THEATRICAL RELEASES FOR 6/1/07

[criterionmaster]

WIDE RELEASES

Mr. Brooks (Bruce A. Evans)

IMDb Description: A detective (Moore) tracks a potential serial killer (Costner), an otherwise normal man with a devious alter ego (Hurt).
My Opinion: This got mediocre reviews and doesn't look like anything special, not to mention Demi Moore and Costner aren't exactly two people I like very much. Skip.

Knocked Up (Judd Apatow )

IMDB Description: A guy (Rogen) hooks up a one-night stand with a beauty (Heigl) who's way out of his league. An unplanned pregnancy leads first to a tough decision, then to a series of unexpected events.
My Opinion: I don't like 40-Year-Old Virgin, I didn't really think it was smartly written or anything, and was just a stupid SNL type idea. I do love, love, love "Freaks and Geeks", though, so I won't give up on Apatow. I know some people have seen it, do you think I would like it?

Rise: Blood Hunter (Sebastian Gutierrez)

IMDB Description: After she wakes up in a morgue and discovers she's now one of the undead, reporter Sadie Blake (Liu) hunts for the people responsible for her death and rebirth.
My Opinion: A Crow rip-off, but with Lui in it. It just sounds like crap to me, with a bunch of cameo's in it to get some people to see it. I don't know why this would even come out.

Gracie (Davis Guggenheim)

IMDB Description: Set in the late '70s, a New Jersey girl fights to play on the boys' varsity soccer team.
My Opinion: Oh my God, this sounds like complete crap. How many times has this film been made? Christ.

LIMITED RELEASES

Day Watch [LIMITED] (Timur Bekmambetov)

IMDb Description: In present-day Moscow, a hero (Khabensky) who has been inducted into a centuries-old battle between the forces of Light and Dark seeks out a legendary object that can rewrite history -- literally.
My Opinion: I wouldn't even probably no about this if slapshot didn't review the first film a long time ago. I probably would check out the first one just to see what it was like, but until then, I will definitely not be checking out the sequel.

Crazy Love [LA/NY] (Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens)

IMDB Description: A documentary on Burt and Linda Pugach's improbable relationship - a love story that begins with an affair, descends into jealousy, rage and revenge, and turns into a contemporary marriage.
My Thoughts: IMDB has a cool plot for the film: "Boy meets girl; girl finds out boy is married; girl gets engaged to another boy; original boy blinds girl by having acid thrown on her face; boy goes to jail for 14 years in a very public trial; boy gets out of jail; boy winds up marrying girl; boy and girl are still presently married, some 28 years later." That almost sounds cool enough to check out, if I hear something about the film being good, or it is ever on TV, I would probably see that. I like hearing about crazy shit like that.

Pierrepoint [Limited] (Adrian Shergold)

IMDB Description: Albert Pierrepoint (Spall), Britain's most prolific hangman, sends hundreds of prisoners to their deaths from 1934 to 1956 -- while moonlighting as a grocery deliveryman and keeping his other life a secret from his wife (Stevenson).
My Thoughts: This could be good, but it doesn't sound amazing. Anyone know anything about this?

[captainofbeef]

I will probably end up seeing both Knocked Up and Mr. Brooks when they come out on DVD. But if I go to the movies, I will be seeing something different.

[ie]

I bought Night Watch a long-ass time ago and still haven't seen it. If that one turns out well, I'd definitely catch Day Watch, especially if it's showing at a local theater.

[dontdigonswine]

The preview for Day Watch looks ridiculous. I have no idea what to think of it

[criterionmaster]

Is there a third one coming out or something? I haven't seen the trailer myself, so I don't really know much about it. What was it like? Did it look good? Is it a zombie movie? Or was the first one?

[dontdigonswine]

youtube.com/watch?v=eOesGgsjFY8

I have no clue, man, you try to figure out what it is supposed to be

[brooksmurphy]

Night Watch is fuckin horrid. It's just a hyper-edited conglomeration of after effects shots. And that fucking subtitle bullshit. The subtiltes actually come out of the nose of a character that's bleeding in a pool and form from liquid into words. Fuck Day Watch. I'm going to see Knocked Up soon though. Judd Apatow makes some great films.

[eatawiiner]

Knocked Up was hilarious. They got high and make hilarious jokes, then he gets a girl pregnant and tries to grow up, good shit for sure.

[dontdigonswine]

eatawiiner said:

Knocked Up was hilarious. They got high and make hilarious jokes, then he gets a girl pregnant and tries to grow up, good shit for sure.

Wow, what a great, in depth and definitely non-surface summary of a movie. I can totally see why it became officially the best reviewed comedy and one of the best reviewed movies of the year. I'm not saying that because it gets good reviews it is good, but it means that there is definitely some reason why many professional critics praised it (other than funny people getting high). The movie is sort of vulgar, but never crude, and always kind-hearted, but never in a cliched way. It lets its characters figure out their own problems and lets them solve them, and never conveniently snaps its fingers to get its characters to love each other again. The movie is about one major event, and about how each character has to react and change in order to live with it. I mean, the movie will make idiots who like jokes with the word "cock" in it laugh, but it also has another level of funny that is rare.

[eatawiiner]

Just like 40yov, Apatow relies on insanely funny dialog over sight gags and gross out humor, and it pays off wonderfully as a comedy. Theres definitely something for everyone here, but a lot more if your a pot head in your early twenties. Somehow it just feels right.

[criterionmaster]

Have either of you guys ever seen the show by him, "Freaks and Geeks"? It is so amazing, like a Dazed and Confused, but for TV. Great characters, great writing, great soundtracks, etc.

dontdigonswine said:

youtube.com/watch?v=eOesGgsjFY8

I have no clue, man, you try to figure out what it is supposed to be

What the hell, I watched it and it looked amazing. I have no clue what was going on, but it just looked insane. That car driving on the building, wow. The YouTube page says: "Set in contemporary Moscow, DAY WATCH (DNEVNOI DOZOR) revolves around the conflict and balance maintained between the forces of light and darkness - the result of a medieval truce between the opposing sides." But even that, still doesn't make any sense. lol.