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Belated Film Review: District 9

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Full Title: District 9
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Year: 2009
Grade: B
Comments: To begin, why am I reviewing this now? Well, originally I planned on seeing this film in theaters, but I was unable to make it. Now, for my Cultural Studies course, we are discussing it and its various themes. Thus, I recently viewed the picture and as always whenever we read, hear, or see a new piece of art (or some piece of work that does not deserve such a flattering label) we review it. Ok, so not being a huge Sci-fi/Action fan, I am biased in my somewhat lack of enthusisasm, considering how much praise this film has received. I liked it very much and thought it was a decent flick with more meaning and substance to it than most films in its genre. Such heady themes as racism, immigration, and xenophobia, etc. are carefully layered in this sea of madness. The film itself is conceptually unique: the first half (the far superior half) resembling a documentary, reality TV show, Office esque set up. The second half, on the other hand, is your blow shit up and fire endless rounds of ammo action movie. The latter makes the film drag on increasingly and totally loses my interest in the story. At the very end, my interest is salvaged for its remaining minutes. I’d say, this piece is solid and worth a watch, but definitely overrated, at least for my taste.

Chris

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I Am Busy…

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I hate making these posts, but I use it more as a heads up for upcoming posts that I have not forgot about; it helps me remember to do them. I have some homework to attend to today and other duties. Yesterday I was out nearly all day. I have concert, cd, and film reviews on the way, and I’m sure others too. So stick around!

Yeah, I know some of my sentences ended in prepositions, but I DON’T GIVE A FUCK! (look out for the King Khan & BBQ Show concert review part II to Glen’s exciting review of their first Mass concert this week.)

Chris

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Film Review: Funny People

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Title: Funny People
Year: 2009
Director: Judd Apatow
Writer: Judd Apatow
Starring: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
My Rating: C
NOTE: 7s on IMDB are like 8s or Bs, because the currently highest rated film, The Shawshank Redemption, is 9.2. So, this movie geek’s rating is slightly lower than the movie geeks’ rating over at IMDb.

SPOILERS!: DON’T READ, IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN FILM YET!

Plot: Old yeller, bitter comedian, George Simmons (Adam Sandler) is suffering from a terminal illness and is simultaneously still in love with the woman he cheated on over a decade ago, whom has moved on and his married with children. He enlists a young, up start comedian, Ira Wright (Seth Rogen) as his personal assistant and joke writer. Simmons becomes closer to the people in his life, now that he is losing his life, until he learns that the illness has faded and he will be fine for now. Simmons comes to the conclusion that he can’t fix the issues in his life and have everything he wants. The film closes with Ira and him happily working on promising comedy.
NOTE: not full plot, go to other sites or wikipedia for a better description haha.

My Opinion: It was a decent flick, but I’d advise y’all to rent it, watch it on demand, or you can go through your illegal means of acquiring it, I don’t care. But, I’d say it’s not worth paying the ludicrous amount of money it is for movie tickets these days. I went in (based on the trailer) thinking this would be in the same vain of other Apatow flicks like The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, which greatly combined comedy and drama. With there being mostly memorable comedy, with some drama carefully calculated into the recipe. But, instead it was mostly drama. I only laughed out loud a few times, not enough for a “comedy.” In fact, my cousin went as far to state it should have been called “Serious People” ahah. Also, the movie was way too long. Wayyy too long. 146 minutes is dragging on. On the other hand, the acting was good, the characters were fairly well developed and the comedy that was there was funny, particularly Jason Schwartzman’s character.

Chris