In an effort to condense my reviews of DVD, I've decided to do them on a monthly basis. So here's the last 3 films I've seen on DVD, best to worst.
GARDEN STATE
Dir: Zach Braff
Star: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ian Holm
IMDB: 8.1 (#213 on top 250 All-Time)
Great little film about returning to your hometown for a journey of self-discovery. Writer/Director Braff (that guy from Scrubs) is Andrew Largeman, an over-medicated struggling actor who goes back to New Jersey for his mom's funeral. He faces problems with his dad and seeing friends he hasn't seen in 9 years since he left. They've become cops, grave-diggers, knights at Medieval Times, and one millionaire who invented soundless velcro. They party and smoke with high school girls. But Largeman discovers vitality and friendship in free-spirited compulsive liar Sam (Natalie Portman). Great performances by Braff and especially Portman. It's a tender story that's not at all sappy, with quite a few laughs. Also has an inspired soundtrack of Coldplay type music. I loved it. Good film to watch with a loved one who loves good films.
The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: A
TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE
Dir: Trey Parker
Star: voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, Masasa
IMDB: 7.3
If you don't LOVE South Park, don't even bother watching this. It's really only a treat to all of us who think Trey Parker is an infallible genius and the funniest person on the planet. We will laugh because we know Parker and Stone do 95% of all the voices. We laugh out loud at the songs they write like "America: Fuck Yeah!", "Montage", and the classic "I'm so Ronery." Watching a marionette vomit for 2 minutes is hilarious to us! And we even thought puppet sex was funny, unless you get the uncensored edition DVD, which goes a little too far. It's a spot-on parody of crappy action movies. Truly hilarious with lines that will be remembered forever. DO NOT WATCH WITH YOUR PARENTS unless you have a really weird relationship with them.
The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: B
OCEAN'S 12
Dir: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Vincent Cassel, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Elliot Gould, Robbie Coltrane, Scott Caan, Casey Affleck and Bruce Willis
IMDB: 6.0
Just look at the cast on this picture. How can this movie suck so much with such a dream team of stars? Answer: They have nothing to do. All of the "11" crew just sit around a hotel room or a warehouse or a jail cell and do nothing. They barely even talk. I won't even bother using character names here. Garcia tracks down the 11 guys who robbed him in the superior-in-every-way Ocean's Eleven. He'll kill them unless they pay him back. Their solution: rob some more places to pay back the first guy they robbed, with interest. Riiiiight. They go to Europe and unsuccessfully try to rob 2 things. They really don't accomplish much of anything. I'm embarrassed for Matt Damon that they turned his character into such a little bitch. Julia Robert looks BuFugly in this film, while Zeta-Jones is ssssssmoking. There's some plot where they bet another burglar they can steal this egg first, then they all get busted. Spoiler alert: But wait! They actually win the bet because before the egg got to the museum, they SWITCHED BACKPACKS! The happy ending seems to be that they pay back the money they stole from Garcia. I think. Who cares by this point? This film is truly stupid. The cast still shows some ability and there's a few humorous situations, notably with Bruce Willis playing himself, but all the funny scenes looked ad-libbed, so the script must have truly blew. Stay away from this flick. You'll be dumber for having shelled out money to see this.
The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: D
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