Kevin McCarthy Movie Review 05/14/10

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Robin Hood
Genre: Action/Drama
Released: 2010
Rating: 2 BDKs

Ridley Scott's Robin Hood is slow, lifeless and boring. The action is decent and there a couple of good performances but overall, this origin story of Robin Hood needed more of a heroic arc. Scott did not build a bridge for the audience to connect to any of the characters.

He spent most of his time confusing the audience and then at the film's most climactic and heroic moment, brings laughter via slow motion and cheese. It sounds like I hated the film, doesn't it? Am I coming off a bit harsh? Well, the movie is not horrible as it does contain some decent action scenes and the idea behind it being an origin story is kind of interesting.

Why did he have to make the film two hours and twenty-minutes long? There could have easily been thirty-minutes of minutia cut out of the story.

The only reason I was able to stay awake throughout the entire film was that I chugged a Red Bull right before it started. Red Bull should now change their slogan from "Red Bull gives you wings," to "Red Bull will keep you awake through Ridley Scott's two hour and twenty minute Robin Hood."

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Letters to Juliet
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
Released: 2010
Rating: 2 BDKs

Letters to Juliet had a great idea going but focused too much on the awful foreground love story when the background story was obviously more interesting. Vanessa Redgrave completely steals the film with her background love story involving finding a lover she let go more than fifty-years ago.

That would be fine if that were the main story for the film. The flick is ultimately ruined by a cheesy love story that lacks any chemistry whatsoever.

Why must all of these romantic comedies go the exact same route each time? Don't writers know that viewers are going to catch on or let me rephrase, that viewers have already caught on to the romantic-comedy trend?

What happened to the originality we used to see in films like Annie Hall or When Harry Met Sally? Too old or classic? What about last year's anti-cliche romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer? Letters To Juliet stars Amanda Seyfried (Mean Girls, Jennifer's Body), Vanessa Redgrave (Camelot, Julia), Christopher Egan (Resident Evil: Extinction), Gael Garcia Bernal (Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Science of Sleep) and Franco Nero (who also starred in Camelotwith Vanessa Redgrave).

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Just Wright
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Released: 2010
Rating: 3 BDKs

Just Wright follows every cliche in the book yet delivers extremely likable characters. I just loved how I could feel the genuine excitement from Queen Latifah's character. The movie follows a very Cinderella-esque story arc and for that, many people may be turned off by the predictability. Generally, I find myself on the negative side when it comes to films with this type of predictable nature. I just really found myself digging the chemistry between Common and Queen Latifah.

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