Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

More of the same, though with less weed humor.  Also, I just figured this out, this movie takes place literally five minutes after the previous movie from 3 years ago, yet clearly takes place today.  Crazy!  Also, a bunch of gross out stuff, and a lot of making fun of white people, which is always funny.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

So, if you have seen 40 Year Old Virgin or Superbad, you know what to expect.  A fucking laugh riot with no real bad guys as even the clichés are well rounded.  However, I did have a bit of a problem believing that the main dude could get with Veronica Mars and Mila Kunis (isn’t it weird to see her not acting like bitchy Jackie from awesome That 70’s Show?).  Because while he is funny, he has man-boobs and cries a lot.  And take it from me, being funny so does not make up for both of those (I am so sorry Carrie, I will try to do better!  sniff’).

OSS 117

A French dim bulb secret agent travels to Cairo in the 50’s to solve some spy thing.  Really, really exceedingly funny.  Oh, but watch out for the subtitles if you can’t, you know, read and stuff.  In which case, hi!

Iron Man

Everybody already knows, this made loads of money and everybody loves it.  And for good reason.  The action sequences, especially when he fights two F22’s are damn awesome.  The supporting characters of Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges are great fun, great fun, and a great villain.  The winks at Iron Man comic book continuity and the shared Marvel Universe are great, but not overbearing for the non-comic book reader.  Of course, the best bits are Robert Downey Jr.  The really best bits are Robert Downey Jr. building his suit, in essence he spends a third of the movie by himself, acting with props.  Phenomenal.   

Baby Mama

It is so great to have two female leads in a movie, really, just so refreshing.  Also, the two leads are awesome Amy Pohler and Tina Fey.  Also, they are not spending all their time moping about men.  Also, they got an all-star back up actors in Steve Martin, Greg Kinnear and Sigourney Weaver.  Lots of light fun and just different enough.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

I haven’t seen this in years and I had forgotten, but damn this movie is violent.  You see multiple kids in chains get whipped, Indiana punches a cigarette girl and his child sidekick, Indiana gets whipped and drinks blood, and Mol Ram pulls a guy’s heart out of his chest and then drops the still living guy into lava.  Also, there is the tunnel o' bugs.  Also also, there is the dinner where they eat eyeball soup, chilled monkey brains, and a snake filled with eels.  Worst of all, that blonde lady in it is still shrieking and wailing and complaining and generally wasting time.  However, it is still an Indiana Jones movie and still kicks ass.

The Mist

Once you get over the first 20 or so minutes of people acting nice and folksy in a manner that never works outside the written word version of Stephen King stories, this is a pretty intense movie.  They do that thing were people are trapped together and start turning on each other, except they keep it interesting by having the opposing camp be led by a religious fanatic.  To be honest, if a thick mist with random monsters appeared and the mist doesn’t go away, I am pretty sure I would start believeing that it was the End Times.  Also note 10 seconds of the coolest monster I have ever seen in a movie.  Also also note the utterly devastating ending.

The Host

There are two parts to the movie.  First is the truly dynamic and original monster attack in open daylight.  Amazingly, I didn’t do a review of 28 Weeks Later, but the same concept works there; seeing the monster coming in the bright daylight from far away is way, way more frightening and real than being scared by something in the shadows that you can barely see.  So, that initial monster attack in The Host is really something.  The other part though, is some sort of weird mishmash of South Korean politics and a disease scare and family humor.  I didn’t get that/get into that bit that much.  When everybody gets their act together for finale it is pretty excellent though.