Bruno is a Hilarious Movie

5 out of 5 stars.

I was going to wait for the DVD as this is that type of a movie, but decided to see it as I am a big fan of Sacha Baron Cohen’s characters and the movie was tanking due to negative reactions of movie goers.

I am familiar with the Bruno character from watching The Ali G show and found him to be very funny.  I was surprised that the film was not doing well due to people texting negative comments to friends right after or during the movie. Thus, I decided to check it out myself.

It was as expected: the movie was hilarious from begging to end.

There are two ways you can watch this movie.  One, take it with a blind eye; what I mean is, you watch only Bruno as the main character and focus and react to what he does.  The second way to watch this (and I thing the reight way) is to take the victims of  the movie as the main character and focus on their reactions.  Think what you would have done in their situations.  How would you have reacted to Sacha’s insanity?

Some have said that this Bruno is over the top with what he did with the movie.  But there is no other way for this to work.  This is a hard core comedy and over the top situations are the ones that works for this movie and the most funniest.

In the end, Burno is just a character that this talented actor is portraying.  The point of the movie is to get the reactions of the victims when placed in uncomfortable situations, which Sacha’s a master at.

This is a type of movie I will only watch once for the experience but will remember for a long time.  Just as Borat.

Very nice movie if you have the stomach.  Wait till the DVD comes out, them run and get it.  If you have an open mind and get the comedy you will laugh your ass off.

Watchman (2009) Review

3 out of 5

Why 3 out of 5: A bit complicated and evolved film.

This movie was not what I was expecting.   I saw some trailers here and there and didn’t pay much attention, so I went to see the movie which turned out to be false expectations.  I also did not know about the book from which this movie was derived.

What I was expecting:  A typical action packed super hero movie. This was not the case.

What was different:  The movie was more about human flaws and emotion with deep meninges.  You pretty much have to pay attention and involved with the characters in order to grasp what is being portrayed.  Its a definite duo watch in order to comprehend ideas stated in this film.

If you are going into this film looking for a Dark Knight type of action and drama, this is not it.  Although the basic concept of the film is obvious to the regular movie goer, it does take a thinker to fully understand what the film is trying to say.

If you are the regular movie goer, I would recommended reading some of the reviews from Roger Ebert as a start so you can fully enjoy this movie.

Roger Ebert Review of Watchman 1 Roger Ebert Review 2 of Watchman

The trailer is false advertising: seems like an action packt movie but its not.

Flight of the Phenix (2004) Movie Review

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3 out of 5 Stars

The three stars is for the concept of a plane going down in the middle of a harsh desert and what will ensue.

One can say that the meaning of life is to survive and triumph over adversity.  Anything dealing with this concept will garb my attention, so I did like the movie.

Good preference by Dennis Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi.  But it stops there.  There were few exciting moments, like when the plane went down, the nomad encounter, and taking off from a cliff dive. When the film was getting to be boring, Giovanni’s character, a mysterious wired little guy, steps up to hold it to gather.

I am told that the acting and plot of the original version done in 1965 is much better.

I would recommend this movie.

Thick as Thieves Movie Review

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Thick as Thieves gets 1 star out of 5 from me.

Did not like Antonio Banderas in this.  It was also typical straight face acting from Morgan Freeman.

No chemistry between Antonio’s character and his love interest (Rada Mitchell) or Morgan’s character.

Story sucked ass.  The one star is for the twist at the end, which is obvious, but I missed because I was too board to follow the plot.

Recommend avoid this one.