Saw a few recently... Bourne, The Other Guys, and Hobbit. Liked all of 'em about equally... will try and come back in a bit with more.
ok...
Bourne- I'm a huge Rachel Weisz fan

, but she looked sickly here and more emaciated than I like to see from my leading ladies (I'm more a fan of hers and Winslett than the skeletor younger actresses). Didn't like the insta-chemistry that was thrown at us between her and Renner, although I liked both of their performances. Also felt like something was off with the pacing- but it might be that we had to stop and start the movie a few times. And of course at this point the story feels a bit tired- didn't we already get a rooftop chase? But aside from all those gripes, I still enjoyed it more than not

. Decent action (pacing and rehashing aside), acting and I didn't mind the writing. They turned to the rigth cast to keep this thing going- and hopefully there'll be more of Norton next go-round.
Turned
The Other Guys on with the ne're do well BIL over xmas figuring I'd watch a couple of minutes to play nice and then bail out of what seemed like a terrible pairing and idea. But I actually enjoyed the humor, didn't mind Wahlberg, and found myself watching the whole thing. Stupid movie, but fun. Some of the writing reminded me of the better parts of that hockey movie "thug?" when the team-mates are bantering. Loved the Derek Jeter ending.
Ok- saw
the Hobbit on IMAX triple-lindig-do-wah-diddy screen and frame-rate. I loved LoTR and the books, so I knew I was going to enjoy this just for the sake of seeing it come to life (even if it didn't transcend). Some general thoughts:
- given that they're making three movies, I would have liked to see them stay a little truer to what was actually in the book. Felt like every main scene had liberties taken for the sake of expediency. Yeah- the opening chapter would always be the one that plays the longest/slowest in terms of a movie, but why mess with the trolls?
- I didn't notice any flatness or hyper-realness in the sets- and I was looking. Thought it looked great.
- There were some scenes that were fantastic in 3d, but overall I didn't think the 3d played out enough here.
- I'm not sure yet if I care or want to see all the LoTR backstory filling up the movies. I still feel like there was enough in the book to just show that in a complete way (rather than messing with things). That said- I did
just read the book with my 5yo son, and maybe I was hoping to see more of full telling of the story... especially after reading Prince Caspian and then watching the movie (which is completely different than the book).
eta: The new Star Trek, however, looks incredible. amazing use of the 3d... Avatar-esque.