Posted by Scott Laird Fri, 12 Dec 2003 01:05:08 GMT
The Seattle P-I has their Return of the King review up; this is the first one that I’ve seen. They gave it 3 out of 4 stars; they didn’t like the way he handled the ending(s) of the movie.
Posted by Scott Laird Thu, 06 Nov 2003 06:49:35 GMT
Just got back from The Matrix Revolutions. Reviewers have been strongly divided on this; most seem to hate it, but some (including the P-I) were pretty positive. Personally, it was okay, but not great. Better then the Star Wars prequels, but not as good as the first Matrix. Call it 2 1/2 stars. It gets points for closing out the series in a decent place, but it needed some serious editing–it really dragged at times.
Update – it’s basically impossible to review this without mentioning Diego Doval’s abridged script. Warning: consists of nothing but concentrated spoilers. IMHO, the movie is slightly better then he makes it sound, but he nails the gaping plot holes.
Posted by Scott Laird Wed, 10 Sep 2003 01:02:11 GMT
It seems like we don’t get out to see many movies these days, with the kids and all. We finally made it to see Pirates of the Caribbean last week. I enjoyed it, but I’m glad I didn’t fight the rush when it first came out. I need to re-watch Bend it Like Beckham, but I think I liked Keira Knightly better there then in Pirates. On the other hand, Keith Richards, er Johnny Depp’s pirate character was great.
The movie seemed to drag on longer then it really should have, but it was still fun. I figure I’ll end up buying the DVD when it shows up at Costco.
