and adventurous aspects of movie anymore. And every time I just warmed up to it, they reminded me that I was in fact watching a depressing drama, which took me again right out of the movie. Maybe I should watch it again, so that I can appreciate it more, but it scarred me so much, I doubt I won't even think of touching the DVD again.
No rating-------
17th
#00015 Police Academy - Mission To Moscow (DVD)
Haven't seen it since it came out on VHS back in the days and I hated it back then. Now I don't hate it anymore, but strongly dislike it. It has some funny parts, like the running gag with Lassard's "new family" and of course Ron Perlman, who was without a doubt the greatest thing about the movie! But all in all it feels really tired. They should have cancelled the movie as soon as they weren't able to get most of the crew together. I already got used to Police Academy without Mahoney or Zed, but no Hightower or Hooks? Dammit, even Captain Harris isn't that funny without Proctor! But our childhood heroes seemed to lack everything that made them likeable anyway. It's not that they became unsympathetic douchebags, they were just boring, without anything to do. But the biggest crime is that the movie doesn't end with a stunt loaded chase, like every other movie did since part 3!
3/10-------
18th
#00016 Police Academy 6 -City Under Siege (DVD)
That was more like it! The characters acted like they were supposed to and there were plenty of jokes that were dumb and silly, but most of the time seriously funny (if you are into low brow slapstick like I am.).
6,5/10------
19th
#00017 Police Academy 5 -Assignment: Miami Beach (DVD)
This is my favourite movie in this series, because it doesn't hold back with its silliness. It's way more over the top than the series already is. And of course it has Rene Auberjonois, who, while being known for being a little bit ashamed of it, is bringing 100% to the game and becomes the official scene stealer.
7,5/10------
20th
#00018 Police Academy 4 - Citizens On Patrol (DVD)
Fun, and it also has an awesome theme song and some very impressive airplane and hot air balloon stunts at the end. And who could forget its random use of Ninjas? I wish Zed and Sweetchuck had gotten their own spinoff.
7/10------
21st
#00019 Police Academy 3 - Back In Training (DVD)
One of the weaker parts, mostly because none of the new recruits is really memorable, apart from Zed and Sweetchuck, but we already knew them from part 2. Also the scenes with those two are by far the best and crack me up every time.
6/10------
22nd
#00020 Police Academy 2 - Their First Assignment (DVD)
This is maybe the only one in the series, that at least pretends to have a real story. It introduces the antagonists very early in the movie and also adds a romantic subplot about Tackleberry
7/10-----
23nd
#00021 Police Academy (DVD)
So much fun. Full of great characters, that are all perfectly cast. And the beginning of the last act is a masterpiece.
7/10#00022 Anaconda 3 (DVD/1st time viewing)
Oh wow, I expected nothing and got even less. Everybody who thinks that the first ANACONDA is the worst film ever, should really watch this one. Typical boring and uninspired ultra-low budget DTV crap. How can you make a movie about a genetically altered giant snake, that has a sword thingy on its tail and bites people heads off so boring? One of the characters is even introduced as former box champion, but then he doesn't even punch the snake! I thought at least the Hoff would make a funny badass, but he was lame too.
2/10-----
24th
#00023 Zack & Miri Make A Porno (DVD/1st time viewing)
I finally decided to swallow my hate for Seth Rogen and watch ZACK & MIRI. And despite the two badly miscast leads and an a little bit way too corny (thanks to the overdone sex-changes-everything cliche) 3rd act, I really enjoyed it. Especially the whole porn crew had a very good chemistry with each other and I wouldn't mind seeing them in a sequel. As long as Zack and Miri either don't appear or get recast.
7/10-----
25th
#00024 Remo Williams - The Adventure Begins (DVD/1st time viewing)
Very, very enjoyable. It starts a little bit wobbly and isn't really becoming the most awesome thing in the world either, it's also maybe 15 minutes too long, but it's a lot of fun and I wish the adventure hadn't ended here.
7/10-----
26th
Wow, this movie is so fucking 90's, it melts my brain and draws a smiley with the gooey leftovers on the inside of my skull. It's also an unbelievable dumb movie, but on the other side totally fucking awesome! And young Angelina Jolie with a Pixie haircut is surprisingly cute.
7,5/10-----
27th
#00026 Critters 2 - The Main Course (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
I gotta admit, I like it even better than the first! It's so much more fun and crazier and gorier and it has boobs. Also the German dubbing is insane, because every time you see the Critters, sometimes even when they are still eggs, you hear them in this version crack stupid jokes and silly rhymes! It's definitely a love-it-or-hate-it-situation, but I'm mostly on the "love" side.
7,5/10-----
29th
#00027 Miller's Crossing (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Fucking awesome. Probably a little bit difficult to understand at times, thanks to the constant double-double-double-double-crossing, but it all comes together in a beautiful, Coen typical way. And they even found a way to inject some awesome gags into this otherwise pretty dark movies (Mike Starr and the chair

). It's a Tarantino movie for adults!
8,5/10#00028 Man On Wire (TV/1st Time Viewing)
I'm not sure if it really deserves its documentary Oscar. It's an interesting subject and a hilarious story, but the way it's told is neither very remarkable and also drags a little bit at times. I still enjoyed it, but like I said, more for the story, than for the way it was told.
7/10-----
30th
#00029 Used Cars (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
What a hilarious piece of film! When you watch comedies from 20/30 years ago, that were considered raunchy and/or pretty clever back then, it's very likely that they don't really work anymore today, but USED CARS holds up seriously well. Yeah, nudity and swearing isn't as amoral as it was in 1980, but it still works within the context of the story, which is btw very clever drafted and full of satisfying payoffs. And Al Lewis is fucking hilarious!
8,5/10-----
FEBRUARY1st
#00030 Tron: Legacy (Theatre/1st Time Viewing)
Nails perfectly the atmosphere of part 1 (even if it's mostly because of the same pacing issues). I liked it, without loving it. But it was nice to finally see a pure Science Fiction movie again, that takes us into a whole different fantastic world. Stuff like that was lacking from the last decade.
7/10-----
2nd
#00031 The Phantom (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Not nearly as bad as its reputation. Yes, I can see why it wasn't a smash hit in theatres, but come on, what's wrong with a movie that is not just not ashamed of being good old fashioned pulp fiction (the real pulp fiction, not the Tarantino one), but also does that with such a cheerfulness, without going wink wink nudge nudge for one second?
7/10-----
3rd
#00032 The Expendables (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Fun b-action, that is - just like THE PHANTOM - not afraid of what it is. Well, okay, maybe during the action scenes. Otherwise Sly would have let us see what the fuck was going on. With better action scenes, this could have been awesome, so it's just good.
7/10-----
5th
#00033 Micmacs à tire-larigot (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
One of Jeunet's weaker efforts, but very enjoyable anyway and of course highly imaginative. I would love to see a sequel with those characters, too.
7/10-----
6th
#00034 Alien (2003 Cut) (DVD)
I gotta admit, it's not really that scary if you remember it too well, but it's still the ultimate godfather of dark and claustrophobic Horror movies.
8/10#00035 Boardwalk Empire (Pilot) (TV/1st Time Viewing)
It failed to sell me 100% on the series yet and is especially for a Martin Scorcese directed movie low on awesome, memorable scenes, but Nucky is an interesting character and it kept my interest enough to watch the next few episodes too.
7,5/10-----
9th
#00036 Bai fa mo nu zhuan (The Bride With White Hair) (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Y'know, I like Ronny Yu. He puts so much energy into his movies, even if he just does a teenyslasher sequel that nobody was really waiting for. And I heard for years how awesome this movie is supposed to be, but I didn't like it. Yes, it has some nice visuals, but - and I'm willing to admit that it's maybe only my fault - it just didn't work for me. The story was too generic and lacked any kind of interesting character or dramatic element I could care for. But that I don't get Asian storytelling is something I already know for years.
4/10-----
10th
#00037 Dreamscape (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
I hear for years that this is supposed an underrated gem of the 80's, but I would call it a boring stinker on 80's TV Pilot level. It has an interesting concept and some nice ideas, but they mostly come too late (to be more specific: The whole dream assassination plot doesn't kick in before one hour has gone by) or just don't work (So the monster, that is scary enough to drive people insane, looks like a MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE actionfigure? Nice try. Not.). Which is a shame, because it has a good cast (von Sydow and Plummer! And David Patrick Kelly of WARRIORS and COMMANDO fame!) and while the dream sequences are seriously cheesy, they have good ideas.
3/10-----
19th
I liked it when I saw it the first time and I LOVED it on 2nd viewing. It's the anti-MOULIN ROUGE, because while Baz Luhrmann's film was also chockfull of pretty colours, crazy ideas and ambitious visuals, it lacked any kind of focus and was very hard to sit through. The Wachowksi's on the the other hand knew exactly what they wanted. Yes, I can see how someone could not like the mix between pathos filled racing drama and surreal cartoon humor, but they found a way to make it work.
8/10-----
20th
#00039 Cliffhanger (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
A seriously good movie and one of Harlin's best. Okay, the whole subplot about Sly's & Rooker's broken friendship was useless, but at least it didn't distract from the straight forward action story. I wonder why it didn't get an Oscar nomination for its cinematography. There was some stunning stuff in it.
8/10-----
21st
#00040 The Long Kiss Goodnight (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
I liked it. Especially because unlike almost every other movie, it didn't become boring, as soon as the big secret was revealed.
8/10-----
27th
#00041 Lethal Weapon (DVD)
Still holds up pretty well, despite having the maybe dumbest action movie showdown of all times. (Gibson Vs Busey just for the sake of macho-ism
and then he gets gunned down anyway.)
7,5/10-----
28th
#00042 Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Of course not the masterpiece that the internet made it out to be, but I didn't expect that. It was very enjoyable though. It had style AND substance, Michael Cera gave a fuck for the first time since ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and was a lot of fun to watch. Okay, it was also the most misogynistic movie I've seen in years, because every female character was either an unsympathetic asshole or lacked any real character. (Hint: Letting a woman color her hair every few weeks does NOT equal depth or something like that!) The exception was Knives, but she was so likeable, that they decided to make her look like a nut job stalker, that nobody wants to hang out with, in the trailer.
8/10#00043 The Other Guys (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Another awesome Ferrell/McKay collaboration. If I have only one complaint, then it's maybe that the first action scene is awesome in its idea, but horrible to look at! Seriously, this must have been the worst filmed action scene of the last few years. It was like all original footage was destroyed and because they had no time or money to shoot it again, they had to use what unrelated onlookers accidently filmed. At least the two other action scenes in the movie were much more eye pleasing.
8/10#00044 Lethal Weapon 2 (DVD)
Still a lot of fun to watch. Some nice action, lots of fun and Riggs going all berserk at the end. Okay, the villains are a little bit too stereotypical, but hey, at least they are threatening and that way it's more fun to see them die.
7,5/10-----
March1st
#00045 Lethal Weapon 3 (DVD)
This is the weakest of the series. It's still very entertaining, mostly because of how everybody grew into their characters and it's also nice to see how this time Roger has to fight some personal demons, while Riggs' life is getting better and better, but the script is all over the place and the villain is, despite a very nasty Just-how-evil-is-he scene, pretty boring.
6,5/10-----
2nd
#00046 Lethal Weapon 4 (DVD)
Y'know, for a movie that was rushed into production with an unfinished script, it's seriously good and feels more complete than part 3. And Jet Li is a great villain. He is not just dangerous and seems to be superior to our heroes, but also has believable motivations. Chris Rock works very well as new addition to the ever growing cast, it's just a little bit irritating, when the movie stops cold three time, to let him do a stand up routine. (At least it's funny.)
7,5/10-----
5th
#00047 Hellboy 2 - The Golden Army (DVD)
If you don't like it, you don't have a heart and hate movies, especially when they are full of imagination. Okay, it has some flaws, like the way too MIB-esque scene in the beginning, a pretty predictable for-which-side-will-you-fight subplot and the story of the villain is way too much of a re-hash of BLADE 2 (right down to the use of the same actor!), but damn, it's a fucking awesome movie!
8/10-----
6th
This one holds up seriously well. It's a little bit darker and less over the top than its sequel, but it's not a bad thing. And Ron Perlman is da man!
8/10-----
10th
#00049 The Last Boy Scout (DVD/1st time Viewing)
This might be one of Shane Black's weirdest scripts, but it's also one of Tony Scott's best movies.
7,5/10-----
14th
I loved that one when it came out and it still holds up pretty well IMO.It's a silly movie, but it knows it and also that the audience knows it. Plus: Jessica Alba looked never cuter
7,5/10-----
16th
#00051 100 Feet (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
This is not a perfect movie, but it's a very effective and entertaining one. Lots of atmosphere, some good scares, gets fucking violent when it has to be and not earlier and it puts Famke Janssen in a Snow White costume.
7/10 (Normal rating)
8,5/10 (Slightly pervy Famke-Janssen-in-a-Snow-White-Dress rating.)
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19th
#00052 The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto (TV/1st Time Viewing)
Do you know those nights, when you are hanging out with your friends, it's already 3am, You all are tired, some of you maybe even drunk or high, then someone farts and you all start laughing, then someone makes a dumb joke that doesn't make any sense and you continue to laugh, then someone makes another stupid joke and suddenly you spent over an hour with laughing your ass off, until someone asks: "Dude, why are we laughing?" and then you realize that there is no reason? That's pretty much what this movie is like.
7/10-----
20th
#00053 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
For a 2 1/2 hour movie, it really knows how to keep its tempo up. It was only after the money was retrieved, that it started to feel a little bit unnecessarily stretched out, but at least it ended with a hilarious action scene, that still keeps me giggling, just from thinking about it.
8/10-----
21st
#00054 Buffy The Vampire Slayer (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
I'm not saying that it's a good movie. It's way too inept, boring and undercooked for that. But at least it wasn't nearly as annoying as everything that I saw from the series so far.
4,5/10-----
23rd
#00055 Night Of The Hunter (TV/1st Time Viewing)
Great movie and seriously ahead of its time in more than one aspect. Unfortunately it suffers from heavy 3rd act issues. As soon as
the kids run away it feels like a whole different film and unfortunately one, that isn't as good as the previous one. Also the ending is a huge letdown. But Robert Mitchum is awesome and makes you forget all flaws the movie might have!
7,5/10-----
27th
#00056 Bringing Out The Dead (TV/1st Time Viewing)
Awesome. It's totally devastating and depressing, but at the same time very entertaining, thanks to a high, nightmarish tempo and lots and lots of dark gallows humor. It's like an HBO drama version of SCRUBS!
9/10-----
28th
Probably my favourite entry in the "all in one night" subgenre. I just love how it starts really boring, but then explodes into a shitstorm of absurdity and hilarity. Also it has a very simple message: Don't be a dick! As soon as Paul acted like a dick, everything went downhill for him. That's a message I can get behind.
8/10-----
29th
#00058 The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
And again, Terry Gilliam delivered the goods, with this highly original fantasy drama. I just think that the 3rd act was rushed and that Ledger and Law were miscast. But it gets bonus points from me, for using Verne Troyer as an actor and not just as a visual gag.
8/10-----
30th
#00059 Películas para no dormir: La habitación del niño (a.k.a. The Baby's Room) (TV/1st Time Viewing)
This is not one of Alex de la Iglesia's best movies, mostly because it doesn't tell the most original ghost house story. Too many twists feel familiar and are therefore too easy to figure out, but this made for TV movie totally delivers in the scare and suspense section, so I approve with a happy smile!
7,5/10-----
31st
#00060 The Aristocats (VHS)
It's not the best Disney animated movie, but still one of the most enjoyable and definitely one of my top 3 favourites. I just love cats and the soundtrack is great. Not to mention all those eccentric supporting characters (The band, the geese, the dogs...).
8/10#00061 Three O'Clock High (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Very amusing, but could use a little bit more energy. Especially towards the end. Although the situation escalates, I never felt the "Oh shit, it's on" feeling, that I should feel. But it has some nice camera work!
7/10April3rd
Still holds up very well. Yeah, it still feels like a (admittedly awesome) TV pilot, but it totally works as an introduction to the universe and its characters.
7,5/10-----
6th
Best comic book movie sequel ever. Period. It's so much more awesome on every level, not to mention that it's at times dark as shit, but still very entertaining. And it delivers its real world message much better and less ham fisted than THE DARK KNIGHT. So there.
8,5/10-----
7th
#00064 Flightplan (TV/1st Time viewing)
Not bad. Nothing special and overall pretty forgettable, especially because the whole second act mostly consists of Jodie Foster running through the plane and yelling "Where is my daughter!?!", but in terms of gimmicky thrillers about Jodie Foster and her daughter in peril, it's much better than PANIC ROOM.
7/10-----
9th
#00065 Death Race 2 (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
It's pretty entertaining...until the Death Race starts! But only because it's shot in completely incomprehensible post action style. At least the last 15 minutes make up for that, by showing some of the dark humor, that made the 1975 original so popular!
6/10-----
10th
#00066 Cat's Don't Dance (TV/1st Time Viewing)
Nice, little animated screwball musical. Nothing too special, but with the right amount of energy and insanity and also some beautiful animation.
7/10-----
11th
#00067 X-Men - The Last Stand (DVD)
I always thought that it's better than its reputation among angry nerds. And after my second viewing within six years, I like it even more. Yes, I do acknowledge that it suffers from two major flaws: 1.) It squeezes two epic stories, that could and should have been handled in each one movie, into one single piece of 90 minutes. 2.) It has the most emberassing wirework that I can remember in a modern multi million blockbuster! But it brings pretty satisfying closure to many storylines and even ends with a huge, exciting mutant civil war! Okay, after the brillant 2nd part, it's a huge step backwards, but it's a more satisfying ending, than most other series, movie or TV, get these days.
7,5/10-----
16th
#00068 Smokin' Aces 2 - Assassins Ball (DVD/1st time viewing)
Nice, little DTV sequel, that feels pretty forced at times and totally lacks the slow boiling atmosphere of part 1, but it's short and entertaining.
6,5/10-----
17th
#00069 Lord Of Illusions (DVD/1st time viewing)
Seriously awesome mix between film noir and horror movie! Clive Barker might not be a great director (in terms of story flow and stuff like that), but he knows how to tell a great, disturbing and suspenseful story on the big screen.
8/10-----
22nd
When I saw it for the first time, I enjoyed it, but put in in the league of "lesser" Pixar movies, like CARS or A BUG'S LIFE. Mostly because of the messy script. After I watched it for the second time, I still see lots of script issues (Like the whole last act, which feels pretty much tacked on and also despite the film's message "everybody can cook", Linguini still don't know how to cook by the end. And I hated that they gave the whole kitchen crew a backstory and then they never do shit in the movie!), but I liked it much, much better!
7,5/10-----
23rd
#00071 The Incredibles (DVD)
Still holds up damn well. Fuck THE DARK KNIGHT, this is the best superhero movie of the last decade! Full of cool characters, exciting adventure and awesome action!
8,5/10#00072 Lifeforce (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Wow, that movie didn't make any sense at all! But gotta admit that it keeps a high tempo from the beginning to the end and is full of cool ideas. So while I won't call it a good movie as in "Wow, that was a good movie", it was at least one, that was a lot of fun to watch.
7/10-----
24th
I love that movie. One of Eddie Murphy's best, criminally underrated, touching and sad without becoming corny, funny without sacrificing the drama. It doesn't add anything really new to the prison movie genre, but damn it plays its cards right.
8,5/10#00074 Quantum Of Solace (TV/1st Time Viewing)
I'm already known for hating CASINO ROYALE for being dumb, having a completely miscast Bond and being an overall bad movie. But QUANTUM is even worse! I got no idea what the fuck this piece of shit was about and why anybody did something! Bond wants to avenge the death of the girl from last movie, but then he instead hunts a villain who sells water to a dictator, who this movie's Bondgirl wants to kill, while Felix Leiter gets drunk and M doesn't trust Bond anymore, until he punches a group of her agents unconcious. At least CASINO ROYALE had some nice looking action scenes, but those were so confusingly filmed and edited, that I just wanted to poke my eyes out. Fuck that, man. The Bond movies are dead to me until the next reboot. I hope they get better writers and a better star.
1/10-----
25th
#00075 Evan Almighty (TV/1st Time Viewing)
Not a very good movie, but one of those sequels, that are better than their predecessors. Even if it's this time only because you wonder what the fuck will happen in the end. It's still a very mediocre movie, not to mention that they again make working parents look bad, but I was entertained enough.
5/10-----
26th
#00076 Wayne's World (DVD)
Not THAT hilarious anymore, but after almost 20 years still worth watching.
7/10-----
27th
#00077 Wayne's World 2 (DVD)
Same as part 1. I laughed hard, but not as hard as when I saw it the first time years ago. But I would totally do the chick who looks like Garth.Schwing!
7/10#00078 Small Soldiers (TV)
Not Joe Dante's best, but very entertaining.
7/10-----
MAY07th
#00079 Iron Man 2 (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
I don't know. It was okay. I'm glad it lacked the questionable moral of part 1 and I don't mind a 2 hour superhero movie with only two big action scenes, but the story was all over the place and failed to really engage me. And Scarlett Johansson is even bland, when she kicks ass in a catsuit. It was still an entertaining piece of film and all in all I liked it more, that I didn't.
7/10-----
08th
#00080 Enchanted (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Cute movie, that seemed to be afraid of making something really interesting out of its premise. The film ends with a fight against a dragon, only that the dragon doesn't do anything. It's still the best and least cringe inducing RomCom that I've seen in a long time.
7/10-----
09th
#00081 Pirates Of The Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl (DVD)
This movie is so well made, it even entertains on its xth viewing.
8/10-----
10th
#00082 Pirates Of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (DVD)
I only have two problems with it: 1.) I hate films that are shot back to back with their sequel(s) and can't work as film on their own. I wish they had gone the BACK TO THE FUTURE way, where #2 first wraps up its own story, before the cliffhanger leads to a brand new one, instead of the way of the MATRIX. And 2.) The movie is at times unable to find the right tone. Part 1 was such a light hearted funride, with nothing more than the occasional swashbuckling action violence, but this film is so fucking dark and at times way too violent to enjoy it. It's like they desperately tried to get the more cynical teen audience, who would never watch a Disney movie, into the seats. But well, apart from those flaws, it's still very enjoyable. Especially because Gore Verbinsky managed to make the last half hour, which is a convoluted over the top action scene, that leads to another convoluted over the top action scenes, so engaging and awesome to watch. There aren't many other filmmakers who could manage to do something like that.
7,5/10------
11th
#00083 Pirates Of the Caribbean: At World's End (DVD)
Underrated. Very, very underrated. Yes, the film drives its plot forward without remorse and has the reputation of being too complicated or not making any sense, but to be honest, if you can't follow it, you are just stupid or missed the first half hour, in which every character very clearly states what they are trying to achieve. And from then on, they never leave their path. It's not a perfect conclusion to the story, but it's a very satisfying one, if you are willing to not just watch it for the FX and Depp alone.
7,5/10-----
21st
#00084 Machete (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
I like it. It's one of those rare movies, that are purposely silly and not meant to be taken seriously, but play it straight faced enough to not become a parody.
7,5/10-----
22nd
#00085 The International (TV/1st Time Viewing)
I gotta admit that I didn't understand all of it. There where too many people involved in too many crimes. Okay, all in all they all worked for the same bank and had the same goal, but it was still pretty complicated. On the other hand it was a pretty suspenseful story and as you can expect from a Tykwer movie, masterful directed.
7/10-----
23rd
#00086 Road Games (TV/1st Time Viewing)
Seriously good! Full of humor, suspense and nice pay offs.Only the last scene sucks, but that one was forced into the movie by the producers, so it doesn't count.
8/10-----
24th
#00087 Pixelschatten (TV/1st Time Viewing)
Very well made movie. The story didn't really work for me, but as a whole, the movie was very watchable.
7/10-----
29th
It's still a huge laugh riot and a masterpiece of inspired lunacy.
8,5/10-----
30th
#00089 Un long dimanche de fiançailles a.k.a. A Very Long Engagement (DVD)
I love this one. It's the anti-UP. While UP was on paper a fun adventure, that depressed the shit out of me, this one could have been depressing, but is despite all the death and suffering a real feel-good movie. It might be Jeunet's best, but I'm careful with things like that.
8,5/10------
JUNE05th
#00090 Blade Trinity (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Well, it was...okay, but it felt too much like a TV pilot for Reynolds' and Biel's characters.All in all it felt pretty clueless. But I love the scene where Dracula discovers, that he became a popculture joke.
5/10#00091 X-Men Origins: Wolverine (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Just like BLADE TRINITY it was okay, but felt too much like a TV pilot. This should have been at least 2 1/2 hours long, with the first hour dealing how Wolvie and Sabrie fight in war after war. And the rest shouldn't have been so generic. But all in all I enjoyed it. Not too much, but It was okay.
6/10-----
07th
It's been more than 10 years since I saw it the last time. didn't like it back then, like it even less now.
4/10-----
08th
This one on the other hand is still seriously hilarious. And I don't even smoke weed.
8/10-----
11th
#00094 Jaws 2 (TV/ 1st Time Viewing)
Of course not as good as part 1, but surprisingly well made and picks up lots of steam in its last act.
6,5/10-----
12th
#00095 The Fog (Remake) (TV/ 1st Time Viewing)
As boring and generic as expected. It does have two or three (mostly visual) cool ideas and a scene with Selma Blair's ass. But it's really forgettable.
2/10-----
19th
#00096 Jumper (TV/ 1st Time Viewing)
I kinda liked it. It has some huge plotholes (like why is nobody surprised when the guy, who everybody saw
dying as a kid, suddenly shows up again) and also feels weirdly undercooked on a storylevel, but has the right amount of insanity to be enjoyable. Doug Liman somehow managed to make something like teleporting look visual interesting! And I love how the film plays with expectations early on. Like when we see how the hero
sees a live report from a flood in the news and decides to not help the people, just because he is a selfish Struggling Background Artist and when we see Samuel L. Jackson first, he seems like the "cop, who just does his job, but isn't necessarily evil" until we see him
brutally murder another jumper. It's nothing special, but I would watch a sequel, when it's on TV.
7/10#00097 Jaws 3 In 2D (TV/ 1st Time Viewing)
Pretty lame if you ask me. It has all those great set up's, but never delivers. To see all the scenes in 2D, that were obviously shot for 3D, was fun on a bizarre level though. Every few minutes you suddenly saw a senseless scene of a tentacle popping at the screen or slow motion water skiers or shit like that. But apart from that the film was boring. Oh well, I give bonus points for the pretty gruesome scene, where we see from inside his mouth, how the shark chomps on one of his victims.
3/10-----
21st
#00098 Eureka (Pilot) (TV/ 1st Time Viewing)
Nice, well made, but not outstanding pilot for a show, that promises to be lots of fun.
7/10-----
26th
Still very enjoyable, although the middle part drags a lot.
7,5/10-----
JULY01st
#00100 Transformers - Dark Of The Moon (Cinema/1st Time Viewing)
I really liked the first two movies. Yes, even the 2nd one. But the 3rd bored me to death, although I got the suspicion that it had something to do with the 3D, which forced me to stare blankly at the middle of the screen until I fell into some kind of trance. It's also pretty interesting that I enjoyed the first half more than the second, mostly because I love that weird parallel universe where the movies take place, in which apparently 90% of the earth population is insane! But as soon as they started to pay fanservice to the nerds, who think that SciFi/Fantasy films with a high bodycount and lots of 9/11 imagery are awesome, it started to bore me. I do appreciate though, that Michael Bay continued his plans to turn the TF series into the first Robosplatter ever, by letting the robots now even bleed when they get hit or dismembered.
6/10-----
12th
#00101 Piranha 3D in 2D (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Lean, mean, gory fun that exactly knows what it wants to be. I don't know if it planned to be a "homage movie" (like MACHETE or HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN), but it hits all the right beats of several 80's splatter films, but also works as a modern film, which is maybe the reason why it succeeds in terms of being a homage more than anything Tarantino and Co have tried to do so far.
7,5/10-----
16th
#00102 Inception (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Seriously well made, with a clever execution of a not-as-clever-as-it-thinks concept. My problems were just that the Characters were absolutely boring and the heist left me surprisingly cold. Also the last ambigous shot of the spinning top cheapened the movie a little bit. And the whole subplot about Leo's dead wife just annoyed the shit out of me and felt unnecessasry tacked on. I would say it's Nolan's weakest Bat-less movie, but still a watchable one.
7,5/10-----
17th
#00103 Tangled (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
One of those movies, that have absolutely nothing new to say, but do it in a very entertaining way. It has everything you expect from an animated Disney fairy tale, right down to the singing and the funny animal sidekicks. They also added some modern, fast paced slapstick moments this time around, but without going Dreamworks-esque over the top. But the end result turned out to be very enjoyable. The gags work, the characters are sympathetic the animation is seriously beautiful and all in all I had a huge smile on my face from the beginning to the end.
8/10-----
20th
#00104 Wonder Woman (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
The only thing that really kept me away from totally enjoying that DTV cartoon, was that the writing felt seriously restrained and more like a low budget TV pilot. They gave us a story involving Gods and then do nothing with it. It was very entertaining though.
7/10------
21st
#00105 Drive Angry (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Nice B-movie, that despite its goofiness never becomes too jokey. And whenever "The Accountant" was on screen, the film got fucking awesome!
7,5/10-----
23rd
#00106 Jurassic Park (DVD)
Lost some of its magic during the years, but is still very watchable. Especially in the FX department.
7,5/10---
24th
#00107 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (DVD)
Wow, I liked it a lot better when I was 15. Holy shit is this movie bad! Absolutely nothing makes sense and even Ian Malcolm became an unlikable moron.
3/10-----
25th
#00108 Sherlock - A Study In Pink (TV Recording/1st Time Viewing)
Seriously entertaining, although when the audience is able to solve the case long before Sherlock AND the police, the script might have a problem or two.
7/10#00109 Jurassic Park 3 (DVD)
Does everything the first two movies do in 30 minutes less, but without the annoying preachiness or turning all characters into brain dead morons. It's some nice fun.
7/10-----
28th
#00110 Wild At Heart (TV/1st Time Viewing)
Wow, that was even for David Lynch difficult to watch. Especially because every single actor in is was horrible! But because everybody gave a wooden performance here, I think it was the way Lynch intended it to be, to give it a surreal touch or something. The thing is, I don't regret that I have seen the movie and I wouldn't call it "bad". It was a very intense experience. But I don't think I will ever watch it again.
7/10-----
30th
#00111 The Hole (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Not Joe Dante's best work, but not bad either. The problem is, that it was clearly intended for a kids audience. And we are talking about an audience, who probably has never seen any horrorfilm, that came out before 1999, which make all the cliches seem new and interesting to them. But despite knowing in every second where the story was about to go, I was entertained. With a better script, this could have been awesome, but now it's just a very entertaining, family friendly scary movie. And it has a creepy clown doll! Creepy clown dolls make everything better!
6,5/10-----
AUGUST02nd
#00112 The Mighty Ducks (TV/1st Time Viewing)
I didn't expect anything else than a harmless and pretty bland underdog movie for the whole family and that's what I got. I was surprised though how choppy the whole movie felt in its first act. Also the movie fails to give any of the kids a memorable personality. It wasn't bad, but I prefer LITTLE GIANTS.
5/10 -----
03rd
#00113 Sherlock: The Blind Banker (TV Recording/1st Time Viewing)
Pretty much like part 1. Very enjoyable, but Sherlock seems to be dumber than the audience at times. (Duh, he came through the window!)
7/10#00114 The Magnificent Seven (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
I was slightly disappointed. It has so many badass actors, but most of them never do anything badass. And to be honest, I think it was a mistake that we didn't get to learn more about each character of the seven, until the film was half over. That way it was pretty difficult to relate to any of them. At least the movie ended in a satisfying showdown.
7/10-----
06th
Still very entertaining, despite some serious awkward racism and several plain dumb jokes.
7/10-----
08th
#00116 Sherlock: The Great Game (TV Recording/1st Time Viewing)
The first half of it was great, but the second half fell apart, especially when the last act revealed that the whole episode was more or less about nothing. They didn't even bother with giving us a real ending! I know, it's technically a TV series, but fucking Cliffhangers.
7,5/10-----
19th
#00117 Tucker & Dale Vs Evil (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Seriously awesome. Great actors, a script that is more clever than it seems and doesn't shy away from becoming pretty dark at times, but without spoiling the fun and a confident first time director. What else do you want?
8,5/10-----
27th
#00118 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (DVD)
I remember seeing this one in theatre as a kid! And you know what? It holds up surprisingly well. It takes its premise serious, without forgetting that it's supposed to be fun and the Turtle suits look surprisingly convincing. Not really realistic, but you the performers manage to move surprisingly natural in them and NOT like, well, performers in suits.
7/10-----
SEPTEMBER01st
#00119 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze (DVD)
This one doesn't hold up that well. The script feels seriously rushed and even the turtle suits look worse. At least David Warner is in it. He makes everything better.
6,5/10-----
02nd
I should like this movie, but it is too random for me. Some single parts work very well, but as a whole it just falls flat.
6/10-----
03rd
#00120 Super (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
I love it! It's brillant. Yes, it's also a very depressing movie and I might like it a little bit better if it would be played more serious, but I think that this is my favourite movie of the year so far.
9/10-----
7th
#00121 Firefly: Serenity (Pilot) (DVD)
I hated it the first time, but watching it for a second time, it was good enough to give the rest of the series a try.
6/10-----
9th
#00122 The Straight Story (TV/1st Time Viewing)
Many people say that this is an untypical David Lynch film, but they are wrong. Already the first scene is pure Lynch and the Lynch-ness doesn't stop here (Remember the deer woman?). Apart from that it's a nice little movie, well put together, touching and entertaining.
7,5/10-----
11th
#00123 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (DVD)
There is not much excitement in this one, but it's slightly better than part 2. Mostly because the story is more focused. It's also nice that they gave Elias Koteas two roles, since they forgot to put him in part 2. But the new Turtle suits, that were made without Jim Henson's Creature Shop, look awful!
6,5/10------
18th
#00124 Serenity (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
An okay movie of an okay TV show. It has some gaping plotholes though, but all in all it's enjoyable and looks pretty nice for its low budget.
7/10-----
23rd
#00125 Josie & The Pussycats (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Some people recommended that to recently and they were right. It's more fun as expected and also surprisingly clever (and dark) in its use of product placement. It's no masterpiece, but a lot better than its reputation. I guess it was just misunderstood. Oh, and it has lots of jiggling, if you know what I mean.
7,5/10-----
27th
#00126 Das Gasthaus an der Themse (TV Recording/1st Time Viewing)
One of the legendary German Edgar Wallace movies from the 60's. As far as I know, it was the commercially most successful one, but for me it didn't work. The script was all over the place and I prefer my Edgar Wallace movie with killers in crazier costumes than just a wetsuit.
6/10-----
28th
#00127 Der Zinker (1931 version) (TV recording/1st Time Viewing)
This was the first Edgar Wallace movie ever and supposed to be lost until 1999, when a copy of it was discovered somewhere by someone. Now the fully restored version was for the first time on TV, but I think they did a horrible job with the sound. The score, which was an all new recording, was so fucking loud, that I couldn't understand what was going on most of the time. But from a film historic p.o.v., it was interesting to watch.
5/10-----
29th
#00128 Die 1000 Augen des Dr Mabuse (TV recording/1st Time Viewing)
After an interesting start it started to drag, because the movie focused too much on a love story, but as soon as it became clear, what it had to do with the main plot, it became seriously awesome! And great job in hiding the identity of the main villain!
7/10-----
October1st
#00129 Phineas & Ferb: Across The 2nd Dimension (TV recording/1st Time Viewing)
I slowly warmed up to the show over the last few months, but even for me as a casual fan, the movie is a minor disappointment. For something that is supposed to be their biggest adventure, it feels pretty undercooked at times. There are some nice touches, like when Perry tries to keep Phineas & Ferb from fixing Dr Doofenschmirtz's -inator, while trying to not blow his cover or when Candace briefly mentions that she constantly tries to bust her brothers, because she wants to protect them and not because she's a mean bitch. But I don't know, man, it lacked much of the insane fun of the series and the inevitable cop out ending drags the whole thing down a little bit more. Before the movie, the channel aired SUMMER BELONGS TO YOU, which is a 40 minutes long special, but despite being only half as long as 2ND DIMENSION, works much better as special event within the series, thanks to a high fun factor and a bigger scope in terms of story and characters.
7/10#00130 Step Up 3 (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
The same people who recommended JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS to me, also recommended this one and they were right again. It's a stupid movie, that uses way too many lame cliches of this subgenre, but its insanity and brillantly staged dance scenes made totally up for that. I had a smile on my face for at least 2/3 or its runtime and man, I wish I would have seen this in its theatrical 3D version. I heard it looked great!
7,5/10-----
3rd
#00131 Deep Blue Sea (DVD)
So much fun. One of my favourite people-trapped-in-building-with-one-or-more-deadly-creatures B-movies. Sure, the FX are sometimes a little bit dodgy and you can't tell me that even the most intelligent shark could come up with such a great plan, just to lower a fence, but that's just part of the fun!
7,5/10-----
4th
#00132 Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Well, I liked it, but not as much as I liked the first three. I pretty much kept thinking all the time "I wonder how much cooler this scene would have been, if Gore Verbinski had directed it". Oh well, it was okay for an entertaining afternoon view, but if you would ask me for any memorable scenes, I had to think for a few seconds.
7/10#00133 Fast Five (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
I don't get it. The F&F series should by now be in crappy-DTV-sequels-with-pretty-but-untalented-first-time-actors land, but instead it decided to finally become really good and has added an impressive cast! I think I liked part 4 a little bit better, but part 5 is definitely a good one.
7,5/10-----
6th
#00134 Hoffa (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
It always amazes me what a great and most of all visually inventive director Danny DeVito is. This sticks out of his directorial filmography, for being a serious biopic, but it's nonetheless a good one. Full of great performances and engaging to the end. It has some dramaturgical flaws, though. It's never clear how much time passed by. If the characters wouldn't end up grey and old in the end, it all could have take place within less than two months. But yes, here we have another great Danny DeVito joint. (With the weirdest Tim Burton cameo ever!)
7,5/10-----
13th
I don't think I have to say anything further about it. So much better than any movie with such a title has the right to be.
8,5/10-----
15th
#00136 Centurion (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
A nice, little men-on-the-run movie. It could have been a little bit more suspenseful, but for what it was, it was good enough.
7/10-----
18th
#00137 Slap Shot (TV/1st Time Viewing)
While there is lots of stuff to like (the Hanson Brothers, pretty much every ice hockey scene), I don't think it has aged that well. There is way too idling between the good and most of all the movie is so fucking 70's that it hurts. I mean, this is supposed to be a badass comedy about a rough men's sport, but it's stuffed with a horrible Disco soundtrack and in one scene Paul Newman wears horrible checkered old man golf pants and it is supposed to make him look cool! It doesn't! The 70's fashion seriously managed to make Paul Newman look uncool! I heard there is a remake coming up and I'm not against it.
6/10In my opinion the best DIE HARD rip-off, thanks to its professional directing, awesome camera work and weird humor.
8/10----
20th
#00139 Niagara (TV recording/1st Time Viewing)
I didn't know anything about it when I watched it and it was a pretty rewarding experience, even though some twists were way too easy to figure out. But come on, an tightly paced minutes long simple-murder-gone-wrong movie with Marylin Monroe, a great Joseph Cotton and an exciting finale. What's not to like about it?
7/10#00140 Vampire In Brooklyn (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Not s bad as its reputation, but not very good either. Murphy makes a surprisingly good villain, but the movie never lives up to its potential. Also too many things in this, smell of re-shoots. Especially the parts where Murphy plays a preacher and an italian gangster. I like they they justified the use of the typical Murphy make-up showcases this time, by having his character transform into other people, but those 10 minutes feel like out of a completely different movie.
5,5/10----
21st
#00141 True Grit (Coen Version) (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
I liked it. It was entertaining and touching. Not one of the best Coen efforts, but I wouldn't be surprised if I learn to like this one even better after repeated viewing.
7,5/10----
26th
#00142 Scooby Doo - Legend Of The Phantosaur (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Y'know, the current animated DTV output of SCOOBY DOO is seriously good! After ABRACADABRA-DOO and CAMP SCARE this is now the 3rd one that convinces through some nice animation and most of all a good script, that plays and extends the typical formula, but also treats it and the characters with respect.
7,5/10----
31st
#00143 Dance Of The Vampires a.k.a. the Fearless Vampire Killers (DVD/1st Time Viewing)
Not bad. It takes a while till it gets started, but then it works pretty well. I'm not sure what to think about the out of the blue downer ending, though. But it's a good movie.
7/10part 2