Monday, 5. January 2009

Short, independant flick reviews! Read about it, before you watch it!

The Mutant Chronicles - C-class movie

Movie critic in a nutshell: C-class apocalyptic mutant movie, with for some reason a good cast - still crap :-(

The Plot: The world as we know it is no more. A global conflict between mining corporations reigns over what’s left of the planet. Until an ancient seal is broken, unveiling an army of scary mutants with blades growing out their forearms, forcing all humans to stick together in order to survive.

Flickcritique says: What a piece of crap! I can’t believe some good actors agreed to join this c-class movie project. I like Ron Perlman, recently seen in Hellboy 2. And I have respect for John Malkovich, who made my day  when I watched Burn After Reading. But this? It’s a low tech, kinda First World War/Industrial Revolution-style movie with cheap effects and no real story :-(

Side note: I almost pissed my pants seeing German wannabe actor Benno Fürmann playing a retro WWI commander role. I guess it was an attempt to become a real actor ;-) The guy really should have stayed in his German hicksville :-D

Watch it f you liked: No, don’t! Even if you like mutant movies this is a s bad as Doomsday. Just don’t watch this, you would be wasting your time :-(

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Burn After Reading - great movie

Short movie critic: A gym coach sees her one in a life time chance as she gets her hands on top secret CIA shit in the ladies changing room - very amusing comedy :-D

The plot: Aging Linda (Frances McDormand) and naive Chad (Brad Pitt) work both at a gym. As they find a disc with confidential information, they see their chance to change their life’s and get big money. Unfortunately, heavy drinking CIA agent Cox (John Malkovich) has different plans. However, he does not know about his bitchy wife Katie (Tilda Swinton) cheating on him with Harry (George Clooney). Who also has a thing going on with Linda, the gym coach…

It’s a complicated story with a cool, surprising ending and a lot to laugh about. One of the better movies I’ve watched this year. Please, go ahead and watch Burn After Reading. I am sure you will like it :-)

Watch it if you liked: Any Cohen brother movie like The Big Lebowski (1998) or No Country for Old Men (2007).

 

 

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