Hollywood Movies

I've seen not a small amount of movies recently. Starting with the 33 Thursday night at the Grand's 72 Hour Film Competition, of course. But also three Hollywood Movies. My thoughts below.

Spiderman 3--This movie got pretty mixed reviews, and I would say deservedly so. It just wasn't that good. But it wasn't that bad either. I enjoyed a lot of it, if not most of it, but it just didn't all come together. I'm not even sure it was the multi-villain thing that hurt it so much. It's hard to say, but it just didn't totally work. Spiderman 2 was a coup, just an awesome movie in almost every way. And 3 was definitely better than 1. But it was just ... ok. That said, they nailed Venom. He was just as freaky as he was in the comic books.

Lucky You--pretty damn bad. Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore were both pretty bad in this one. The poker was fun but there wasn't enough poker. Best thing in the movie was Robert Duvall, who is frequently cast as the best thing in the movie, it seems. Really not that good at all.

The Ex--charming and fun, it's not laugh a minute, but the story is strong enough it doesn't have to be. The characters are good, Amanda Peet and Zach Braff make a good couple, and Jason Bateman is always fun to watch. I thought this was pretty good. Also, Charles Grodin is in it. Man, he's aged quickly. He's like the Anti Dick Clark. Good supporting cast bits from Amy Poehler and Fred Armisen from SNL, too.