The title of this blog is what I say at the box office. I go to the movies at a random time and I ask ”what is showing next?” and if I have not seen it already I get a ticket and go in. These are the reviews of the random movies I see.
I am Jon Rutledge, a man ,trying to find a little entertainment in-between obligations and life. This Blog is dedicated to movies. I enjoy falling into a really good one.
This is a prime example of what I keep saying about how good a franchises can be once you get past the origin and focus more on the story and less on the hero. You can read my review on Web Womnbat.
There is no earthly way I can express my disappointment in this film. There are some really talented people attached and you'd figure it would have been better just on star power. The story is feeble and the jokes are delivered with determination but none land. At most the audience gave a nervous pity titter. All I can feel is embarrassment at how poor this movie came out. The lowest I can give it is a Red light, this movie has made me think I should set up a no light award.
Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) and his wife, Johanna (Gwyneth Paltrow), owe back taxes to the tune of 8 million pounds. He needs to find a way to make a lot of money in a week before he loses his estate. His gets approached by Marland (Ewan McGregor), a member of MI5, who hires Mortdecai to find a rare painting that is supposed to have been destroyed. With his faithful man servant Jock (Paul Bettany) he sets off to find the painting and save his mustache and his home.
The one thing I did like about the movie is how Johnny Depp threw himself into the role. He doesn't do things in half measures. He transformed himself into the character. The character of a complete and total tit. There were absolutely no redeeming qualities to him. Paul Bettany did show off his action skills and he does them well. While he stood out in this film, with the bar set so low it wasn't hard.
I wonder if this movie looked better on paper, a person doesn’t start out by making a bad film… do they? I bet Johnny Depp was friends with them and decided to join in regardless of how bad it looked.
Johnny Depp is a standup guy. He has done a few things that have really gotten me on his side. So it baffles me why he chose to do this picture. His over-the-top British character was grating after a while. If this character was a member of a minority class, people would have called racism with as many stereotypes were used in the performance.
The movie has two endings. One was when Mordecai finds the painting, and I would been happy with the end being there, or maybe I just wanted to be done. There is another section where he comes up with a huge plan to get himself out of debit by pretending to sell it. I didn't care at that point. As a viewer I was not interested in the second part of the movie.
This movie really is all about the lip ferret Mordecai is growing and trying to get his wife to accept. One of the more mildly amusing moments is Gwyneth Paltrow gaging after each kiss, and Mortdecai's sympathetic gaging in reaction to her gaging. Really not enough to carry the movie but it did put a smile on my face. The 'stash is so absurd that it has more of a personality than the character did.
In trying to explore Seth Rogen's career I found this independent film. I submitted a review to Web Wombat. It's a good film. I think his true talent is in his approachability and his charisma. we need to get him away from his usual stoner/ fart joke fair. I suspect he has true talent.
This biography delivered on two fronts. It was entertaining and informative. A good movie that can master that blend will last. I was aware of Alan Turing and his work but never really understood the things that he had to go through. After the film I again feel bad for what we, as a people, do to our own species. He was a brilliant person who may have been a jerk but his work did help the war effort in World War II. I know that we won the war. However this film had me on the edge of my seat, not sure if we were going to make it.That is a good movie,worthy of a Green light.
During World War II, the Germans have a code machine that is unbreakable. The Allied forces have 18 hours to work out the code before the Germans change the code and they have to start all over again.Alan Turing(Benedict Cumberbatch) has an idea for a machine that could render the enigma machine unless. Will he get the support for this crazy idea? He recruits Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley) as she is brilliant and passes the application test with impressive times. They work together in making this machine work, while she works on getting Alan to be more sociable with his co-workers.
Benedict Cumberbatch is everywhere in the geek-sphere. He has popped up in so many of my favorite genres and roles that I was interested in this film just because of him. He does an excellent job of capturing the mannerisms and the essence of a person who is a social outcast. He has gotten a lot of heroic roles so it was great to see him pull this off.It really shows off the depth of his performance chops.
This is the second film I have seen with Keira Knightley recently and watching her performances almost back to back also shows off her skill. Her American Accent was put to the test in Jack Ryan:Shadow Recruit, good overall, but her attitude and was completely different in this film. They are both strong characters but one is playing with the rules of propriety and the other is completely American.
What I knew of Alan Turing was that he was the namesake for the Turing test his name and he was pardoned for the crime of being gay in 2009.That is an incredibly long time to final get round to recognizing someone. The tension they build in the story really brings you into the movie. I was completely nervous that they wouldn't solve the enigma machine and the Germans were going to win.
The Theory of Everything is also out at round the same time. These films are going head to head in Best Actor category. I have a feeling Eddie Redmayne will win for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking. However I will be rooting for Benedict Cumberbatch because it was a more engaging role.
What political figure are you wanting to see on screen next? Or what historical figure are you wanting to see Mr. Cumberbatch perform next?
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